Official Paris is considering issues of providing Kyiv with French main battle tanks Leclerc. Emmanuel Macron asked Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu to consider such a step, and he himself said on this occasion: “nothing is excluded”. At the same time, he named several conditions, including the absence of an escalation in Ukraine and the absence of a weakening of the defense capability of France..

What are the technical characteristics of the tanks:.

Leclerc is a French modern main battle tank, 794 units were produced in 1992 until 2007, since 2010 the Leclerc has not been produced. The French army has 406 tanks of this type.

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The use of an automatic charger made it possible to reduce the crew to three people and significantly reduce the weight of the armor, making the tank more mobile.. However, a large amount of sophisticated electronics led to less reliability and a significant cost of the tank..

Specifications of the Leclerc tank:.

Engine size - 0.571;

Engine weight - 0.408;

Transmission volume - 0.816;

Transmission weight - 0.704;

MTV volume - 0.608;

Power reserve (on the highway) - 0.733;

Maximum speed (on the highway) - 0.7;

Specific power - 0.375;

Compliance score - 0.612.

Air defense Samp-T from Italy.

The day before, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Tajani announced the completion of the process of sending the Samp-T air defense system to Ukraine.

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This anti-aircraft missile system is considered one of the most modern elements of European missile defense, but it is in Milan that only 5 units are in service. Therefore, the decision to transfer it to Kyiv was made jointly with France..

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Specifications SAMP/T SAM.

can destroy enemy aircraft at a distance of 3 km to 100 km.

ballistic missiles can be destroyed at a distance of 3 km to 25 km.

defeat height - up to 25 km.

all 8 Aster-30 missiles, which are in service with the FSAF SAMP-T battery, have a launch weight of 510 kg, the mass of its warhead is 20 kg.

maximum flight speed Aster-30 - up to 1400 m / s.

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It should be noted that Aster 30 is also used in the naval PAAMS system..