AMX-40

The AMX-40 is a tier 5 Main Battle Tank originating from the France, and is sold by Francine De Laroche. It can be unlocked from the AMX-30B2 Brenus, and leads to the C-13 TUA.

Features

 * Heavy Armor : This vehicle's armor bounces more shots and takes more hits.
 * High Caliber : the high-caliber weaponry deals an increased damage.
 * Additional Autocannon : the vehicle is armed with an autocannon, paired with the main weapon.
 * Dozer lade : increases the ramming damage and grants additional hull protection.
 * Accelerated Reverse Movement : increased reverse movement speed.

Pros

 * The autocannon is a great addition to the otherwise slow loading main gun
 * Good reverse speed

Cons

 * Garbage hull armor, especially for an MBT (even with the dozer blade equipped). It is made out of textolite FFS!
 * Long reload times on both guns

History
Class: Main Battle Tank (Prototype) Developed: 1981-1983 Service: N/A Vehicles Built: 3 Operators: N/A The AMX-40 was the first among the third generation French Main Battle Tanks built specifically for export purposes. While it was light, agile and powerfully armed, this Main Battle Tank offered its crew relatively little protection and came at a wrong time, when all the potential customers (the vehicle was mostly intended for Arab countries) already chose their MBTs. Despite heavy marketing since 1983, it remained a prototype only and was quietly terminated in 1990 as obsolete. However, its development provided the GIAT engineers with plenty of experience, which would then be used during the Leclerc development.