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The AMX-40 is a prototype French export main battle tank, developed during the 1980s based on experiences learned from the AMX-30. Despite the project’s ultimate failure to find a suitable buyer, the AMX-40 is bound to find an abundance of fans among War Thunder tankers, eager to put it through its paces in the upcoming update 1.79 “Project X”!
In short: The new French “top” continues with the traditions of the AMX-30 series. A fast tank, with a 120 mm cannon and 20 mm anti-aircraft machine guns, is also equipped with an excellent gun stabiliser (finally!).
Development of the AMX-40 began as a private venture of the French GIAT company in the early 1980s, with the aim to create a new export vehicle, in anticipation of an increased demand for military equipment from middle eastern countries. GIAT engineers decided to base the new vehicle off the AMX-32, which itself was an improved export version of the successful AMX-30 main battle tank. However, compared to his predecessors, the AMX-40 was to feature vastly improved firepower, mobility and protection. As a true first in the French postwar tank development history, the AMX-40 would receive a two-plane stabilizer for its 120mm smoothbore cannon. Although the tank’s turret and cannon were mostly adopted from the AMX-32, increases in weight from new components led to the fact that the hull of the vehicle had to be redesigned from scratch. The work on the first prototype was nearing completion in 1983 and the vehicle was first shown off at the Eurosatory exhibition in the same year. Following testing in 1984, two further prototypes were constructed, featuring a number of improvements over the first one. By now, the French Ministry of Defense had started to back the promising project and GIAT soon afterwards transferred all three prototypes for comprehensive troop assessments. A final, fourth prototype was constructed in 1985. Each prototype was unique, featuring a number of external and internal differences with the main one usually concerning powerplant options. In the late 1980s, the vehicle’s development stagnated as active development was largely replaced with an active marketing campaign, in an effort to find a potential buyer for the new vehicle. Despite France’s best efforts to market the vehicle, even going as far as showing off some of the prototypes in a competition in summer of 1986 in Saudi Arabia, a buyer couldn’t be found. Spain was the only country showing some interest in potentially buying the AMX-40, but in the end, nothing came out of it either. By failing to find a buyer, domestic interest in the AMX-40 also faded and eventually resulted in the project being closed in 1990. Ultimately, the four constructed prototypes of the AMX-40 can only be considered as transitional designs, bridging the gap between the old second generation French MBTs, like the AMX-30 and the upcoming modern designs, such as the Leclerc.
We have chosen to introduce the fourth and final prototype of the AMX-40 to War Thunder as one of the first additions to rank VI of the French ground forces tree. At first glance, the vehicle might show some resemblance to the familiar appearance of the AMX-30. This is hardly surprising when considering that that the AMX-40 is in essence just a further developed distant cousin of the AMX-30. With that in mind, tankers who have already had the chance to drive the AMX-30 should have a good rough idea of what to expect from the AMX-40 - good mobility and firepower, right? You’re right, sort of. It’s actually a lot better than that! If you thought the AMX-30 with its 700 horsepower engine was mobile, you haven’t seen nothing yet! Step forward, the 1,300 horsepower V12X diesel engine, capable of bringing the AMX-40 up to a blazing top speed of 70 km/h on roads, whilst still managing a respectable average of around 40 km/h offroads. However, having good mobility is all fine and dandy up until the point where your tank gets hit by an incoming shot.
So how does the AMX-40 deal with that we hear you ask? The known specifications about its armour protection indicate that it can withstand 76 mm rounds and RPG-7 shots in the front. We don’t possess all the information regarding its armour, and therefore, the protection of its game version has been reconstructed on the basis of a large number of photos and our measurements of the sample from Saumur. In-game, it consists of a spaced, two-block armour design on the turret and gun mantlet, and also combined and spaced armour of the front side of the hull. It is difficult to call such a defense as reliable - it would seem to only have enough protection against small caliber shells (76-90 mm) or HEAT shells with a penetration of up to 300 mm. Nevertheless, it should still fully protect against automatic cannons, HE round, and bombs, and can withstand hits from other shells at a greater angle.
Excellent mobility goes hand in hand with one thing in particular - equally excellent firepower. This is exactly what the AMX-40 has to offer. The AMX-40 is equipped with with a great French cannon where the ammunition includes HEAT and APFSDS shells with armour penetration rates sufficient to defeat absolutely any target on the battlefield. With a 20mm AA autocannon that proved itself as a highly efficient weapon while mounted on tanks that will easily penetrate the sides of any lightly armoured vehicles or even tanks. On top of all this, the AMX-40 offers something no other vehicle in the French ground forces tree offers - a two plane gun stabilizer. Thanks to this, commanders can fully reap the benefits of the tried and tested combination of mobility and firepower. You no longer need to worry about exposing yourself to enemy fire or wasting time when stopping to aim, as this is a thing of the past now.
Make sure to check out the new AMX-40 main battle tank coming to War Thunder in the upcoming update 1.79. Stay tuned to the news for more information on the next major update for War Thunder. Until then, tankers!
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Comments (101)
Fire and baguette!
one day, warthunder will start again adding tanks with REAL knowledge about the armor and co. because what i read here, shows that they have no clue about the correct armor values. Why adding stuff you know nearly nothing about (and calculating armor values with nearly no informations) instead of adding vehicles where you can get all needed informations?
There is one Amx-40 at the Saumur museum, and Gaijin went there.
Oh no, this is not the duck :O I've been bamboozled
how hard i have to grind for this?
I mean it's cool and everything but still, the russians only have 9,3 BR top tier wich looks dumb to me looking at the fact US and now even the germans have a 9,7BR top tier. I mean russia is pretty comparable to those 2 countries so why wont you give us something we can send those capitalists to gulag ? Maybe a T80 or T72 ? Anyways great job on the model as always Gaijin keep up the work ;D
The AMX-40 is a prototype French export main battle tank! Oh great another tank no one bought (But will kick everything)! Most of the units were made absolete with modern air power like helicopters! Thats how Nato was going to counter the Warsaw pact ! Also the use of light armered units like the (Coyote Recon units/Stryker/Bison/lav and other light armored units) scouted and targeted others for indirect fire ! This is why some of them were never used .
helis where confirmed a long time ago..
One step closer to Leclerc! Thank you so much Gaijin! I have all tanks in French tree and now I will grind for this beauty. =)
im glad farance is getting some love with this updat,e though...lets hope its done properly, i hate to see france suffer
I liked the part where this never got bought or used but it’s in the game and yet you’re considering removing tanks like the tiger 2 105.
It as its place here, even more than prototypes than never been build or only parcially build
tiger 2 105 was never built amx 40 was never used theres a difference
but they were actually made unlike the tiger 2 105
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