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Briefly: An extremely mobile French experimental light tank, developed during the late 1980s as a replacement to the AMX-13 on the export market.
MARS 15, light tank, France, rank VI.
Pros
- Superb mobility
- Good 90 mm cannon
- Small profile
Cons
- Light protection
- No gun stabilization
In the early 1980s, the French Creusot-Loire Industrie company began work on developing a new family of tracked combat vehicles which share a common chassis. Initiating work under a private venture, Creusot-Loire Industrie aimed to produce the vehicles for customers on the export market who already used the widely used AMX-13 light tank.
Full-scale development only began in 1988 and several variants of the vehicle were developed, ranging from light tank modifications over APCs and IFVs to SPAAs and SPHs as well as a number of other variants. However, many of these planned variants never passed the drawing board stage. Of the few that did, the light tank modification stood out as it aimed to build upon the popular characteristics of the AMX-13 and expand upon them by incorporating modern technologies.
This light tank modification featured a small and extremely nimble chassis while being armed with a 90 mm cannon and promising low maintenance efforts. The first and only prototype of this variant was shown off in 1990, along with the IFV modification. After its reveal, the vehicle received the designation MARS 15.
In 1991, another prototype armed with a 105 mm cannon was shown off which would also become the last of the series. In fact, the expected response from potential foreign customers never materialized as the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s diminished the demand for new tanks while simultaneously surplus MBTs were being taken out of storage and sold. As a result of this development, the MARS vehicles never left the prototype stage and were ultimately abandoned
In War Thunder, the MARS 15 will be a new light tank arriving to the top ranks of the French ground forces tree with the release of the next major update. Offering its prospective commanders excellent mobility and firepower - both defining characteristics of a light tank - the MARS 15 won’t just expand the French light tank lineup but will also give seasoned French tank commanders access to a highly potent new high tier skirmisher!
The MARS 15 comes equipped with a 90 mm CN 90 F4 cannon as its main armament. Despite appearing slightly underwhelming in comparison to most other tanks at its rank equipped with 100/105 mm cannons, the MARS 15 more than makes up for its cannon’s smaller caliber by possessing excellent ballistic properties and access to both powerful kinetic as well as chemical rounds. As a result, the MARS 15 is more than capable of holding its own on the battlefield and even more so should one find itself unchallenged on your team’s flank!
Further assisting the deadliness of MARS 15’s powerful cannon is the vehicle’s superb mobility. Weighing only 16 tons and being powered by a 420 horsepower diesel engine, the MARS 15 possesses an impressive power-to-weight ratio of 26,25 hp/t as well as a top speed of 75 km/h under ideal conditions. As such, the MARS 15 can both traverse difficult terrain with ease as well as quickly shift positions on more urban battlefields, thus allowing it to unexpectedly pop up behind enemy lines and wreak havoc.
On the flip side of the coin, to achieve such excellent levels of mobility the MARS 15, like most other light vehicles, makes sacrifices in armor protection. As a result, aspiring commanders of the MARS 15 shouldn’t expect much from this thinly armored light tank. In fact, the vehicle’s thin steel armor can only absorb heavy machine gun fire and shrapnel at close range as well as some autocannon fire at longer ranges while most MBT’s cannons should experience no difficulty piercing the MARS 15’s armor. Therefore, tankers are well advised to stay clear of intense brawls and instead take advantage of the vehicle’s excellent mobility, firepower and spotting capabilities to outflank the enemy and provide their team with valuable intel on the enemy’s positions!
The MARS 15 arrives to the top ranks of the French ground forces tree as part of the next major update “Ixwa Strike” to War Thunder and will become available for research to all players upon release of the update. In the meantime, make sure to stay tuned to the news in order to find out what other exciting new features the next major update has in store for you. Until then, happy hunting tankers!
The War Thunder Team
Comments (100)
Dardo IFV looks great
The forgotten ifv
That's not as if there was way better alternatives than this... just why? that doesn't makes sense.
No stab, bye...
French didnt know how to make stab for their guns ?
I_NAMELESS_I, Its called DOMESTIC
I don't understant how you can add this, an experimental light tank, when there are light tanks such as the ERC 90 Sagaie or some of its variants that were actually produced and sold, which could take up the same role.
I love how Gaijin wants to keep France as the "different high tier style" with no stabilizers and at the same time doesn't give anything else to counter that in a way to make playing france an enjoable experience.
Well, I guess I'll never see the AMX-10P Pac90 in the game now...
Nice Tonk! Which surely leaves only 1 more DovBleg before the still-don't-know-how-to-pronounce-it patch drops. That remaining Dovbleg surely being the introduction of early era submarines in to the tech trees right? As that would make the whole kill any enemy unit with a depth charge make sense right?
I hope you are right. Because I really want to see submarines.
Major_Majestic36@psn, Guess not, patch dropping tomorrow.. Perhaps in 3 months.
Frankly I'd have preferred an ERC-90 Sagaie with the same gun. But it's nice I guess ?
Hoorah, for Parity!
Hm