Tank Leclerc (West)

The Vigilante AMX-56 Leclerc is a French main battle tank (MBT) manufactured by Giat Industries (now Nexter Systems) that has been in service since 1992. It is named after the commander Marshal Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque of the Free French Forces in World War II.

The tank can carry three crewmates and comes with a CN120-26 120 mm 52-calibre F1 smoothbore gun and a coaxial 12.7 mm machine gun. The Leclerc is equipped with a V8X SACM (Wärtsilä) 8-cylinder diesel engine with 1,500 horsepower, reaching up to 71 km/h (44 mph).

This vehicle blueprint comes with both desert and forest textures, is fully rigged, and includes animated tracks, gun rotation as well as elevation, and hatches. A destructible state model is included with damaged geometry, textures, and both fire as well as smoke FX. This asset also includes weapon firing and dust FX from the tracks when driving.

The asset is set up as a traditional Unreal vehicle with an interior but can be modified as needed to suit your purpose. It is drivable with proper physics performance by using Epic Games’ Chaos Vehicles plugin. The Chaos Vehicles plugin must be enabled for vehicle movement to work. Also, the environmental clouds are utilizing the Volumetrics plugin from Epic Games and the scene uses Lumen.

A sample showcase/demo Blueprint has been included with an environment map and User Interface (UI). When you “Play” the map, the UI includes camera presets, sliders, and buttons to demonstrate the key functionalities of the vehicle.

Disclaimer: This asset uses the Volumetrics plugin and the Chaos Vehicles system plugin from Epic Games for demonstration purposes only. The vehicle asset can be used and modified without this plugin enabled in your personal projects.

The Volumetrics plugin is used for the clouds in the scene by utilizing the volume creation and rendering tools therein. The Chaos Vehicles system plugin allows users to use vehicle physics simulations to make realistic vehicle movement.

All rights of the Volumetrics plugin and the Chaos Vehicles system plugin are the exclusive property of Epic Games. Vigilante does make any warranties, inferred or implied, regarding the use of Epic’s plugins.

Technical Information

Features:

• Compliant with SISO Entity Reference No.: 1.1.71.1.4
• High quality vehicle mesh with both forest and desert textures as well as a detailed interior
• Textures controllable via Blueprint Parameter
• Emissive material driven headlights for increased performance
• DIS/HLA (RPR FOM) integration ready
• Adjustable hatches, turret rotation and elevation
• Equipped with a 120 mm and a coaxial 12.7 mm machine gun with their associated FX
• Tracks-driven rotation and visual FX for road dust
• Damaged vehicle state and associated fire and smoke FX

Number of Blueprints: 19

Input: Keyboard, Mouse, DIS / HLA (RPR FOM) Protocols

Network Replicated: No, requires integration into a Network Replicated Product or System

Supported Development Platforms: Win-64

Windows: Yes

Mac: No

Documentation (PDF): Click here for Vehicle Documentation

Customization Guide (PDF): Click here for the Vigilante Asset Guide