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The AMX-56 Leclerc, commonly known as the Leclerc, is a main battle tank (MBT) built by Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque who led the French element of the drive towards Paris while in command of the Free French 2nd Armoured Division (2ème DB) in World War II.
The Leclerc is in service with the French Army and the army of the United Arab Emirates. In production since 1991, the Leclerc entered French service in 1992, replacing the venerable AMX 30 as the country's main armoured platform. With production now complete, the French Army has a total of 406 Leclercs and the United Arab Emirates Army has 388. The current price in 2011 is €9.3 million.
In 1964 studies were initiated about a possible replacement vehicle for the AMX 30: the Engin Principal Prospectif. In 1971, in view of the inferiority of the AMX 30 in comparison to the new generation of Soviet tanks about to be introduced, the Direction des Armements Terrestres ordered the beginning of the Char Futur project. In 1975 a working committee was created that in 1977 agreed on a list of specifications. In February 1980 however, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed with the Federal Republic of Germany involving the joint development of a MBT, called the Napoléon I in France and Kampfpanzer III in Germany. Fundamental disagreements about its desired configuration led to a failure of this cooperation in December 1982. It was announced that a purely French battle tank would be developed, called "EPC" (Engin Principal de Combat). Importation of foreign equipment, like the M1 Abrams, the Leopard 2, or the Merkava had been studied and rejected.
Actors: Ruth Waldburger (producer), Noël-Noël (writer), Gérard Jugnot (producer), Kad Merad (actor), Marie Bunel (actress), Jacques Perrin (producer), Philippe du Janerand (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Erick Desmarestz (actor), François Berléand (actor), Didier Flamand (actor), Gérard Jugnot (actor), René Wheeler (writer), René Wheeler (writer),
Plot: On 15 January 1949, the former music teacher Clément Mathieu arrives in "Fond de l' Etang" ("Bottom of the Well"), a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys, to work as an inspector. The place is administrated with iron fist by the cruel director Rachin, and most of the boys have severe punishments for their faults. Clément decides to teach the boys to sing in a choir in their spare time, and identify the musical potential of the rebel Pierre Morhange, the son of a beautiful single mother for whom he feels a crush. He also has a special feeling for the young Pépinot, a boy that expects the visit of his father every Saturday near the gate, but indeed lost his parents in the war. With his methods, Clément changes the lives of the boys, of the other employees and his own.
Keywords: 13-year-old, 1940s, american-flag, arithmetic, arson, beating, binet-simon-test, boarding-school, boy, boy-singerActors: Philippe du Janerand (actor), Gérard Jugnot (actor), Kad Merad (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Gérard Jugnot (actor), Kad Merad (actor), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (actor), Jacques Perrin (actor), François Berléand (actor), François Berléand (actor), Bruno Coulais (actor), Philippe du Janerand (actor), Marie Bunel (actress), Marie Bunel (actress),
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