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Olivier Coquet, head of the section known as STAT, in a briefing with reporters at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/14\/interview-french-army-chief-schill-talks-technology-surprise-and-archaic-combat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2026\/06\/14\/interview-french-army-chief-schill-talks-technology-surprise-and-archaic-combat\/\">Eurosatory defense show<\/a> near Paris on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roof-mounted armor variants have been adopted by both Russian and Ukrainian forces as drone threats proliferate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leclerc is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gouv.fr\/terre\/nos-materiels\/nos-equipements-terre\/vehicules-larmee-terre\/vehicules-chars-bataille\/char-leclerc-xlr-renove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">being upgraded<\/a> as part of France\u2019s Scorpion armored-vehicle modernization program, which includes equipping the French heaviest armored unit with new computers, additional armor and a remotely operated turret to operate in urban areas, according to Coquet. 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