WilyB wrote:

And by the way, it is “Leclerc”. It is not because you spell your name “GeryUhu” that you shall not spell properly the name of Maréchal Phillipe Leclerc de Hauteclocque.

Leclerc actually had a decent record as a general. Why name such a crappy tank after him, when you could have named it the Bazaine (loser at Gravelotte and Metz in 1870, 180,000 surrendered), the Nivelle (187,000 killed in a disastrous 1917 offensive), or the Gamelin (poor dispositions led to 1,500,000 captured in 1940)?

If I were Marshal Leclerc or a descendant of his, I'd much rather have my name misspelled than have my name shamed with being associated with a piece of military equipment that the whole world believes sucks.