The EMBT (European Main Battle Tank) was shown in 2018 at the Eurosatory exhibition. It was made by KNDS (the fusion between KMW and Nexter Defense Systems) as a gap project for the MGCS (Main Ground Combat System) programme. The programme started in 2017 with the idea of merging the two MBTs of both France and Germany in order to offer an alternative for foreign customers and demonstrate that collaboration between German and French manufacturers was possible. In early 2018, the French Leclerc S1 turret was merged with a German Leopard 2A7 hull at the Nexter factory in Roanne, followed by firing and mobility tests. However, no countries showed interest in the EMBT. In 2022, KNDS returned to Eurosatory with a new version of the EMBT (now Enhanced Main Battle Tank), but it had little in common with the 2018 version, featuring a completely new turret design and many other improvements.

The French EMBT was introduced in Update 2.59 "Sky Odyssey". The EMBT offers France and Germany a combination of the armour of the Leopard 2A7V hull with the optics and autoloader system of the Leclerc. The Leopard 2A7V hull provides much better protection and survivability compared to the Leclerc tank series, at the cost of worse mobility and handling. The turret is the same as that found on the Leclerc S1, providing quick reloads and good optics, but no commander sight thermal imaging. Having a Leclerc turret, the EMBT can only fire French ammunition, which includes the OFL 120 F1 APFSDS, which has noticeably worse performance than the German DM53 APFSDS, and F1 HE shells.