The standard projectile for the D.915, marked ENERGA, weighing approximately 2 kg, was meant for penetration of 350 mm of armor, but it also had an insufficiently high effective firing range — only 600-700 meters.
[4] All versions of the tank had a coaxial 7.5 mm machine gun AAT-52, and on the ELC TC 904 modification, two pairs of smoke grenade launchers located on the sides of the turret were added.
[5] The close location of both crew members in the turret ensured a high concentration on gun control - while the driver loaded ammunition, the tank commander fired.
Since the initial prototypes of the ELC AMX did not have the drum automation of the ammunition rack, which was widely used on French tanks at that time, the loader could choose the appropriate ammunition to hit one or another type of target, however, on the modification of the TC 904, the first-order ammo rack for four rounds was noted, which, however, only facilitated the loading of the gun.
[6] Mobility With an average weight of all prototypes of 6.7 tons and a 164-horsepower four-cylinder SOFAM engine, the tank reached a speed of 68 km/h on the highway and 25 km/h on the rough terrain with a specific power of 26 h.p./t.
The tank had excellent off-road abilities for its size — the suspension allowed it to overcome vertical obstacles up to 0.6 m high and ditches 1.50 m wide.
In 1961, a new hull was designed and manufactured with armor up to 40 mm thick, which was located at rational angles of inclination (up to 80 degrees).
The armament and turret were inherited from the latest ELC AMX TC 904 prototype – the tank was fired with G-marked ammunition.
At the end of development in 1961, the Engin Léger de Combat program was recognized as unpromising, so work on the project was discontinued in favor of improving the AMX-13 light tank, and the AMX ELC bis was on display as an exhibit in the Museum of Armored Vehicles in Saumur until the 2nd half of 2017, when it was moved to the museum's military reserve and hidden from public's eyes.