European MBT programmes make tracks and try to find a path forward
European MBT programmes over the next decade or two could result in orders up to US$10 billion with orders occurring and plans for purchases predicted to refresh ageing fleets.
Less than four years after the US Army cancelled the contract for the Northrop Grumman XM25 Counter-Defilade Target Engagement weapon system, the service is exploring the development and acquisition of an enhanced but potentially similar concept called the Precision Grenadier System.
A rough outline of the new system was provided by US Army representatives on 5 November at the 2020 Joint Armaments, Robotics and Munitions Digital Experience, sponsored by the National Defense Industrial Association.
‘One of our challenges continues to be counter-defilade, because what happens when you start a firefight is that everybody goes down – everybody goes to ground’,
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European MBT programmes over the next decade or two could result in orders up to US$10 billion with orders occurring and plans for purchases predicted to refresh ageing fleets.
The IDF has turned some of its unmanned M113 APCs into remotely controlled vehicles but it has also been exploring moves towards making the vehicles completely autonomous.
The TRML-4D, based on the maritime TRS-4D radar, has been designed to provide similar scanning and surveillance capabilities to forces on land for air surveillance.
The latest package takes the total contribution to $53.6 billion since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Italy has been looking replace its Ariete MBTs but has gone back and forth between a future European tank, more Leopards, an upgrade of existing vehicles and other options. It now seems to have thrown its hand in with the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).
The purchase brings together the firepower of Cockerill, which includes a range of turrets and guns, and the vehicle line of Arquus, which includes light terrain, reconnaissance and armoured vehicles.