LRMV details the Italian Army MBT and AIFV programmes
The UTTAT Nettuno test establishment and firing range, which is part of the test ranges the Italian defence uses to
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IAV 2025 – Italian Army details plans for increasing its heavy formations effectiveness
Following decades of operations other than war, that led the Italian Army to favour of medium formations to heavy in
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Joint venture between Rheinmetall and Leonardo cleared
20 January 2025 – The Bundeskartellamt has today cleared the creation of a joint venture between Rheinmetall AG, Düsseldorf (Germany),
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Eurosatory 2024 – Rheinmetall: looking beyond the Panther KF51
Two years ago, Rheinmetall unveiled its Panther KF51 main battle tank. At Eurosatory 2024 the German company announces its plans
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Panther ready to pounce – Rheinmetall signs development contract with Hungary for next-generation tank
15 December 2023 – The Hungarian government has joined forces with Rheinmetall to develop the Panther KF51 through to production
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IAV Conference: Rheinmetall details its hybrid armour solution
The Chief of the German Army made it very clear: the future main battle tank weight must be under the
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Panther/KF51, rethinking the MBT
“Lethality remains the raison d’être of an MBT and the 120 mm smoothbore gun system, including ammunition, has reached its
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Sharing situational awareness and operational picture
Mobility, protection and firepower are definitely not enough to make a good tank, sensors of various kinds coupled to computers
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Increasing survivability while lowering the protection-induced mass
Main battle tanks are quite certainly the most protected vehicles on the battlefield, however at least until now increasing the
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Improved firepower, not only a matter of calibre
“The firepower is the right to exist of an MBT, and in our view the main gun will remain the
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