The UK should rebuild its AFV industry. It won't be able to make good procurement decisions without sufficient institutional knowledge, and that can only come from in-house development.The idea of a family of main armoured vehicles has not gone too well for the Russians but the Germans may have more luck.
If France, Germany and Italy make a successful family of vehicles the UK should buy them off the shelf.
This is a sensible and centrist position. But sadly it is heresy to current Orthodoxy of UK politics.The UK should rebuild its AFV industry. It won't be able to make good procurement decisions without sufficient institutional knowledge, and that can only come from in-house development.
They already have two of the best Tanks in the World, if they work together, i can only imagine what they could accomplish, i wish them good luck.France and Germany Agree to Develop New MGCS Tank to Replace Leopard & Leclerc MBTs | Defense News March 2024 Global Security army industry | Defense Security global news industry army year 2024 | Archive News year
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Am I understanding this correctly? One classic tank as HQ. 3 vehicles on smaller tracked chassis, with two of those vehicles optionally manned and one unmanned entirely? Or is it 3 vehicles on the same chassis as the tank with only the unmanned loitering munition launcher on a lighter chassis?Main Ground Combat System (MGCS): A Status Report
In 2018, France and Germany agreed to jointly develop a successor to their respective main battle tanks (MBTs), the Leclerc and the Leopard 2.euro-sd.comNotional MGCS family of combat and support vehicles. (Photo: Hensoldt=
Notional composition of a multi-vehicle MGCS team. (Photo: BMVg)
Notional composition of a multi-vehicle MGCS team. (Photo: BMVg/German MoD)
One significant advantage of the new calibers is that they allow a longer penetrator. 120mm are basically maxed out, the only way to get longer penetrators is a new caliber.
In terms of weapons, 2 tank guns, one hypervelocity ATGM launcher, and one loitering munition/artillery rocket platform?
Personal impression: Is this a TOG II?Folks will believe a MGCS story when they see a prototype emerge.
Could be, but I don't believe so.Personal impression: Is this a TOG II?
Practically meme requirements suitable for the war before the last war, right at when RMA is still a novel idea to be hedged.
I'm expecting both, but maybe not loaded into the same vehicle at the same time...Hmm we know there is an Missile carrier in development but is there anything known about it? If i remember it right everything from loitering munition to hypersonic ATGM was said which makes it hard to guess what one can expect.