Main Ground Combat System
Main Ground Combat System , shortly MGCS (dt about. Main ground combat system ) is since 2012 existing Franco-German defense project to develop a battle tank , which in the German Army from around 2035 the Leopard 2 and the French army forces the Leclerc to replace. Germany will take on the leading role in this project, including on the industrial side. The project is being supported by the Franco-German Research Institute Saint-Louis (ISL).
In addition to the German armaments and automotive group Rheinmetall , KMW + Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS), based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), a holding company from the arms groups Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) from Germany , which merged in spring 2015, is predominantly involved in the project and the state-owned Nexter Systems from France .
history
At the Eurosatory arms fair in Paris in June 2018, KNDS presented a technology carrier as the Euro Main Battle Tank (E-MBT). The demonstrator with a weight of 59.6 tons consisted of the chassis of the Leopard 2A7 main battle tank and the Leclerc tower for a crew of three soldiers. In addition, the German arms company Rheinmetall previously presented a demonstrator for a possible completely new successor model at Eurosatory 2016.
The Rheinmetall 130 mm L / 51 weapon system would be conceptually intended for the new Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).
On June 19, 2018, shortly after the Eurosatory armaments fair in Paris, the German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen and the French counterpart Florence Parly signed the declaration of intent on arms cooperation in the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Below in German, above in French - The strange new Euro tank. In: Welt Online . June 12, 2018, accessed February 9, 2019 .
- ↑ This three-ton cannon is supposed to crack Putin's armor. Stern, June 15, 2016, accessed October 27, 2016 .
- ↑ Strengthen European armaments. In: bmvg.de . June 19, 2018, accessed February 9, 2019 .