Tag: French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu

Rheinmetall CEO urges quicker Franco-German tank

(L-R) Boris Pistorius, Germany's Defence Minister, Armin Papperger, CEO of Rheinmetall AG, and Sébastien Lecornu, France's Defence Minister, stand in front of a Czech Leopard 2 A4 main battle tank during a visit to the Rheinmetall plant, amid the Franco-German MGCS tank project | File Photo: Michael Matthey/dpa

The Main Ground Combat System project is intended to replace the Leopard 2 battle tank with an identical vehicle hull, but adding a modular system with a more powerful main weapon, an unmanned turret and modern protection systems against drones.

Germany, France sign deal on developing future main battle tank

The Main Ground Combat System project is conceived around not just a new main battle tank design, but also a series of systems and vehicles built off that platform that will connect battle tanks in a data network with support weapons such as drones and other unmanned systems.