On April 28, Germany and France at last signed a framework agreement defining the project organization and management structures of the heavy land combat system’s architecture. “The MGCS project to be implemented under German leadership is to replace the German Leopard 2 and the French Leclerc from the mid-2030s. With this project, Germany and France are sending an important signal for European cooperation in defense policy,” the German Defense Ministry said.
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| KNDS EMBT (European Main Battle Tank) displayed at Eurosatory 2018, sometimes nicknamed “LeoClerc” because of its mixed composition of a Leopard 2 hull with a Leclerc turret, a first “engineering essay” toward a Franco-German cooperation having to lead to the Main Ground Combat System which will be very different from the EMBT (Picture source: Army Recognition) |
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