By Victor Duda
Next year, the leaders of KNDS and Rheinmetall tank industries are expected to negotiate with the France and Germany's defense ministries. German Minister Boris Pistorius stated that Italy, the Netherlands and many others have already expressed interest in joining the project. In turn, the Minister of the Armed Forces of France Sebastien Lecortny said that in the first stage other countries may join as observers. Moreover, Italy has its own requirements for the vision of the tank of the future.
So partners will be able to join when Germany and France agree the specifications of the tank. By the end of the year, Berlin and Paris will work on the specification of the project. This will allow both governments to support their military goals, as it is expected that MGCS contractors will promote their own ideas about the tank. Lecorton expects that the first contracts will be signed in 2024, and the car has a car in 2040-2045.
According to the French Minister of Defense, the tank will be a modular platform. The machine will work with or without automated mode. In addition, it is expected that the tank will have some electromagnetic weapons, electron wrestling and laser weapons. MGCS should get a complex of active protection, protection against drones, artificial intelligence and cyberbound functions. Lecorton states that the technological breakthrough will be "absolutely enormous".
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