Galileo Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 The Italians want to build a main battle tank together with other countries, competitive to the German-French design under development. Poland is among the countries they offered to cooperate. “The Italian Ministry of Defense turned to some EU countries, including Poland, with a proposal to cooperate on a project on land platforms. The Ministry of National Defense is analyzing this proposal, ”informs the Ministry of National Defense. It is possible that Spain, Italy and Poland will build a new main battle tank together, which will replace the long-serving 3rd generation machines in a dozen or so years - Leopard 2 used by Polish and Spanish soldiers, and the Italian Ariete C1. Our southern allies, just like Poland, have long been striving to join the program of building a next-generation main battle tank called Main Ground Combat System, which has been implemented by Germany and France for several years . With their efforts to date unsuccessful, the government in Rome wants to build a competitive multinational consortium using its defense industry. - We are looking for potential partners to whom we will propose a coherent project aimed at developing a joint, European vehicle - explained Italian Deputy Defense Minister Angelo Tofalo to Italian parliamentarians in early October. more on the link below google translate https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fpolska-zbrojna.pl%2Fhome%2Farticleshow%2F32564%3Ftitle%3DWlosko-polski-czolg- In polish http://polska-zbrojna.pl/home/articleshow/32564?title=Wlosko-polski-czolg- 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian90 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 It is one of the considered options for the "Wilk" ("Wolf") program. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormrider_sp Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 It's awkward that everybody seem to be moving towards replacing their current armored versions except for the British. Either they have something on the way, or they're tied to an american solution post Abrams/Challenger, or bankrupt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian90 Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, stormrider_sp said: It's awkward that everybody seem to be moving towards replacing their current armored versions except for the British. Either they have something on the way, or they're tied to an american solution post Abrams/Challenger, or bankrupt. UK will upgrade Challenger 2 within LEP program. As I heard they consider very seriously this solution from Rheinmetall. Which is based on basic LEP upgrade. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormrider_sp Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. They are not replacing it. It's just an upgrade to some of their current tanks which now are more than 20 years old. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) Actually, the MOD is considering the cancellation/scrapping of tanks all together. In favour of alternative platforms for fire support. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a33864724/british-army-eliminating-tanks-proposal/#:~:text=The British Army is proposing,2010s%2C but soon regretted it. Edited November 5, 2020 by Marko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Marko said: Actually, the MOD is considering the cancellation/scrapping of tanks all together. In favour of alternative platforms for fire support. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a33864724/british-army-eliminating-tanks-proposal/#:~:text=The British Army is proposing,2010s%2C but soon regretted it. Um no they aren't. That proposal was a planning option. It has not been (and likely wont be) seriously pursued. But that doesn't provide a story that sells. Edited November 6, 2020 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Gibsonm said: Um no they aren't. That proposal was a planning option. It has not (and likely wont) be seriously pursued. But doesn't provide a story that sells. Glad to hear/read it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galileo Posted November 6, 2020 Author Share Posted November 6, 2020 From page 73 to 96 of this PDF I already presented here few months ago: Future of the Italian Polish MBT https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iai2007.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dejawolf Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 On 11/5/2020 at 12:58 PM, stormrider_sp said: Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. They are not replacing it. It's just an upgrade to some of their current tanks which now are more than 20 years old. to be fair, the challenger is still a good platform for further upgrades. the running gear is sturdy enough to carry 70+ tonnes into battle. with a new powerpack, RWS turret with a rheinmetall 120mm or 130mm, and crew in hull, and you have a potent challenger to the armata. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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