France’s defence minister received his German counterpart on Friday to ink a deal between the two countries to build a next-generation battle tank.
Defence ministers of France and Germany met in Paris this Friday to ratify an agreement on a new joint tank project called the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).
This formal agreement kick-starts the development of the first phase of the armoured vehicle, dubbed the ‘tank of the future’ – a project worth billions of euros.
The new battle tank is set to replace Germany’s Leopard 2 tank and France’s Leclerc.
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The m1 consumes about 6 gallons per mile.
In a large war that is a lot of fuel and supply lines.
I know of Iraq/Afghanistan. They were testing solar to power the bases because they required so much diesel, and those were the convoys being attacked.
I know people will call it woke but we need to green up the military to protect lives.
Well the military already considers climate change a threat to national security.
I hope they start shooting billionaires private jets soon then.
I would agree. As the climate changes, what is important will change.
I think the average person outside of America doesn’t grasp the size of America. We have enough water, land, etc to feed our population if we plan correctly. Other countries don’t have that luxury and wars can be caused over a shortage of water and food.
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Also to power energy weapons like anti-drone lasers and gauss/rail weapons.
Unshielded nuclear reactor it us, tgen!
Every tank kill will result in a 10-15 kiloton excursion.
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Thanks for the corrections. Wow, MGCS first production rolling off the line in 2035.
It’s encouraging to see France and Germany working together on this, especially with such a long planning horizon.
Whether they’re comfortable with the role or not, they’re a critical part of the democratic vanguard in the world. People have started taking democracy as a given… it’s scary.
The popularity of the new Fallout show tells me that it’s definitely time to revive the Chrysler TV-8 concept