Key Points and Summary - Europe’s Mobile Ground Combat System (MGCS) is a Franco-German bid to replace Leopard 2 and Leclerc with a modular, networked family: a 130/140mm ASCALON-armed core vehicle, ...

Ever since they roamed the battlefields of the planet, for the first time in large numbers, during the Second World War, tanks have been regarded as crucial elements of any large-scale military ...

France and Germany have publicly contradicted each other over the future of their joint Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) ...

Paris and Berlin have insisted the Main Ground Combat System project is still alive, after France’s top general said Germany ...

France’s top general Fabien Mandon admitted on Thursday that the Franco-German next-generation battle tank project had failed. It’s one of the first times a French ...

France and Germany have rejected reports that their Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project has collapsed, asserting their joint program to develop a next-generation battle tank remains on track. On ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PARIS — KNDS is proposing a main battle tank with a turret and gun developed in France and mounted on the hull of Germany's ...

The MGCS main battle tank project is intended to succeed the Leopard and Leclerc tanks of both countries and has an estimated volume of around €100bn. Industrial disputes over the allocation of work ...

BERLIN, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Germany on Friday dismissed remarks by the head of the French armed forces who said Berlin had decided to quit a troubled Franco-German tank project. The dispute is the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO - CEO of German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall AG Armin Papperger pictured during the annual press conference at the ...