The Franco-German effort to develop the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) aims to improve the mobility and protection of their MBT fleet and to incorporate the latest innovative capabilities into these ...

The Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) is a Franco-German armament programme designed to replace the Leopard 2 and Leclerc main battle tanks with a cross-platform combat system by 2040. Germany’s KNDS ...

The French Army could get a new tank in the near future. During the Eurostat defense expo in Paris, KNDS revealed that the CAPINT tank would be offered to the French military in the near future. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German Minister of Defence Boris Pistorius (L), and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu shake hands after signing the ...

KNDS, a joint Franco-German defense contractor, hopes to develop the CAPINT tank to replace France’s aging Leclerc fleet.

Germany and France are keen on intensifying cooperation on the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank project, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Thursday. “It is important that we both move ...

The German-French joint Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) tank project is set to continue, the two countries’ defense ministers confirmed in an interview with French daily Le Monde on Wednesday. "We ...

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 ...

ÉVREUX, France — Germany and France pledged on Thursday to move their joint next-generation battle tank forward by the end of the year. French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu and his German ...

Tanks are more useful when they actually exist—and the CAPINT is expected to beat its eventual successor to the battlefield by years, if not decades. Franco-German defense contractor KNDS made waves ...