It has been announced that Italy’s Ministry of Defence has ordered 30 Panther-based main battle tanks and 48 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles from Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles…
Contracts for Panther-based main battle tanks and Lynx infantry fighting vehicles are estimated to be worth a combined €3.7 billion.
The agreement has not yet been confirmed by Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles or Italy’s Ministry of Defence.
The tanks are planned to be produced in a configuration tailored to the Italian Army under the New Main Battle Tank programme.
The new order for 48 Lynx vehicles would add to the 21 vehicles previously ordered by Italy’s Ministry of Defence.
In the long term, Italy plans to procure around 1,050 Lynx ITA/A2CS vehicles across more than 12 variants, while the tank programme covers 132 main battle tanks and 140 support vehicles.
The two programmes are expected to cost approximately €23 billion in total, with the A2CS programme scheduled to run until 2040 and the tank programme until 2037…
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