Sensational: Italy will buy 125 Leopard 2A7 tanks as a stopgap
The Italian government has not yet officially confirmed this information, but it seems that the German intention to restart the production lines of the Leopard 2A7, the most modern version, has seen considerable interest from us as well. Citing an Italian military source, Italy plans to purchase 125 Leopard 2A7 main battle tanks (MBT) as gap fillers, and to allocate the tanks to the Ariete division.
Currently, the MBT in service with the Italian army is the C1 Ariete, an Italian-made tank developed jointly by the companies Oto Melara and IVECO. For the MBT Ariete, Oto Melara had overall responsibility, while IVECO was responsible for the powerpack and suspension system. The first production MBT Ariete was delivered at the end of 1995 and the final production vehicles were delivered to the Italian Army in 2002. Modernizations are also planned for this vehicle, but its numbers are very small and it is not expected to reopen of the production line.
The Leopard 2A7 is the most modern version of the almost fifty-year-old German tank, equipped with new micro ceramic and titanium protections, anti-mine protections and thermal camouflage of the vehicle. The cannon in use is the more modern version of the 120 mm already used on the German tank.
Thanks to our Telegram channel you can stay updated on the publication of new articles from Economic Scenarios.
The sensational article: Italy will buy 125 Leopard 2A7 tanks as a stopgap comes from Scenari Economici .
This is a machine translation of a post published on Scenari Economici at the URL https://scenarieconomici.it/clamoroso-litalia-comprera-125-carri-armati-leopard-2a7-come-tappabuchi/ on Fri, 10 Mar 2023 09:00:17 +0000.