![]() ![]() Will France’s landmark move affect the position of the United States, Germany and other countries regarding tanks?Īlthough the number of AMX-10RC wheeled tanks that France is ready to transfer to Ukraine remains unknown, the very fact of the provision of a Western tank, albeit a light one, to the Armed Forces of Ukraine should become a precedent and an example for other countries, the Ukrainian government hopes. The AMX-10RC has a solid history of participation in major wars. In recent years, France has been gradually replacing the AMX-10 RC with more modern machines for its army.įrance sold such light tanks to the armies of Qatar and Morocco. The car was improved with additional armor and various systems, including an active self-defense system using infrared missiles, a battlefield management system, smoke grenade launchers, as well as improved suspension, gearboxes and tactical communications.Such a modernized configuration has the abbreviation RCR (from the French rénové– renewed). ![]() In 2010, the company Nexter upgraded 256 AMX-10RC cars. Since then, such wheeled tanks were produced by the French company GIAT Industries on the order of the French armed forces, the stock and its equipment were constantly improved (improving the engine, ammunition and armor protection). This is how the first prototypes of the modern AMX-10RC were created, which appeared in service with the French army in the early 1980s. The general director of the French company AMX-APX, which worked on a series of relevant programs, proposed to develop a wheeled version of the tracked infantry fighting vehicle of the 70s (AMX-10P), but to arm it with a 105-mm gun from another project that had been cancelled (IFV ERAC ). The AMX-10RC is a development from the 1970s, which arose against the background of attempts to replace the outdated EBR armored reconnaissance vehicle with more modern technology. So, in French, this car is often called a tank (char). There is an indication of this even in the name of the equipment: RC stands for Roues-Canon (“cannon on a wheeled chassis”). It is equipped with a much more powerful weapon than most conventional IFVs – a 105 mm gun. Formally, the AMX-10RC is a French infantry fighting vehicle designed for reconnaissance in dangerous environments, which is also capable of providing fire support. ![]()
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