The UTTAT Nettuno test establishment and firing range, which is part of the test ranges the Italian defence uses to
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The new MBT programme seems to be slightly behind the AICS one, less details being provided. What is sure is that
Itali will maintain the 120 mm calibre and will exploit all the benefits of the Panther in terms of protection, mobility, and digitalisation. As for the specialist variants, LRMV will provide the Italian Army with the systems already in service with many NATO nations, that will be Italianised mostly in the C4I domain.
EDR On-Line understood that the
MBT contracts will see hulls manufactured half in Germany and half in Italy under license, while the 120 mm barrels shift will see 52 of them produced in Unterlüß and 80 in La Spezia under license, Leonardo currently investing in increased barrel manufacturing capability in its plant.
La Spezia will also produce 50% of spare barrels. The turret structure, autoloader, chassis design and active protection systems will all come from Germany, while Italy will provide the powerpack, passive protection, target acquisition, fire control system and electric turret drive controller, obviously the C2D/N EVO C4I system, and will be responsible for the final commissioning to the customer.
