{"id":67510,"date":"2024-06-17T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/06\/17\/battle-tank-concepts-mushroom-at-paris-arms-show\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:07:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:07:42","slug":"battle-tank-concepts-mushroom-at-paris-arms-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/techwatch\/2024\/06\/17\/battle-tank-concepts-mushroom-at-paris-arms-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle tank concepts mushroom at Paris arms show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PARIS \u2014 If Europeans fail to pull off a common next-generation battle tank design, it will not have been for a lack of ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Industry frenemies KNDS and Rheinmetall each presented new concepts here touting major improvements to existing tank fleets, keenly aware that the fluid schedule of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/04\/26\/france-and-germany-sign-off-on-future-battle-tank-system\/\">Franco-German Main Ground Combat System<\/a> could be decades away from fielding a weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">KNDS \u2014 the joint venture of Germany\u2019s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and France\u2019s Nexter \u2014 unveiled the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 at a brief ceremony, where development head Axel Scheibel diplomatically spoke of the \u201cslightly delayed\u201d marquee program between Berlin and Paris. \u201cWe have to have a next-gen tank\u201d before that, he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Envisioned features include a weight savings of 10% over the 60-plus-ton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/06\/11\/knds-leonardo-rupture-could-nix-italian-leopard-2-tank-buy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Leopard 2<\/a>. Engineers hope to achieve this through cascading modifications that include a new gun design, which enables the relocation of the three-person crew more deeply into the protected chassis, thereby saving on armor weight spent on protecting personnel located further up in the tank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The linchpin of the idea is a main gun movable on two pivot points, causing the barrel to rest level above the chassis at all time, obviating the need to account for dead space from the cannon\u2019s back swinging around, Scheibel explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company envisions a choice of 120mm-, 130mm- or 140mm-caliber guns, incorporating a trend toward larger projectiles for longer range and heftier kinetic punch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A new munition delivery system is also part of the concept, borrowing from soda bottle distributors the idea of cubed storage containers that can feed three initial rounds to the barrel within 10 seconds, Scheibel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the gun and turret concept complete, KNDS plans to unveil a fully functioning demonstrator at the Eurosatory show in 2026, spending the time until then fleshing out the chassis design, Scheibel said. The company has already driven and fired the A-RC 3.0 tank in a testable configuration and presented the design to the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collection of modifications can be applied to existing Leopard 2 tanks, which is where much of the market is expected to lie in the future, Scheibel told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s not tricky,\u201d he said, because the two-pivot cannon design enables something of a clean-slate approach for tweaking the rest of the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, KNDS presented a development version of the French Leclerc tank fitted with a 120mm Ascalon gun, with a barrel that can be swapped out to fire 140mm munitions. KNDS France has already tested the system, with the barrel switch taking about 25 minutes, according to Francois Groshany, who runs tracked armor programs at the French arm of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/CUT.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rheinmetall unveiled the concept for an unmanned turret at the Eurosatory arms show outside of Paris on June 17, 2024. (Sebastian Sprenger\/Staff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Leclerc Evolution tank is proposed as a new build. And while existing Leclerc platforms could potentially be refitted, \u201cthat\u2019s a question of economics,\u201d Groshany told reporters during a walk around KNDS France\u2019s offering Monday. The French tank is meant to complement the Leopard 2 offering rather than compete with it \u201cto address markets for which the Leopard isn\u2019t relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company sees realistic possibilities to find buyers, \u201cotherwise we wouldn\u2019t launch it,\u201d Groshany said, adding that there\u2019s a market for hundreds of main battle tanks in the next 10 to 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ascalon cannon\u2019s capabilities will be able to go \u201cwell beyond\u201d those of the current generation of 120mm guns, with the company targeting an energy impact on the target of at least 10 megajoules. The Leclerc upgrade is proposed with a 22-round autoloader in a two-person turret, with a two-person chassis including the deputy commander. Armament would also include a 30mm gun for anti-drone purposes, plus a launcher for loitering munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rheinmetall, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/06\/13\/rheinmetall-pitches-panther-battle-tank-as-heir-to-the-leopard\/\">managed to pull off a big splash at the Eurosatory 2022<\/a> iteration with the surprise introduction of its Panther KF51 tank, presented yet another model on Monday. An unmanned turret, the company said, will enable the crew to sit lower in the protected chassis and provide 25 \u201cready rounds\u201d for the 130mm main gun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bjoern Bernhard, the company\u2019s head of vehicle systems in Europe, introduced the development amid what he called the \u201cobvious postponement\u201d of the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System program. \u201cWe\u2019ve seen that MGCS is not getting ahead as planned,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Beaudouin, a retired major general and former head of the French Army\u2019s equipment office who now runs Eurosatory as CEO of COGES Events, lauded the level of activity here surrounding tank technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI myself am surprised,\u201d he told Defense News. \u201cIn my opinion, as a former officer, the groundswell is much more important than we think. 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