Both vehicles are tracked and heavier than the AMX-10RC but have smaller main weapons, though they also carry anti-tank missiles. What's important is that the West is sending armored fighting vehicles.įrance's announcement was quickly followed by the US announcing that it would send M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Germany announcing that it would send Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. Yet the military value of the AMX-10RC isn't really the point. The Renault FT remained in reduced service in the French army until the. Armored vehicles are still vital on the battlefield, but an armored car may have limited utility against swarms of anti-tank missiles, attack drones, and smart artillery shells. The Renault FT defines the very type of modern battle tank: turret armament that. Indeed, Ukraine has shown that modern reconnaissance relies on drones and satellites.
Fighting there has become trench warfare, with incremental gains rather than sweeping armored offensives in which fast, armored scout vehicles excel. This tank is named in honor to general Philippe Jacques Leclerc, commander of French armored division during World. In other words, the AMX-10RC was designed to be part of a light mechanized force that rides to the rescue of NATO forces desperately defending against a Soviet blitzkrieg. Production of the Leclerc started in 1991. It often indicates a user profile.įrench troops back an AMX-10RC onto a ship in Toulon in June 1995.ĪNNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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