Kampfpanzer gibt es seit etwas mehr als 100 Jahren. Seit ihren Anfängen haben sie sich ständig weiterentwickelt und ihre Feuerkraft, Überlebensfähigkeit und Mobilität verbessert. Zwar gibt es heute einige Neuentwicklungen, aber in vielen Ländern geht der Trend eher dahin, Kampfpanzer aufzurüsten, anstatt neue zu entwickeln oder zu kaufen.
Europe
Das bedeutendste Kampfpanzer-Neuentwicklungsprogramm in Europa ist das deutsch-französische Programm Main Ground Combat System (MGCS). Das MGCS soll 2035 in Dienst gestellt werden und die derzeitigen Kampfpanzer LEOPARD 2 von Krauss-Maffei Wegmann und LECLERC von Nexter ersetzen.
In the past, a number of European countries were able to develop and manufacture main battle tanks, e.g. B. Sweden with the Stridsvagn 103 (commonly known as the S-Panzer) and Switzerland with the Panzer 61 and Panzer 68. But over time, many countries lost the ability to build tanks and concentrated on sourcing a few models. Both Sweden and Switzerland opted for the German LEOPARD 2 from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), albeit in a modified form.
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