Built on a modified Palmaria hull with improved armor and fitted with the Ariete pre-series ... successful trials, the tank ...

The European Main Battle Tank, or EMBT, combines the chassis ... and the Italian government has proposed developing a prototype of an upgraded Ariete. More important, while the Leopard-Leclerc ...

Rheinmetall presented its Panther main battle proposal at the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris on June 13, 2022. (Sebastian Sprenger/staff photo) ROME — Germany’s Rheinmetall has signed ...

One overdue item was upgrading an army tank force consisting of 200 53-ton Ariete tanks delivered between 1995 and 2002. Lack of maintenance and upgrades meant only 50 of these tanks were operational ...

The Panther KF51 designed by Rheinmetall will provide the basis for the MBT to replace the Ariete tank, which was produced in the 1990s. Last year, a ministry source told Reuters Italy had some ...