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The Panther KF51 (KF is short for German "Kettenfahrzeug" lit. ' tracked vehicle ') is a German fourth-generation main battle tank (MBT) that is under development by Rheinmetall Landsysteme (part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems division). It was unveiled publicly at the Eurosatory defence exhibition on 13 June 2022. [2] [3]
Rheinmetall MG 60; Rheinmetall Mk 20 Rh-202; MK 101 cannon; ... Panther KF51; Prussian G 10; Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle) Panzerhaubitze 2000; Q. QF 15 ...
The L30A1 120 mm rifled gun has been replaced with the new NATO-Standard Rheinmetall L55A1 120 mm smoothbore gun; itself a derivative of Rheinmetall Rh-120 120 mm gun currently used in the Leopard 2A6 and 2A7. The Challenger 3 is due to enter service in 2025 with the total fleet being 148 tanks. FMBT [35] 2021 — 2025 India
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 ...
"On 5 December 2022 Rheinmetall confessed that it saw little possibility of new sales and that it planned to target existing customers only. Because management had accepted the European Defence Agency forecasts, they had provisioned an assembly line to manufacture no more than 800 vehicles over the ten year period from 2025."
Rheinmetall produced machine guns, automatic cannons and ammunition. The first product was the MG3. In 1960, the workforce had grown to 3,080 employees. In 1964, production of heavy weapons resumed, such as gun barrels and mounts. Rheinmetall began equipping tanks and artillery pieces.
The most recent panther death occurred on Nov. 22, when a 3-year-old panther was struck by a car on SR-29 Southbound. The collision took place about two miles south of a local gun range, according ...
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.