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Russian Threat Spurs Europe to Accelerate New Tank Projects

6/15/2026

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Russian threat and reduced backing from U.S. President Donald Trump have pushed Europe to speed up projects.
KNDS unveiled the CAPINT in Paris, a tank built on a German chassis with a French gun to bridge the ten-year delay in the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) cited by Minister Catherine Vautrin.
Germany is advancing a Leopard 2AX/Leopard 3 tank and secured intellectual-property safeguards with France after its chancellery demanded protection of know-how.

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Story summary

Russian threat and reduced backing from U.S. President Donald Trump have pushed Europe to speed up projects.
KNDS unveiled the CAPINT in Paris, a tank built on a German chassis with a French gun to bridge the ten-year delay in the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) cited by Minister Catherine Vautrin.
Germany is advancing a Leopard 2AX/Leopard 3 tank and secured intellectual-property safeguards with France after its chancellery demanded protection of know-how.