New Franco-German Tank Project Takes Shape With Industry Team Confirmed

In 2024 Boris Pistorius and his French counterpart agreed on the construction of a new land fighting system. Now the Cartel Office has granted the approval.

The Federal Cartel Office is giving the green light for a joint tank project of Rheinmetall, KNDS and Thales. The companies will start a new tank company in Cologne.

The Bundeskartellamt, the Federal Cartel Office (German competition authority), has approved the establishment of a joint venture between KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, KNDS France, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and THALES SIX GTS France SAS. The MGCS-Projekt Company GmbH joint venture will be based in Germany. The main objective of the joint venture is the industrial development of the “Main Ground Combat System” (MGCS) modular combat tank withi…

The German-French tank project MGCS was the first time that the cartel authority has given the green light. The countries have already concluded an agreement.

New Franco-German Tank Project Takes Shape With Industry Team Confirmed

Four different European defense companies will come together in a joint venture to build a next-generation Franco-German main battle tank, under the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) initiative. The tank, which will be part of a wider ‘system of systems,’ confirms something of a renaissance in Western European armor programs, with a notable emphasis on larger and heavier-hitting main armament. The establishment of the joint venture, which compris…

Defence pulls: First the German-French tank project MGCS was pushed. Now there is a green light from the Cartel Office, after both countries had already concluded an industrial agreement.