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Leonardo eyes an Italian gun for Rome’s new Leopard 2 tanks

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Italy has signed to buy the tanks to fill a capability gap as the Ukraine conflict raises the profile of land war. Italy aims to assemble the Leopards at a Leonardo assembly line in La Spezia, Italy. Leonardo-supplied electro-optical sensor, software-defined radio, command-and-control system and possibly the gun barrel under evaluation.

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Leonardo eyes an Italian gun for Rome’s new Leopard 2 tanks

ROME — Italy will add its own, domestically manufactured components to German Leopard tanks it is buying, possibly including the gun barrel, a senior official at Italian firm Leonardo has told Defense News.Italy has signed to buy the tanks to fill a capability gap as the Ukraine conflict raises the profile of land war, and aims to assemble the Leopards at a Leonardo assembly line in La Spezia, Italy.“Under a Letter of Intent signed in December w…

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Defense News broke the news in United States on Monday, February 19, 2024.
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