France’s defence minister received his German counterpart on Friday to ink a deal between the two countries to build a next-generation battle tank.
Defence ministers of France and Germany met in Paris this Friday to ratify an agreement on a new joint tank project called the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS).
This formal agreement kick-starts the development of the first phase of the armoured vehicle, dubbed the ‘tank of the future’ – a project worth billions of euros.
The new battle tank is set to replace Germany’s Leopard 2 tank and France’s Leclerc.
Moving 60-70 tons requires a lot of power, regardless if they’re electric or not. Next gen tanks are also likely to be hybrids, not for the environment’s sake, but to be quieter when they have to or simply as a backup / redundancy.
Also to power energy weapons like anti-drone lasers and gauss/rail weapons.
The m1 consumes about 6 gallons per mile.
In a large war that is a lot of fuel and supply lines.
I know of Iraq/Afghanistan. They were testing solar to power the bases because they required so much diesel, and those were the convoys being attacked.
I know people will call it woke but we need to green up the military to protect lives.
Well the military already considers climate change a threat to national security.
I would agree. As the climate changes, what is important will change.
I think the average person outside of America doesn’t grasp the size of America. We have enough water, land, etc to feed our population if we plan correctly. Other countries don’t have that luxury and wars can be caused over a shortage of water and food.
You are busy fucking that up though. Through fracking for example.
Also, plan correctly? When is the US going to try to start doing that?
I don’t frack. So I’m not sure you mean by you. Nor do I support fracking. Gas should be expensive.