Nuovo carro, l’Italia guarda a Spagna e Austria (25. Mai 2020)
L'Italia sta guardando anche a Spagna e Austria – con la Polonia più defilata - per stabilire una cooperazione per lo sviluppo di un futuro sistema di combattimento terrestre con al centro un nuovo carro da battaglia (MBT, Main Battle Tank). E' quanto emerso nel corso della presentazione dello studio IAI "Main Battle Tanks, Europe and the Implications for Italy".
La cooperazione con questi 2 Paesi europei – più, appunto, eventualmente anche la Polonia - avrebbe il vantaggio di poter contare su una base industriale molto solida e su un partner di primo livello come General Dynamics Land Systems Europe (GDLSE) che raggruppa le competenze e le conoscenze di 3 specialisti europei del settore veicoli da combattimento, ovvero la spagnola Santa Barbara Sistemas, la svizzera Mowag e l’austriaca Styer. Al momento, tuttavia, si tratta di una delle ipotesi sul terreno e nessuna scelta ufficiale è stata compiuta in merito.
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Kurz gesagt: Italien erwartet, laut der Studie
"Main Battle Tanks, Europe and the Implications for Italy", dass sich auch Spanien und
Österreich (!) an der Entwicklung eines neuen Landkampfsystems mit einem neuen Kampfpanzer beteiligen. Dadurch könne z.B. auf die Expertise von GDELS Santa Bárbara Sistemas, GDELS Mowag und GDELS Steyr zurückgegriffen werden. Momentan ist dieses Vorhaben aber rein hypothetisch und es wurde keine offizielle Entscheidung dazu getroffen.
Liest man sich die Studie durch, ergibt sich ein anderes Bild - keine Rede von einer Beteiligung "Österreichs", sondern von GDELS Steyr als Unternehmen:
Main Battle Tanks, Europe and the Implications for Italy (April 2020) hat geschrieben:By 2025, a total of 12 EU MS will have to replace their MBT fleets either completely or partially. Should no further maintenance and updating programme be decided upon, a complete replacement is foreseen in seven EU countries. As of 2019, Austria, Latvia, Slovakia and Slovenia have not taken any decision regarding the upgrade of their fleets, which are foreseen to be phased-out by mid-2020s.
Main Battle Tanks, Europe and the Implications for Italy (April 2020) hat geschrieben:In this context, a third option would still be possible – although difficult. This option would see the involvement of GDELS in a consortium with Italian and Polish industries. The company, headquartered in Spain, does already produce the ASCOD family of armoured tracked vehicles for Austria, Spain and the UK and could harness synergies and/or commonalities between MBT and IFV regarding propulsion systems, electronics, manned/unmanned teaming and – partly – APS. Moreover, GDELS could benefit from economies of scale and Know-how circulation within General Dynamics, taking into account limitations depending on ITAR components. From a technological and industrial point of view, there would be several complementarities with the Italian firm Leonardo, with the latter more focused for instance on electronics and C2 as well as turret and armaments. GDELS would likely be interested in such an option because it would represent an opportunity to enter the Italian and Polish markets in cooperation with the respective national industries and avoid being marginalized by the Franco-German cooperation. The resulting industrial consortium would be able to develop and produce a MBT with state–of-the-art technologies to match army’s requirement and could represent a credible alternative to the triad KMW-Leclerc-Rheinmentall.
Diese Studie ist eher als
"feed for thought-paper" einzustufen. Außerdem wurde sie nicht von einer offiziellen Stelle der italienischen Regierung ausgearbeitet, sondern von einem
privaten außenpolitischen Thinktank:
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