![]() ![]() The vehicle was upgraded to the standard AMX-10RCR to offer more protection, mobility, and firepower. The development of the vehicle started in September 1970 at the Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux (AMX) to meet a French Army requirement for new fire support armored vehicle and it entered into service with the French army in 1979. In the French army, the AMX-10RC is used as a reconnaissance armored vehicle. In fact, the AMX-10RC is able to fire Nexter Munitions APFSDS (Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot) 105 F1 round which can destroy main battle tanks at a maximum firing range of 2,200m. With the delivery of the AMX-10RC to Ukraine, France is the first country in the world to provide an armored vehicle capable of fighting Russian tanks. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, France has already provided military equipment and weapons to Ukraine for an amount of €470 million and is ranked the 5th country in Europe providing military, financial, and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. ![]() For several years France has launched the Scorpion program for the modernization of its land forces with the replacement of the AMX-10RC/RCR by the Jaguar 6圆 armored vehicle. With this new announcement, France shows its commitment to intensify its delivery of combat vehicles to Ukraine following the invasion of the country by the Russian army.Ĭurrently, the French army had a total of 245 AMX-10RC/RCR. Follow Army Recognition on Google News at this linkįrench army AMX-10RCR light reconnaissance antitank wheeled armored vehicle. According to information published in the French Newspaper " Le Figaro" on January 4, 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron announced to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that France will deliver to Ukraine French-made light tanks AMX-10RC / RCR armed with a 105mm semi-automatic cannon able to defeat Russian Main Battle Tanks (MBTs). ![]()
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