Macron's paradox

It's not just about AMX-10 RC light tanks and Bastion armored vehicles promised recently. Since the beginning of war, France has already given us:

• 18 CAESAR howitzers,

• 4 MLRS LRU,

• About 60 VAB armored personnel carriers,

• 6 155-mm howitzers TRF1,

• 2 Crotale air defense batteries,

• MILAN portable anti-tank missile complexes,

• MISTRAL portable anti-aircraft missile systems,

• HDP-2A2 anti-tank mines, as well as a bunch of other equipment.

• Together with Italy, it is preparing to hand over 1 SAMP-T air defense system battery to us.

France is among the top 5 arms suppliers to Ukraine.

"AMX - 10 RC is a French heavy armoured vehicle, often classified as "wheeled tank".

AMX - 10 RC is a French heavy armoured vehicle, often classified as a "wheeled tank". It was created by Satory Military Vehicles company, a joint venture of GIAT and Renault, commissioned by French Armed Forces and intended for the role of reconnaissance vehicle, also capable of combating enemy armoured vehicles.

Serial production of AMX-10RC was carried out from 1976 to 1994, a total of 457 machines of this type were produced.

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About the author: Orest Sohar, journalist, editor-in-chief of Obozrevatel.

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