Europe’s Tank Plans Are Getting Ridiculous
June 30, 2026
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as posted by the channelEurope is rearming, and tanks are back on the table. But instead of one clean path toward the future of armored warfare, Europe now has MGCS, CAPINT, Leopard 3, Italy’s Leonardo-Rheinmetall NMBT, MARTE, and a growing list of national modernization plans pulling in different directions.
Tanks are not dead. Ukraine has shown they still matter, but they need to survive drones, mines, loitering munitions, top-attack weapons, artillery, and constant surveillance. The question is whether Europe can build a common answer, or whether its future armored forces will end up just as fragmented as the fleets they are trying to replace.
In this episode, we untangle Europe’s future tank mess: why the Franco-German MGCS program is running late, why France wants CAPINT as a bridge, why Germany is keeping the Leopard family moving, how Italy’s NMBT fits in, and why MARTE adds another layer to an already complicated armored vehicle map.
Recorded on: June 24, 2026
Written by: Kyle Gunn
Edited by: Savvy
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