Italian "Dado" combat vehicles are fighting.
The US Defense News Network recently reported that in order to replace the "Dado" infantry tanks that have been in service since 2002 as soon as possible, Italy announced a total of 52300 million euros (56$400 million) to purchase 1,000 new infantry tanks to modernize the Italian army and its impact on the Mediterranean.
There is information that this new type of tank, which Italy is buying, is called the "tank combat system of the army". The Italian military has made it clear that vehicles must be able to share target information with other combat platforms in order to be able to effectively combat IED, anti-tank missiles, and swarm U** attacks. At the same time, the Italian military also wanted the car to have a more powerful command and control system, retractable armor, modular design, and an open structure, and a drone that could collaborate on land.
Over the next few months, Italy will select a developed armoured combat system for the Army, and £48 million has been invested upfront to facilitate the project. As long as the works are carried out well, Italy will buy combat vehicles of this type.
As far as the engineering development model is concerned, due to technical difficulties and R&D costs, Italy prefers to carry out cross-border alliances with the KNDS defense group established by France and Germany and the German Rheinland (Rheinland).
In fact, Italy, one of the few countries in Europe that can develop its own battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, is one of them. The Italian army's "Ram" C1 tank, "Centaur" infantry tank and "Dado" infantry tank are all developed and manufactured by Italy itself, and they are all made in the country. In recent years, Italy has focused on bringing in higher-level foreign technology to improve its defense industry. The Italian company Leonardo and the KNDS defense group, with funding from the Italian Ministry of Defense, have signed an agreement on a new generation of battle tanks in Europe. Italy is also particularly made up of a number of countries"European League"And the defense budget provides for a $15 billion program funding. In response to Italy's order for 1,000 new tanks, South Korea's Defense Industries Corporation and Germany's Rheinland Iron & Steel are actively preparing to participate in this cooperation program. Reynolds Metal CoIt intends to produce the Lynx wheeled infantry tank for Italy, and at the same time announced that it will maximize Italy's industrial input, employment rate, and related technology to promote the Italian armored combat system project, and announced that its technology can be transferred to Italy so that it can better improve its design capabilities.
It is important that in recent years, Italy's funding for arms purchases has been increasing. Statistics show that Italy's plan to purchase military equipment in 2023 is 6.6 billion, an increase of 12.5 percent from 4520 million in 2022 and far more than the 4 billion in 2021. The Italian Ministry of Defense has published its National Defense Plan 2023-2025, which is planned to be $860 million in 2024 and $87 billion in 2025. Italy is now preparing to purchase 133 German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks and update 125 Ram C1 tanks. In order to speed up the improvement of the Italian army's land strength, in addition to equipping the army with tanks, Italy also began to purchase the "Horse Seat 2" and the new generation of VBM "Arrow" infantry tanks.