Rheinmetall represents new gun for the future generation of main battle tanks at Eurosatory

Rheinmetall represents new 130mm L/51 tank gun for the  future generation of main battle tanks at Eurosatory 2016 international land and air-land Defence and Security exhibition.

The new 130mm L/51 tank gun: an independently developed demonstrator for the main armament of a future generation of main battle tanks.

According to Werner Kraemer, president of Rheinmetall Waffe Munition’s executive board, the new 130 mm gun should be in production by 2025.

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For many decades, Rheinmetall’s Defence arm has been a reliable partner to armed forces around the world. One of Europe’s foremost suppliers of defence and security solutions, its three divisions – Vehicle Systems, Electronic Solutions und Weapons and Ammunition – help to keep armies, navies and air forces across the globe in fighting trim.

In countless categories, Rheinmetall Defence regularly sets new technological standards: from vehicle, force protection and weapon systems to infantry equipment, and from air defence and function sequence networking to electro-optics and simulation. Employing state-of-the-art solutions to give soldiers deployed in harm’s that all-important edge – this is the mission of Rheinmetall Defence.

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