Pretty sure KMW has provided an explanation for why they decided to go that route in one of the articles about the ARC.
Altho, imo yes, it does expose the weakpoints more than it should (specifically the turret ring), especially to auto-cannons and I don’t think ARC 4.0 (the likely name of the next variant) will keep it that way, that is, assuming KMW is actually serious about the ARC becoming an alternative to the Leopard 2Ax/9.
If its not morphing to 2a9/X in the first place
ARC is privately funded afaik, whereas 2Ax/9 is government funded. They might merge however if ARC matures more and KMW gets rid of some of the more obvious weakpoints of the design though, since tbh their idea is good, it just need to be executed better, and for that they need Army testing. Optionally, some of ARC design ideas might be transferred over to the 2Ax if they prove to be better than the original design idea, but that remains to be seen.
Sorry I can’t hear you over the German developed and manufactured lynx in the italian tree
At this point nations are mostly meaningless in game
Can’t hear you over the double-standards of manufacturer vs national ownership
double standard? How? It’s no rarity that countries get their prototypes or demonstrators
A company in a nation made something and only the country that actively uses and bought them gets access to them
There is no “nation” that owns the lynx prototype except germany through Rheinmetall
Funny thing, last i heared france wasnt instreated in the leclerc evo and wants to stay with the xlr.
The evo being an export advertised to india as example. So leclerc evo for UK when?
Is the Evo in use by India? No. Was it made by KNDS France, aka Nexter, for France, with pure French tech? Yes. It’s that simple.
The lynx prototype is owned solely by Rheinmetall deutschland, meaning Germany.
Like you said.
It just is that simple.
I never said Lynx shouldn’t go to Germany, did I? But Hungary bought em, Hungary got em, its REALLY simple.
Kinda?
No?
You kinda did tho bro.
No, I am pretty okay with Germany getting the Lynx they made. But sure, stretch so much your spine snaps, okay
You did heavily imply this
Doesn’t really matter in the first place, it’s more of you goalpost shifting because of how irrelevant a point it was to bring up in the first place. Germany has no claim whatsoever, none, not a hint, not a touch, not a blink, to the Leclerc Evolution. Same with France to 2 A-RC
and we dont want it lol, its yours. shini just wanted to show u how it sounded
People were, indeed, claiming Germany had a claim over it. Read.
Jeez, here I thought this post was bout LEOPARD 2A-RC 3.0 and not leclerc, lynx, vbci, whateverdoohickey.
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