Fuuuuck i downloaded the picture when that tag wasn’t present
My outmost forgiveness i’ll delete it
Underneath the post you can find a commenter who apparently suggests that Twitter provides the AI caption for images that are AI enhanced or edited as well, so I still think it’s legitimate.
As I mentioned above, the turret details and the twin circular headlights do line up with the C3105 and Jaguar, which helps.
No worries, it’s just AI-generated promotional material, we’ll have to wait until at least a full-size mockup is present to know if the vehicle itself is present.
Keep the image.
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I’ll be there for 2 days as my pass expires then, not all the stands arrived, leonardo already arrived and photos already leaked out, i hope tomorrow rest will come too! :)
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From what I understand so far, I’ve seen photos for:
-KF41 Recce (C-UAS upgrade)
-Patria Pasi w/redesigned NEMO turret
-IMBT
-A2CS UOR
-ACSV (TURRA 30-SA)
-ACSV (DroneLight)
-EBRC Jaguar 105?
-HAVOC 8x8 UGV
And I’ve heard of other vehicles planned to make an appearance such as
-M109-52
-CV90 Mk IV
-Patria Trackx with NEMO turret (debut)
-Wide variety of other Patria systems
I am also hoping for the 2026 EMBT variant that was teased on Twitter back in January to show up, but that remains as a wish.
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all correct aside the EBRC that isn’t there yet!
btw i got an exclusive for the forum :)
(dunno if someone else said it on X or elsewhere)
i noticed while talking at the leonardo stand (fortunely i know italian XD)
the hull is a leo2a4 modified with composite screens as of now a mockup, it seems they plan to try to get a contract with Italy (as this one was made in germany) and there are prospects of putting this new turret on actual true KF51 hull when it will arrive, cannon is also an L55
(Designation of KF51IT as of now is just a mere joke btw for now)
Interesting stuff! Is the cannon planned to be the Rheinmetall L55 the newer Leonardo one? Also I assume most if not all of the turret is similarly a mockup right? A tad bit disappointing but I’m sure there will be other Italian products to gawk over.
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entire thing is a mockup for now (look optics lol), it is featuring L55 rheinmetal cannon, all could change since this is a super early mockup, there are talks of possible aquisition of DM83 just like challenger 3 EPSOM is possibly confirmed to do, rest is speculation really
much more concrete is the DardoLynx, They truly don’t want the hitfist turret to die XD
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That’s already been shown prior iirc its just a functional EMBT ADT
i really hope we will see another iteration of that beast Ascalon 140
Turret was definitely different though, it didn’t look quite the same as ADT 140 to me.
https://x.com/KNDS_France/status/2008228637250621937?s=20
To me it just looks like a more polished/finished ADT
Same turret and everything overall but designed a little better. Well have to wait until it’s showcase
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ADT140 turret was a mockup so building a new version for firing tests does track. The hull also appears to be a Leopard 2A4 rather than 2A7 when lit up during the firing portion of the video? This combined with the less-than-flashy aesthetics of the turret suggest to me that it’s just a testbed for the ASCALON cannon.
I really don’t think it’s been changed since all prior EMBT have used the 2a7+ hull ultimately I do think it’s just a more refined tank compared to what KNDS showed originally possibly for the french in their exploration into finding a replacement for Leclerc but that’s speculation so I won’t go that far
Like I said, looking again I think the Leopard 2A4 hull and different turret is simply the means for testing purposes, and so it’s not an EMBT like I initially thought.
I firmly believe it’s a EMBT but again well have to wait and see. And I personally wouldn’t be confident in guessing the hull from the limited views we got of it
It is a leo2 hull.
Clearly mate I mean on the varient.
M47E would be dope ngl, didn’t Italy have those along with Spain
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