Griffon, Jaguar, Mepac… the massive present of the Scorpion program | EUROtoday

UDo not sunny day underneath the signal of Scorpion. On the rocky soil of canjuers (Var), a bestiary of wheels and metallic recordsdata at full pace, lifting an ocher mud. On the pitch, a armored recognition and fight machine (EBRC) Jaguar continues the quick photographs with its 40 mm barrel.

The shells attain mounted or transferring targets at 800 m or 1,200 m. The demonstration, Tuesday, March 4, is finished earlier than the eyes of international troopers who got here to watch the efficiency of the feline in service within the military since 2021.

In the biggest army camp in Europe, KNDS France is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Scorpion with nice fanfare. Launched in 2014, this flagship program goals to interchange the venerable VAB and the AMX-10 RC-soon to be fifty years of service on the counter-and the D …