France will equip several battalions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with dozens of armored vehicles, including AMX-10RC light wheeled tanks. This will happen in the coming weeks. writes about it TASS Referring to the joint statement of the Presidents of France and Ukraine after their meeting at the Elysee Palace.
“France’s military support to the defense of Ukraine since the beginning of the war continues, and new supplies are constantly being prepared to take into account Ukraine’s most pressing and urgent needs to strengthen its defense capability,” the statement said.
The AMX-10RC is a French heavy armored vehicle, often also classified as a wheeled tank.
Satory Military Vehicles, commissioned by the French Armed Forces and designed for the role of a reconnaissance vehicle that can also fight enemy armored vehicles, was created by GIAT and Renault.
Serial production of the AMX-10RC was carried out from 1976 to 1994. In early January 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the transfer of the AMX-10RC to Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on May 14. counter Increasing arms supplies to Kiev after meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris.