Francia y Alemania firman un acuerdo sobre el tanque del "futuro"

Los ministros de Defensa de Alemania, Boris Pistorius (izq.), y Francia, Sébastien Lecornu, firman el acuerdo sobre el “tanque del futuro” MGCS el 26 de abril de 2024 en París

Francia y Alemania firmaron este viernes en París un acuerdo para activar la fase de desarrollo de un demostrador de su futuro tanque, el MGCS, tras lograr fijar el reparto de tareas entre industriales de ambos países.

El Sistema Principal de Combate Terrestre (MGCS, por sus siglas en inglés) está llamado a sustituir de cara a 2040 a los tanques Leclerc francés y Leopard alemán, como un “sistema de sistemas”.

Este carro de combate contará con importantes avances tecnológicos (inteligencia artificial, drones, láseres…). “No es el tanque del futuro, sino el futuro del tanque”, celebró el ministro de Defensa francés, Sébastien Lecornu.

Pero, desde 2017, este proyecto emblemático de la cooperación entre ambos países europeos estaba estancado por las rivalidades entre los industriales y las diferencias sobre las necesidades militares.

Siete años después, Lecornu y su par alemán, Boris Pistorius, pusieron fin a estos desacuerdos con la firma de un protocolo que reparte al 50% entre los fabricantes de ambos países el trabajo de desarrollo de un demostrador.

“Al inicio del proyecto, había una visión. Entre la visión y su realización, evidentemente, se invirtió mucho tiempo y esfuerzo, pero la firma de hoy es realmente un hito”, celebró el alemán.

El MGCS, financiado a partes iguales por París y Berlín, está liderado por KNDS, una entidad formada por el grupo francés Nexter, fabricante del Leclerc, y del alemán KMW, que construye el Leopard 2.

Pero la irrupción en 2019 del fabricante alemán Rheinmetall obligó a revisar el reparto previsto. El acuerdo firmado designa un industrial responsable en la mayoría de los ocho pilares a desarrollar.

Tras el acuerdo, comienza una fase de negociación con los fabricantes para desarrollar el demostrador del MGCS, una especie de prototipo inicial. “El objetivo es tener los contratos para finales de año”, apuntó Pistorius.

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