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 "title": "KNDS Launches the CAPINT Interim Tank as MGCS Funding Comes Into Doubt",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/knds-capint-interim-tank-eurosatory-mgcs-funding-doubt-leopard-3-italian-main-battle-tank/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/knds-capint-interim-tank-eurosatory-mgcs-funding-doubt-leopard-3-italian-main-battle-tank/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-06-15T17:23:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:53:35.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 15 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * KNDS launched the CAPINT (Capacité Intermédiaire), a stopgap tank, at Eurosatory on 15 June: a Leopard 2A8-derived hull with a 1,500-horsepower engine and the unmanned ASCALON 120mm gun, capable of transitioning to larger calibre\n * KNDS positions it to “pave the way” for the long-delayed Main Ground Combat System, the joint Franco-German tank meant to replace the Leopard 2 and the Leclerc\n * But Rheinmetall chief Armin Papperger said France is ",
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 "tags": [
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  "ground-defense"
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 "sources": [],
 "entities": [
  "fcas",
  "france",
  "germany",
  "italy",
  "knds",
  "leonardo",
  "leopard-2",
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