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 "slug": "mgcs-germany-leaves-tank-mandon-late-2040s-intermediate-tank-pistorius-vautrin",
 "title": "Germany Has Left the MGCS Tank, France's Chief of Defence Staff Says — Paris Shifts Service Entry to the Late 2040s and Launches an Intermediate Tank",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/mgcs-germany-leaves-tank-mandon-late-2040s-intermediate-tank-pistorius-vautrin/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/mgcs-germany-leaves-tank-mandon-late-2040s-intermediate-tank-pistorius-vautrin/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-10-09T19:57:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-15T19:58:05.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParis, 9 October 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * General Fabien Mandon, France's chief of defence staff, told a National Assembly hearing on 8 October that Germany had \"decided to leave the project\" of the future tank under the Main Ground Combat System: \"This is not a complete failure, it is an important German choice\"\n * The French armed forces ministry, in a statement quoted by French media, said the industrial offer submitted in early 2026 was incompatible with replacing the current tank",
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  "ground-defense",
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