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Schaeffler Will Assemble France's New Damocles Batch as Delair Targets 100 Drones a Day

France's DGA ordered a new batch of MX-10 Damocles loitering munitions from KNDS and Delair on Oct. 13. The companies say German auto supplier Schaeffler will assemble it, with Delair's CEO claiming capacity rises from 10 to 100 a day from November.

Oct 14, 2026 · 4 min read

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Stridsvagn 122 (Strv 122)

The Stridsvagn 122 is Sweden's Leopard 2-derived main battle tank, combining additional armor with Swedish command systems. It serves in Sweden and Ukraine and is being modernized into the Strv 123A.

Oct 11, 2026

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Germany takes 40% of KNDS, betting the state should own Europe's tank champion

Berlin will take 40% of the Leopard 2 maker KNDS, matching France and clearing a €15-18 billion IPO. The deal shows Europe paying for rearmament two ways at once: the state buying back legacy primes, and venture capital flooding the startups.

Jun 22, 2026

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RCH 155

KNDS's wheeled 155mm howitzer — a fully automated PzH 2000-class gun on a Boxer 8×8, and the only turreted howitzer in the world that can fire accurately on the move. Ukraine is the launch customer; shoot-and-scoot survivability for the drone-saturated battlefield.

Jun 19, 2026

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Puma IFV

Germany's premier tracked IFV — a 30 mm airburst cannon, modular armor, and the most powerful engine in its class, equipping the Bundeswehr's Panzergrenadier units and the NATO Very High Readiness Joint Task Force.

Jun 4, 2026

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PzH 2000

Germany's high-tempo tracked 155 mm self-propelled howitzer, prized for its burst rate of fire and long reach, serving across NATO and Ukraine.

Jun 4, 2026

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Leopard 2

Germany's Leopard 2 — the most widely fielded Western main battle tank, a 120 mm four-crew design exported to more than 20 armies and donated to Ukraine, where its 2A4 and 2A6 variants have fought since 2023.

Jun 4, 2026