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As requested, this thread will go over the military aid Italy has provided to Ukraine since 2022. I will update the thread if anything new is found in the future. Hopefully this will help inform people, especially those who claim Italy has done nothing. Beretta MG 42/59's.

🇮🇹🇺🇦(+small thread🧵) Another convoy of Italian VCC-1's and M548's was recently spotted being transported via rail. These like the previous one seen some weeks ago are on their way to Ukraine. Italian aid will likely continue for the foreseeable future. Also @Jonpy99 shared with me a very interesting video which showcases what is still at the Lenta military graveyard. So I'll go over what is seen, firstly many Italian M113's can be seen, including various VCC-2's and M577 Command post carriers.

🇮🇹IMBT what we know so far, a thread.
Since many of you yesterday expressed interest, this thread will go over what we currently know about the next Italian Army MBT which will be produced in Italy and enter service in the near future. A little background before we start, in recent times Italy has decided to focus on heavy brigades, one of the main requirements the Italian Army set out was for 125 upgraded Arietes and 125 new MBT's to compliment them. Initially KNDS and Leonardo worked towards getting the🔽

🧵Since some of you have been asking, I wanted to make a thread which goes over some important details in regards to the Leonardo-Rheinmetall partnership and what it means for the Italian Army stopgap MBT and A2CS program.🔽 Firstly, final assembly lines, testing, delivering activities and the logistic support will all be based in Italy. Specifically 60% of the work will be in Italy with heavy input from Leonardo.

End of the road for the 2A8IT...?
From the CEO of KNDS-“The parties did not manage to agree on configuration and consequently, talks about Leonardo’s strategic participation in KNDS have also fallen short. Yet KNDS continues to be committed to support the Italian Army.” This is a real shame, I do hope this is somehow going to be resolved, with how things are looking Italy may look towards the KF51 Panther from Rhienmentall. Which may also play into what platform they will choose for the A2CS IFV program.

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With the 8th Italian military aid package for Ukraine soon to be finalized, In this thread I wanted to go over what other aid Italy could provide to Ukraine in 2024. One of the main armaments Ukraine needs more of is artillery munitions. Last year Thierry Breton visited the Simmel Difesa (owned by Nexter) and OTO Melara industrial plants in Italy, it seems they are both involved in supplying munitions to Ukraine already. The 8th pack could ⬇️

Lets talk about the AICS for the Italian army, specifically the Italian proposal by CIO and what's been going on behind the scenes since it was first showcased in the form of renders, and what we can expect to see in the future. The recent DPP states that 5.2 billion euros have already been allocated out of the needed 15 billion. The AICS is going to be a long-term strategic program for Italy, it wont just be here to replace the Dardo IFV but to completely introduce a new family of vehicles into service.

So the 2022 Italian army rapport released so I’ll be going over the most interesting developments of the Italian army, If you want to read the full thing I’ll leave a link to it at the end of the thread. The Italian army is mainly focusing on the AICS and MGCS programs, the AICS development is important as what is learned can be reutilised for the MGCS. New platform needs to have involvement of Italian industry to keep autonomy. The army is seemingly still going ahead with the ⬇️

Small thread about what Italy is showcasing at #defea2023 in Greece. Firstly @Fincantieri displayed a scale model of the FCx30 being offered to the Hellenic Navy for their corvette procurement program. Iveco Defence vehicles is also attending and is showcasing 2 platforms, the IDV MUV in its basic configuration and the IDV M1250.