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The end of this encounter does not mean the end of the war, because soon, 60 F/A-1-A combat-type magic puppets were ordered to forcibly break through the interception of M1A2 and Challenger 2, and attack the three. Go in the direction of the Leclerc main battle tank special formation.

Fortunately, at this time, the special formation of the Ram main battle tank in Italy, the special formation of the Strv-122MBT main battle tank in Sweden, as well as 600 Italian soldiers and 200 Swedish soldiers arrived.

Ram main battle tank, English: Ariete Main Battle Tank, also known as: C1 main battle tank, is a type of main battle tank developed by Italy in the 1990s.

As the third-generation main battle tank of the Italian Army, the Ram main battle tank is equipped with a 120mm smoothbore gun produced by the Italian company Otto Melera. The hull and turret are made of composite armor and can be mounted with reactive armor. The front of the turret is inclined at a large angle.

The total weight of the tank is 48 tons, the engine is an 882-kilowatt diesel engine, and the road speed is 65 kilometers per hour.

The Ram main battle tank was developed and produced by Otto Melera Company. The development of the tank was started in 1984, the design was completed and trial production started in 1986, it passed the comprehensive test of the Italian military in 1988, and it was officially commissioned in 1995. It is only equipped with Italy Army, with a total of 200 vehicles.

Development background:

After World War II, countries such as France, Germany and Japan started the process of independently developing tanks earlier, while Italy developed tanks later.

In the early 1950s, Italy was equipped with the US-made M47 medium tank. At that time, after the defeat, Italy did not have the ability to develop and produce better tanks.

When the performance of the M47 tank gradually fell behind, Italy decided to develop a new type of tank.

In view of its limited capabilities, Italy participated in the joint development program of European standard tanks started by West Germany and France in 1956.

Subsequently, the tank joint development plan failed. West Germany and France respectively developed the Leopard 1 tank and the AMX-30 tank. Italy imported 300 M60A1 tanks from the United States out of political considerations, of which 100 were directly provided by the United States and the other 200 were provided by Italy. Manufactured under license by Otto Melera.

In the 1970s, after evaluating and testing the German Leopard 1 main battle tank, Italy officially purchased 800 tanks, of which 200 were directly provided by Germany, and the other 600 were produced by Otto Melera under license.

In 1978, Italy ordered an additional 120 Leopard 1 tanks and 160 Leopard 1 improved tanks.

During the introduction and production of the Leopard 1 tank, Italy has mastered many new technologies for the development and production of tanks.

When Italy's plan to purchase foreign tanks ended, Otto Melera started to develop tanks specially designed for export based on the experience of producing Leopard 1 tanks.

Development process: Trial production of OF-40

Italian OF-40 main battle tank:

In the early 1970s, Otto Melera Company developed the "Lion" tank, which used the chassis of the Leopard 1 tank and installed the British L7 artillery.

However, due to the issue of patent rights, since the chassis and artillery are both foreign products and cannot be licensed, they cannot be sold.

After that, Italy revised its development policy and decided to re-develop a new type of tank for export.

To this end, Otto Melera formed a consortium with Fiat, the former responsible for the design and production of the artillery and the hull, and the latter responsible for the power plant and suspension system.

In 1977, the new tank entered the stage of actual vehicle design. In 1980, the first prototype was produced, which was named OF-40 tank. "OF" is the initials of the two companies' names, and "40" indicates that the tank weight is 40 tons.

Ram main battle tank officially developed:

Chapter 114 Announcement of the Ram Main Battle Tank