The first AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles will leave France for Ukraine “by the end of the week”, Ukrinform reported on Monday, quoting French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu. The decision to provide Ukraine with the first AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles for reconnaissance was announced in early January by French President Emmanuel Macron.
Defense Minister France Sebastien Lecornu did not specify exactly how many AMX-10 RC combat vehicles Ukraine will receive in the first batch not to “reveal Russia strategic information,” writes Ukrinform.
At the beginning of January Emmanuel Macron announced France’s decision to provide Ukraine with the first AMX-10 RC infantry fighting vehicles for reconnaissance purposes.
French AMX-10 RC armored vehicledefence.gouv.fr
In mid-January, Lecornu promised to deliver this equipment to Ukraine within two months.
Production of the AMX-10 RC vehicles began in 1979 and a total of 480 vehicles of this type were produced. These cars took part in Operation Desert Storm in Iraq in 1991, are also used as part of UN peacekeeping forces in Kosovo.
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