This is how he has just presented its Lynx 120, a medium tank based on the KF-41 platform Lynx (in main illustration), and meeting almost entirely the needs expressed in the August article. Obviously, the German land armament giant, Rheinmetall, has come to the same conclusion with regard to its domestic market, as well as the needs for this type of armor in the coming years on the international scene. Indeed, with only 200 economically modernized Leclerc tanks, and 650 VBCI infantry combat vehicles now more suitable for low and medium intensity, than for engagement against an adversary heavily armed with modern and well-trained means, the Army is in serious danger of lacking firepower and resilience in the event of conflict, or credibility to support a deterrent posture. In August 2021, we published on Meta-Defense an analysis highlighting the relevance, for armies like the French defense industry, of develop medium tracked armored platform and medium battle tank high performance, allowing, among other things, to fill a significant deficit in the Army's capabilities in terms of high-intensity combat from here to the arrival of heavy armored vehicles from the Franco-German MGCS program at the end of the next decade.
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