![]() ![]() The FGS can fire kinetic energy (KE) rounds as well as programmable airburst ammunition and corresponding practice rounds.Ī 12.7 mm coaxial machine gun complements the main weapon. Compared to current 120 mm systems, the FGS delivers over fifty percent greater effectiveness at significantly longer ranges of engagement. ![]() The Rheinmetall Future Gun System (FGS) consists of a 130 mm smoothbore gun and a fully automatic ammunition handling system. In addition, further armament options are available to provide concentrated firepower for long-range strikes and against multiple targets. With its main armament, the 130mm Rheinmetall Future Gun System, the KF51 Panther offers superior firepower against all current and foreseeable mechanised targets. This enables both a hunter-killer and a killer-killer function and thus instantaneous target engagement – in the future also supported by artificial intelligence (AI). Rheinmetall will be unveiling the vehicle at a ceremony on Monday, 13 June 2022 at 14:00 at Stand F241-240.Īll weapon systems are connected to the commander’s and gunner’s optics and the fire control computer via the fully digitalised NGVA architecture. The main battle tank concept sets new standards in all areas – lethality, protection, reconnaissance, networking and mobility. The latest member of Rheinmetall’s family of tracked vehicles (KF is short for “Kettenfahrzeug”, i.e., tracked vehicle), the KF51 Panther is destined to be game changer on the battlefields of the future. Rheinmetall is debuting its new KF51 Panther at Eurosatory 2022.
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