The Italian Army has received its first modernized Ariete C2 main battle tank. The upgrade includes a 1,500-horsepower engine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROME — Italy has signed a contract worth €848.8 million (U.S. $928.3 million) with a local consortium to upgrade its aging tanks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ROME — Italy is planning to buy 133 new German-built Leopard tanks and upgrade 125 of its ageing Ariete tanks as the Ukraine war ...

ROME, Oct 29 (Reuters) - An Italian parliamentary committee approved on Tuesday a government plan worth some 8.2 billion euros ($8.86 billion) to buy new-generation tanks and revamp the army's ground ...

An Italian Army "Ariete" tank drives at the military trainings area in Grafenwoehr, near Eschenbach, southern Germany, on May 11, 2016, during the exercise "Strong Europe Tank Challenge 2016." (Photo ...

August 19, 2023: For Italy, like many other NATO nations, the lessons of the Ukraine War have led to many changes in the Italian military. One overdue item was upgrading an army tank force consisting ...

Italy entered World War II fighting across multiple fronts from North Africa to the Soviet Union, committing troops to ...

Rumors have flown on social media speculating—based on fragmentary evidence—that Rome may be “secretly” delivering some of its retiring B1 Centauro tank-destroyers to Ukraine. These nimble ...

A Leopard 2A7 main battle tank of the German Armed Forces participates in an October 2016 exercise at the Bundeswehr training grounds near Bergen, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Koerner/Getty Images) ...