This ignited a furious debate on Twitter: is the AMX-10RC a tank, a light tank, an armored car, or something in-between? What Is the AMX-10RC? The aging AMX-10RCs feature a large-caliber tank gun, but also wheels and light armor. Built for the French Army, the country built 325 AMX-10RCs in the 1970s and 1980s, and is currently retiring them in favor of a new vehicle, the Jaguar EBRC. Last week, the French government announced that it would send AMX-10RC combat vehicles to bolster the Ukrainian army, but it did not specify how many AMX-10RCs are on the way, or when they will arrive on the battlefield, according to Reuters. The vehicle is a chimera of combat vehicles, with features from many different types, including tanks-but it is not a tank.This stirred up an impassioned debate on social media: is the AMX-10RC a tank or something else?. French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced that his country would send AMX-10RC combat vehicles to Ukraine.
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