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According to the Slovak Ministry of Defense, the choice of a new tank will be either the CFL-120 Karpat medium tank (developed by CSG holding in collaboration with the Turkish company FNSS, with a turret from the Italian concern Leonardo), or the CV90120 medium tank from the Swedish division of BAE Systems Hägglunds.
The local publication Future Army indicates that in the conditions of modern combat, tanks have ceased to play the role of the main means of breakthrough.:
Karpat:
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MBT is mainly used as a means of artillery support and a strong point in defense. Small units are still able to actively operate on the battlefield, but with close cooperation with other equipment, primarily with UAVs.
According to the author, in these conditions, the key parameters are not the mass and thickness of the armor, but mobility, stealth, additional means of protection (KAZ, electronic warfare, etc.) and close work within a single information and combat complex. All these parameters may well correspond to a lighter machine in comparison with the MBT:
CV90120:
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It is noted that the purchase of CT would allow the creation of one or two tank battalions (each with about 50 vehicles). At the same time, in the medium term, it is possible to purchase about 35 MBT for the 14th battalion in Trebisovo to replace the T-72M1 (approximately 30 units) in service with it. They would complement 15 Leopard 2A4 (they were transferred to Germany due to the supply of 30 BMP-1 APU):
