Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).

Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).

Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).

Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).

Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).

Consortium Iveco – Oto Melara (CIO) confirmed on 8 January that production of its latest Centauro II 8x8 Mobile Gun System (MGS) for the Italian Army is under way, with first deliveries due in the first quarter of 2021.

The Italian Army’s initial contract was for 11 Centauro II 8x8 MGSs comprising one prototype brought up to full-production standard, 10 new-production MGSs, and a two-year support package.

According to CIO, the latest Centauro II MGS prototype has a number of improvements that have now been tested by the Italian Army and will be incorporated into production vehicles.

A Centauro II 8x8 MGS shown during Italian Army verification trials, its turret traversed to the rear. (CIO)

These improvements include an identification friend-or-foe (IFF) system; latest-generation radios; new grenade launchers; new hatches for the driver, commander, and loaders; and a repositioned roof-mounted Leonardo Hitrole remote weapon system (RWS) armed with a 12.7 mm M2 machine gun (MG).