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Brazilian Marine Corps will purchase new tanks to replace its old fleet of tank fighters used by the Brazilian Navy.
O Brazilian Marine Corps will replace its old fleet of SK105 Kürassier battle tanks with a new tank. The Marine Corps of Brazil's navy wants to replace its old fleet of tank fighters or light tanks with a new main battle tank, according to the commander of the Navy's material command, vice admiral Rogério Ramos, to the international defense website James.
Of the 17 SK105 Kürassier tank fighters acquired and used in 1998 for the Squadron's Marine Force Armored Battalion, approximately half remain in active service, said Vice Admiral Laje.
The rest would be cannibalized to supply spare parts for vehicles in service, considering that this is a light tank model that has been out of production for many years. In fact, the Austrian manufacturer has already gone bankrupt and is therefore no longer able to provide logistical assistance.
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Understand why the Brazilian Navy should change its war tanks
A parade of the Brazilian Marine Corps in Brasília in 2021 shocked part of the non-specialized press due to the large volume of black smoke released by the Marine Corps' SK105 Kürassier, a situation that occurred due to the engines of these armored vehicles being diesel and because At the time of production there was no concern for the environment like today.
Furthermore, there is also a strong possibility that these old engines were modified to repower to different manufacturing standards to deliver more power and all these situations would explain the large volume of smoke.. But, exaggerations aside from the non-specialized Press, it is clear that this Fleet produced in the 70s already needs to be replaced.
What will be the new tanks for the Brazilian Marine Corps?
The project for the new main battle tank aims to purchase 12 to 24 new tanks and is part of the Brazilian Marine Corps' strategic combat power program, which will significantly increase the firepower of Brazil's amphibious task forces. Brazilian Navy, according to Vice Admiral Laje in this interview with James.
According to the Brazilian Navy's own promotional material about the program, the most likely would be that the new combat vehicles would be acquired through the sales program of surplus military material from the Brazilian Navy. United States Armed Forces, since in the Navy's propaganda you clearly see US-made M1 Abrams main battle tanks, implying that the model would have already been chosen, as was the case with the 4x4JLTV armored vehicle, which also appears in the promotional video and was later confirmed as the chosen model.
Could the Brazilian Navy be retreating?
In this case, the Marines would be going against what is done abroad, where cases where these units use heavy main battle tanks, such as the M1 Abrams, are very rare, since the infantry must be extremely light and with this either they use light tanks or tank fighters, as the Chinese and Russian naval infantries do, or not even that, using only infantry fighting vehicles as the main European naval infantries do.
even the United States Marines are discontinuing the use of the M1 Abrams heavy tanks, because they have mischaracterized the US Marine Corps, making it slower as if it were an armored unit of the United States army.
However, perhaps considering this, last year officers from the Marine Corps went to watch an operational demonstration of the Swedish-made CV90 Infantry Armored Fighting Vehicle, at the Marambaia proving ground in Rio de Janeiro, giving a signal that the choice would still be open.
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