According to a Tweet published by “Philippe Top-Action” on February 15, 2023, a first batch of 14 French AMX-10RC / AMX-10RCR 6×6 anti-tank reconnaissance armored vehicles are on the way to Ukraine. According to our source, a total of 30 AMX-10RC will be delivered to Ukraine.
On January 14, 2023, the Army Recognition team reported that the French Ministry of Defense Sébastien Lecornu agreed on the delivery of the first anti-tank armored vehicles AMX-10RC to the Ukrainian army that would take place within two months.
Unlike its role as an armored reconnaissance vehicle in the French armed forces, the AMX-10RC will serve as an anti-tank system for Ukrainian troops. This is due to its 105mm gun, which is equivalent to the gun mounted on the Leopard 1 tank.
In the French army, the AMX-10RC is considered as a reconnaissance anti-tank armored vehicle, but it has significant anti-tank capability due to its 105mm main gun which can fire a range of anti-tank ammunition types, including high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds and armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds.