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 ...

Italian Army plans to obtain 74 of these new fire support vehicles to replace some of its Centauro B1 vehicles in medium brigades. The Centauro 2 is intended to carry out tactical reconnaissance, fire ...

As the Italian MoD and the Iveco-Oto Melara (CIO) consortium continue negotiations, details remain undefined of a plan to acquire 40 8×8 Centauro II armoured vehicles in the 3.0 integrated ...

The robot, modelled on the mythical centaur, has been developed by researchers at the IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), in the hope that it may one day play a ...

The Centauro II was offered to Brazil by a consortium made up of Iveco Defence Vehicles and Oto Melara. (CIO) SANTIAGO, Chile — The Brazilian Army has selected the Centauro II for its future ...

July 23, 2020: In mid-2020 Italy ordered another 40 Centauro 2 (or II) 8×8 wheeled armored vehicles. These vehicles will be the 3.0 configuration. Compared to the previous 2.0 configuration, 3.0 adds ...

The first photos have surfaced. The Ukrainian Defense Forces have received Italian wheeled tanks B1 Centauro. Rumors about the transfer of this equipment to Ukraine appeared several years ago, but ...

The Centauro II MGS features a new HITFACT turret with a 120mm stabilised smooth bore and a new hull incorporating an H-line drive. The Italian Secretariat of Defence Land Armaments Directorate has ...

ROME — Italy's new tank, the Centauro II, was shown off at a military test range Wednesday, as the country's Parliament continued to decide whether to fund the vehicle. Deputy Chief of the Defence ...

The B1 Centauro tank destroyer lacks the armor of a main battle tank—but its tremendous speed allows it to zip in, destroy an opponent, and retreat before others return fire. Italian-made B1 Centauro ...