TAM 2C Main Battle Tank Of Argentine Army

The TAM 2C Medium Tank is an upgraded version of the TAM (Tanque Argentino Mediano) Medium Tank who was developed by the German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme (then Henschel Wehrtechnik) to meet the operational requirements of the Argentine Army. Development of the new TAM 2C was performed by Argentine Army Research, Development work on the TAM 2C upgrade was carried out by the Argentine Army Research, Development and Production Directorate in collaboration with Israelis companies Elbit Systems, IMI, and Tadiran. After the first prototype was delivered to Argentina, the development was continued by Argentine company TAMSE and introduced more than 1,450 modifications to production vehicles. The Argentine MoD has emitted a contract in 2010 to modernize the TAM Medium Tank, such funding was expected to allow the upgrade of up to 138 tanks, while the remaining “old” TAM Medium Tank would be possibly upgraded in a future contract. First prototype of the TAM 2C was completed in 2013 and final contract between Arge