[Germany denies withdrawing from joint German-French tank project] October 9th, local time, the German government denied on the 9th that it has decided to withdraw from the project to jointly develop next-generation tanks with France. Previously, French Chief of Staff Fabian Mendon announced on the 8th that Germany had decided to withdraw from the "Ground Main Battle System" project. A spokesman for the German Ministry of Defense said that Germany and France announced a few months ago that they would adjust the joint main battle tank system project to draw lessons from Russia's military operations in Ukraine, but this does not mean that the project has failed. Germany remains committed to maintaining an equal partnership with France, which will focus on future technologies in the field of armored warfare. Germany and France launched the "Ground Main Battle System" project in 2017 to build a ground combat system with tanks as the core. It is planned to be put into use in 2045 to replace the French "Leclerc" and the German "Leopard 2" main battle tanks. (CCTV News)