verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . june 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in french . july 2014 click show for important translation instructions . view a machine translated version of the french article . google s machine translation is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the english wikipedia . do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality . if possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article . after translating translated fr nexter must be added to the talk page to ensure copyright compliance . for more guidance see wikipedia translation . nexter exhibit leclerc main battle tank nexter systems formerly known as giat industries or groupement des industries de l arm e de terre army industries group is a french government owned weapons manufacturer based in roanne loire . contents 1 group organization 2 history 3 merger with kmw 4 products 5 gallery 6 references 7 external links group organization edit the nexter group is divided in several smaller entities with the main one being nexter systems . the other sub companies are nexter munitions nexter mechanics nexter electronics nexter robotics nexter training optsys nbc sys euro shelter mecar simmel difesa history edit the giat group was founded in 1973 by combining the industrial assets of the technical direction of army weapons of the french ministry of defense . the company was nationalized in 1991 . on 22 september 2006 giat became the core of the new company nexter . 1 for many years giat struggled to turn a profit . the company was operated at a loss . a 2001 report by the cour des comptes 2 and a 2002 report by the national assembly 3 described the situation as critical . not until april 2004 did the board of directors present the public with a financial statement showing a profit of several hundred million euros . this was mainly due to increased export sales and the modernization of the leclerc main battle tank mbt and several other armored platforms . in 2006 the thl 20 gun turret was selected by hindustan aeronautics limited for use on the hal light combat helicopter incorporating the 20 mm m621 cannon . 4 nexter has a joint venture cta international with bae systems to develop and manufacture case telescoped weapon systems and ammunition of 40 mm calibre . nexter continues to produce several former giat small arms cannon and anti armour weapons . one such weapon is the wasp 58 a low cost one man antiarmour assault weapon system . merger with kmw edit in 2015 was settled the merge between nexter and krauss maffei a german defense company . the resulting entity called kant project will be the european leader of terrestrial defense with more than 6 000 employees . the supervisory board appointed the new ceo of nexter systems st phane mayer and the chairman of the executive board of kmw frank haun as ceos of the holding company . 5 products edit nexter design and manufactures military protected vehicles for the french military and other international militaries the v hicule de l avant blind vab armoured personnel carrier ; the nexter aravis mine resistant ambush protected vehicle ; the titus wheeled and mine protected vehicle ; the company also acquired a large influence in the field of combat and artillery vehicles thanks to the development of several large caliber canons the leclerc main battle tank ; the caesar 155 mm wheeled self propelled howitzer ; the vbci v hicule blind de combat d infanterie wheeled armoured infantry fighting vehicle ; the vbci 2 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle ; the lg1 mark ii 105 mm towed howitzer ; the trf1 155 mm towed howitzer and several types of munitions for medimm and large calibre weapons 120 mm ammunitions 155 mm ammunitions tank ammunitions 40 mm ammunitions nexter also manufactures various weapons the famas assault rifle ; the frf2 sniper rifle ; the 20 mm mod le f2 gun ; the apilas anti tank rocket launcher ; the wasp 58 light anti armour weapon ; the armes de d fense rapproch e personal defence weapon ; the giat 30 aircraft mounted revolver cannon gallery edit vbci aravis caesar caesar leclerc thl 20 helicopter gun turret trf1 155 mm towed howitzer references edit history of the nexter company les industries d armement rapport au pr sident de la r publique suivis des r ponses des administrations et des organismes concern s cour des comptes la documentation fran aise 2001 rapport d information d pos par la commission de la d fense nationale et des forces arm es sur la situation de giat industries report from the defense and armed forces commission on the situation of giat industries presented by yves fromion and jean di bold french national assembly 2002 missile mirage aviation week & space technology january 1 2007 . nexter systems and krauss maffei wegmann have completed their association . nexter group.fr . retrieved 10 june 2016 french cour des comptes les industries d armement de l tat chapter 3 2001 external links edit official website english wikimedia commons has media related to nexter . v t e automotive industry in france automotive industry economy of france transport in france active manufacturers auverland beneteau group microcar bollor de la chapelle exagon iveco bus heuliez bus ligier motob cane nexter panhard pgo psa group citro n peugeot peugeot cycles pvi renault renault trucks acmat renault trucks defense scorpa y.o concept defunct manufacturers aerocarene alpine heuliez lumeneo mia electric simca talbot foreign companies with operations polaris europe aixam gropil industrie volkswagen group france bugatti automobiles components faurecia michelin renault sport sodemo valeo insurance and finance rci banque related topics autoroutes organisation internationale des constructeurs d automobiles paris motor show retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title nexter systems & oldid 741240740 categories nexter systemsdefence companies of franceammunition manufacturersfirearm manufacturers of francemilitary vehicle manufacturerscompanies based in paris saclaymanufacturing companies established in 1973technology companies established in 1973hidden categories articles needing additional references from june 2010all articles needing additional referencesarticles to be expanded from july 2014all articles to be expandedarticles needing translation from french wikipediaarticles with french language external linkscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschespa olfran aisitaliano polski sloven inasvenskati ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 26 september 2016 at 07 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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