For many years, the French military has displayed a penchant for wheeled armoured fighting vehicles serving in varied roles such as reconnaissance, anti-tank, infantry direct fire support, armoured personnel transportation and anti-aircraft. The AMX-10 RC, conceived during the 1970s and deployed to the French Army for the first time near the end of the decade, is typical of such French production vehicles which have emerged since the years of the Cold War.
Research and development of the AMX-10 RC, with RC standing for Roues Canon (wheeled gun), began in the autumn of 1970, with prototype development extending six years and the first production vehicle entering
