Prego de Bezoucos escribió:Se acabó el negocio de los Leopard 2A5 para los árabes.
Van a comprar 200 2A7+ directamente a Rheinmetall.
http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/germany-to-sell-tanks-to-saudi-arabia-report_160434.html
Growing Saudi Leopard 2 Order?
Posted by Nicholas Fiorenza 8:41 AM on Jun 18, 2012
Saudi Arabia is interested in buying 600-800 Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, compared to the 300 previously reported, according to Bild am Sonntag. The German tabloid, which is often used by German politicians to deliver media messages, quotes "government circles" as the source of the Saudi Leopard 2 story.
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The newspaper reports resistance to the sale in the cabinet of Chancellor Angela Merkel and in the defense and foreign ministries but support in the economics ministry because it "could guarantee the future of tank producers Krauss Maffei-Wegmann and Rheinmetall, which need new markets because of the restructuring of the Bundeswehr." An early June meeting of Germany's Federal Security Council, which is composed of the chancellor and eight ministers and would have to approve the deal, has been delayed, according to Bild am Sonntag.
The tabloid reports that the contract for the sale of the first tranche of 300 Leopard 2s is ready for signing and that the Saudis would like to do so before the start of Ramadan on 20 July following a visit earlier this month by the Saudi defense minister, Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz, to General Dynamics Santa Barbara, which will build the tanks under license.
Bild am Sontag quotes a German ministry source as saying the Saudis want "brand new tanks, preferably gold-plated" instead of second hand Leopard 2s.
Ozelot escribió:Que va a hacer con 800 Leo2 Arabia Saudi, segun tengo entendido tienen un buen numero de tanques casi sin usar, y me imagino que estos seguiran un camino similar, pudrirse en un almacen.
De todos modos creo que en Alemania hay mucha oposicion a esta venta, aunque este en juego parte de la industria que los fabrica, no se como acabara el tema, puede que hasta España salga beneficiada de rebote
Indonesia decides to buy Leopard tanks from Germany
JAKARTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has decided to buy Leopard Main Battle Tanks (MBT) from Germany with delivery schedule to commence in October this year, a statement released by the Indonesian defense ministry said here on Monday. Defense Deputy Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said that the decision to buy those tanks from Germany annulled government's initial plans to buy them from the Netherlands.
Sjafrie said that the Netherlandish government provided no certainty regarding Indonesia's proposal to buy the Leopard tanks from that country. The plan to buy Leopard main battle tanks were related to the government's strategic plans to improve army forces' might for the period of 2012 to 2014.
Sjafrie said that an allocation of 280 million U.S. dollars has been set to procure those tanks. He added that an initial delivery of 15 tanks from Germany would take place in October this year, followed with gradual delivery of up to 100 units until October 2014.
Pero ellos (los indonesios), no nosotros...
Ozelot escribió:Bueno parece que el asunto sigue adelante, queda esperar a ver que opina el parlamento aleman, lo mismo en caso de Indonesia.
Yo creo que no lo van a pensar mucho...
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