Germany to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia: reportGermany has allowed the sale of 200 Leopard tanks to Saudi Arabia after decades of blocking heavy weapons sales to the kingdom, the Der Spiegel said Saturday.
The federal security council approved the sale last week, the weekly news magazine said without citing sources.
The Saudis want to buy 200 Leopard 2A7+ tanks in an order potentially worth billions of euros to companies Kraus-Maffei and Rheinmetall, Der Spiegel said.
The kingdom was in talks with the Spanish subsidiary of General Dynamics about buying their version of the Leopard tank, but the major portion of the order will land with the Germans, the magazine said.
Since the 1980's, Germany has blocked the sale of Leopard 2 tanks to Saudi Arabia, afraid the equipment would be used against Israel.
The Saudis are also in talks with US companies for 60 billion dollars worth (41 billion euros) of defence equipment that would become the largest US contract ever.
The order is to include 84 new F-15 fighter jets and 178 combat helicopters.http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/germany-to-sell-tanks-to-saudi-arabia-report_160434.htmlZal me niet verbazen als ook Nederlandse Leo's aan de Saudi's worden verkocht
Maar wat moeten de Saudi's eigenlijk met extra Leo's ??
Ze hebben ook al Amerikaanse Abrams M1A2's (300+ stuks), M60A3 (450 stuks) en Franse AMX-30 (300- stuks)
en nu ook nog 200 Leo's