Columbia doesn't have any heavy armor which was why Israel was hoping (Twice) to have made a deal for Columbia to have been it's first export customer for the
MERKAVA IV MBT. Columbia was accessing the need for a MBT but, nothing has been reported on it's outcome now for almost 2yrs. now. The negotiations with Israel at best are on
hold if not cancelled. This is in the MBT Thread. Alright I'll save you the trouble to include the
posturing oldest to newest...
http://www.antiwar.com/jamail/?articleid=3594
From below ref. 2..."In 2009, the Colombian Army expressed its interest to buy Arjun to fulfil its immediate requirement of 10 tanks and further requirement of 100 tanks over five years." -
DOA then & NOW
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/arjun-mbt/
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives...ges-to-bogota/
http://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/co...tanks-colombia
Their best "armor" came from Canada in 2014 in the form of the PIRANHA III/in the STRYKER configuration designated
GUARDIAN (If memory serves.) in Columbia.
I'm not going to provide a geography lesson here when anything I've read on the terrain in Columbia matches what I've read in ref. 3 above. That's at least part of the answer, the other is more diplomatic the U.S.(A) is there. Makes a wonderful jungle warfare training area for us.
Regards,
Pat
