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BLOOMBURG concerning German LEOPARD 1 (88) and 2 (22) that Rheinmetall has available. Ones from
BUNDESWEHR I feel are unlikely as the newer tanks are undergoing conversion to the newest
LEOPARD 7 version. Hell, I'll just post it as I just realized this is a daily update story.
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Rheinmetall CEO Says Leopard Repairs Take a Year (9:15 a.m.)
The maker of Leopard tanks says it would take about a year to get the vehicles it has in inventory ready for the battlefield, meaning deliveries to Ukraine
couldn’t start before 2024, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said told the
Bild newspaper.
The German defense company has 22 Leopard 2 tanks and 88 Leopard 1 vehicles, “
but we can’t repair these tanks without an order, because the costs are several hundred million euros and
Rheinmetall can’t finance that in advance,” he said.
The comments are likely to put
more pressure on the German government to approve deliveries of vehicles in active service. Countries including Poland and Finland have said they’re ready to send their Leopards to Kyiv."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...019addc4360918
And the world continues "
to spin round and round again" and while it does,
WE continue to wait and see as it does.
Regards,
Pat
