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2024-01-31 Science & Technology

Two Leopards per month. Will the German army be combat-ready again?

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Posted by badanov 2024-01-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [31 views ] Top

#1 When was it last combat ready?

Posted by Procopius2k 2024-01-31 07:41|| 2024-01-31 07:41|| Front Page Top

#2 ^ Early 1940s?

Posted by SteveS 2024-01-31 09:11|| 2024-01-31 09:11|| Front Page Top

#3 ^1980s, before the Berlin Wall falling and the overwhelming need to 'do something' with the East Germans (and their military)...

Posted by magpie 2024-01-31 18:54|| 2024-01-31 18:54|| Front Page Top

#4 I am told that the reason that the armored vehicles are slow walked is because the German government payments are slow walked.
AutoFlug and Rheinmetal have adopted a 'cash and carry' policy

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