Greetings, folks
A friend just sent me this:
Israel sells Merkava tank to foreign military for budget reasons
Afaik, that's a first. Closest Israel ever did suck a deal was the updates to the Turkish M60s. But selling this beast?
Assuming it's true, who could possibly be the buyer? Germany is selling old but still good, as well as new, Leopard 2s, the US also sells M1A1s, France sells Leclercs... who could possibly be willing to face the political storm of dealing with Israel, not to mention having the cash to buy MBTs?
The only ones I can think of are South Africa (replacing the Oliphants) or Brasil (replacing the M60 and Leopard 1). Unless the rumoured deal with Colombia came true...
A friend just sent me this:
Israel sells Merkava tank to foreign military for budget reasons
Afaik, that's a first. Closest Israel ever did suck a deal was the updates to the Turkish M60s. But selling this beast?
Assuming it's true, who could possibly be the buyer? Germany is selling old but still good, as well as new, Leopard 2s, the US also sells M1A1s, France sells Leclercs... who could possibly be willing to face the political storm of dealing with Israel, not to mention having the cash to buy MBTs?
The only ones I can think of are South Africa (replacing the Oliphants) or Brasil (replacing the M60 and Leopard 1). Unless the rumoured deal with Colombia came true...
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