Canada to buy Leopard-2 from the Dutch

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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Weird that they would do that when they have their clamps, I mean fingers, in the very businesses that create tanks over here! Doesn't make sense really.

To each his own I guess.

An M1 probably costs considerably more, so I bet that had something to do with it.

-S

No. We have been using Leopards for a long time. To switch to M1s a good deal of time and money would have to go into retraining tankers to operate them. Seeing as we need the tanks in action now and not in four years, it is better to go with the more efficient and familiar choice, even if it may not be the best platform.