A little tank comparison...

frinik · 03-30-14, 11:35 AM

Globally, the Leopards again signs many more customers than the Abrams. And Saudi Arabia probably also bought Abrams only due to its ties to the US and its history with the US over the Iraq wars, the latter also the reason for why Iraq got Abrams.

My understanding is that in fact the Saudis were eager to purchase Leopards but because of domestic hand-wringing in Germany and endless debates they gave up and went for plan B which was to buy the American one although they clearly favoured the Leopard.

03-30-14, 11:35 AM	#1
frinik Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 897 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	tank comparison Globally, the Leopards again signs many more customers than the Abrams. And Saudi Arabia probably also bought Abrams only due to its ties to the US and its history with the US over the Iraq wars, the latter also the reason for why Iraq got Abrams. My understanding is that in fact the Saudis were eager to purchase Leopards but because of domestic hand-wringing in Germany and endless debates they gave up and went for plan B which was to buy the American one although they clearly favoured the Leopard.