Re: The Best Tank

On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 19:45:49 +0100 =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg?= Bihlmayr wrote:

>> Leo2A4s. I think the price was a bargain, but the sale still caused a
>> stir in the media because Poland got theirs for practically free (20%
>> the price Finland paid), nevermind Poland being an ally and being
>> situated conveniently between Germany and the prime potential
>> aggressor...
>
>But this sell caused a stir in Germany.......

Really? So in Germany it is thought that they got too low price for those
Leopards sold to Poland? That's interesting since there was a news report
couple of weeks a go in Finland where they cited some German official report
(made by some German government accoutant bureau) which stated that price
paid by Finland (500 000 euros per tank) is going to be the maximum that can
be expected. This of course caused debate in Finland if we paid too much for
those tanks and the price paid by Poles was one argument of those claiming
the defence forces being too eager to get those tanks.

matti


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