05.01.2005, 22:12
TURKEY MULLS M-60 UPGRADE CANCELLATION
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has been quietly examining the prospect of revising or canceling its M-60 main battle tank upgrade with Israel.
Turkish industry and defense sources said the M-60 project could be delayed or suspended if Ankara wins German approval for the sale of between 250 and 350 Leopard-2A4 main battle tanks, produced by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. They said Ankara and Bonn have entered the advanced stage of negotiations, and a Leopard-2 deal could be reached in early 2005 after the European Union summit, which would decide whether to grant Turkey a date for accession.
"If we get the Leopard-2 with technology, then the M-60 upgrade becomes redundant," a Turkish defense source said. "In any case, Turkey could not afford both projects."
The sources said the Defense Ministry's Defense Industries Undersecretariat has been discussing the future of the M-60 upgrade amid progress in Ankara's efforts to acquire the Leopard-2A4. They said the ministry unit, known by its Turkish acronym, SSM, has been drafting a series of options that would either significantly revise or cancel the M-60 project by mid-2005.
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Mal eine Frage: Betrifft dies nun die 170 Sabra III oder die 650 anderen M-60 die zur Sabra III kampfwertgesteigert werden sollten? Soweit ich weiß, ist doch das Projekt der 170 M-60 zur Kampfwertsteigerung schon längst im Gange und soll bis 2007 fertiggestellt sein.
Das gute an dieser Nachicht ist, daß der Deal mit den Leo2 so gut wie sicher ist. Ich wette drauf, daß wir die für einen Spottpreis, quasi fast geschenkt, bekommen. :daumen:
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has been quietly examining the prospect of revising or canceling its M-60 main battle tank upgrade with Israel.
Turkish industry and defense sources said the M-60 project could be delayed or suspended if Ankara wins German approval for the sale of between 250 and 350 Leopard-2A4 main battle tanks, produced by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. They said Ankara and Bonn have entered the advanced stage of negotiations, and a Leopard-2 deal could be reached in early 2005 after the European Union summit, which would decide whether to grant Turkey a date for accession.
"If we get the Leopard-2 with technology, then the M-60 upgrade becomes redundant," a Turkish defense source said. "In any case, Turkey could not afford both projects."
The sources said the Defense Ministry's Defense Industries Undersecretariat has been discussing the future of the M-60 upgrade amid progress in Ankara's efforts to acquire the Leopard-2A4. They said the ministry unit, known by its Turkish acronym, SSM, has been drafting a series of options that would either significantly revise or cancel the M-60 project by mid-2005.
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Mal eine Frage: Betrifft dies nun die 170 Sabra III oder die 650 anderen M-60 die zur Sabra III kampfwertgesteigert werden sollten? Soweit ich weiß, ist doch das Projekt der 170 M-60 zur Kampfwertsteigerung schon längst im Gange und soll bis 2007 fertiggestellt sein.
Das gute an dieser Nachicht ist, daß der Deal mit den Leo2 so gut wie sicher ist. Ich wette drauf, daß wir die für einen Spottpreis, quasi fast geschenkt, bekommen. :daumen: