Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia

[Widewing]

That is a lot of tanks. What are the Saudis worried about?

Iran.....

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Iran.....

And perhaps soon again Iraq... although with the AQ now mounted there their combat methods may make the tanks totally useless.

[zack1234]

There would be only one local rival against which they'd be arming - and its not to the west.

 

Gibberish

[MrKrabs]

That tank looks pretty fragile to a modern tank...

[Rich46yo]

There would be only one local rival against which they'd be arming - and its not to the west.

Of course, it would be Iran. Still I wonder what the real reason is behind this because the Saudis are already Germany's biggest arms buyer, buying fully 1/4'th of Germany's arms exports.

[PJ_Godzilla]

Gibberish

Gibberish? Rubbish. Tell us, oh solon of the ME, what then? THere is no other regional power against which such a force would be needed. Perhaps this is just some fabricated story to stir the proverbial crock o'..? Nah - independently verified. Don't be surprised if they buy nukes, either. This is a little Sunni-on-Shia fun.

[Rich46yo]

Gibberish? Rubbish. Tell us, oh solon of the ME, what then? THere is no other regional power against which such a force would be needed. Perhaps this is just some fabricated story to stir the proverbial crock o'..? Nah - independently verified. Don't be surprised if they buy nukes, either. This is a little Sunni-on-Shia fun.

Yup they already have the Chinese IRBMs waiting for their new nukes, probably of Paki-Chinese-NK design. They are just waiting for Iran to pull the pin and then we'll have Holocaust version 27 loading up in the Matrix. Or is it 127? There have been so many slaughters in History I forget.

[PJ_Godzilla]

Well, if it happens, I hope the damage is regionally limited. Ideally, some of our petrol producers can get on site quickly to reinstall the necessary capital and to do some unfettered test drilling through the layers of glass. After all, there's little reason the rest of us should suffer disruption as a result of their old blood feuds.