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Title: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: FLOOB on April 13, 2014, 11:16:33 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/german-government-cancel-saudi-tank-deal-110720218.html (http://news.yahoo.com/german-government-cancel-saudi-tank-deal-110720218.html)
Note the tank in the photo.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Someguy63 on April 13, 2014, 11:44:05 PM
It actually says Leopard 2 tanks, not Tigers. :old:
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Scherf on April 13, 2014, 11:47:12 PM
The Saudis would only drive them too quickly and wreck them in rollovers, anyway.

That or have them shipped to London during Ramadan, double-park them everywhere.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: FLOOB on April 13, 2014, 11:52:39 PM
It actually says Leopard 2 tanks, not Tigers. :old:
A picture is worth a thousand words.  :old:
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: mthrockmor on April 14, 2014, 12:18:14 AM
That is a lot of tanks. What are the Saudis worried about?
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: FLOOB on April 14, 2014, 12:36:15 AM
That is a lot of tanks. What are the Saudis worried about?
:huh Not having enough tanks.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: zack1234 on April 14, 2014, 01:36:00 AM
The Saudis?

Who do they support.......I wonder who?

The Swiss

Who do theyy support.....I wonder who?
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: morfiend on April 14, 2014, 02:26:29 AM
The Saudis?

Who do they support.......I wonder who?

The Swiss

Who do theyy support.....I wonder who?


   Red Shield?





   :salute
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 14, 2014, 03:58:10 AM
The Saudis?

Who do they support.......I wonder who?

The Swiss

Who do theyy support.....I wonder who?

The Swiss have always supported anyone with cash money. They have never cared where or how it was obtained, which is why there is still suspected to be gold melted from holocaust victims in the Swiss vaults.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: mthrockmor on April 14, 2014, 08:19:58 AM

   Red Shield?

   :salute

So true
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Dragon on April 14, 2014, 08:44:39 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/german-government-cancel-saudi-tank-deal-110720218.html (http://news.yahoo.com/german-government-cancel-saudi-tank-deal-110720218.html)
Note the tank in the photo.

It is a sharp looking Tiger 1 for sure. 
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: McShark on April 14, 2014, 08:53:24 AM
The Swiss have always supported anyone with cash money. They have never cared where or how it was obtained, which is why there is still suspected to be gold melted from holocaust victims in the Swiss vaults.

The Dutch claim 60.000 kg's of it.

News got out they won't pursue as it might be too hard to prove.....

60.000 kg's  :bhead :bhead :bhead
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: rogwar on April 14, 2014, 01:22:42 PM
Funny! Thanks for posting.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Blinder on April 14, 2014, 02:24:43 PM
Jerry is probably promising the Saudis a load of modern leopards but is, in fact, planning on duping them with new build 3/4 scale Tiger Is. They reckon they'll never know the difference.  :old:


On an interesting note. The Saudis approached us last year and are interested in 200-400 new build M2A2 ODS-SA Bradleys. They have been dragging their feet on the deal quite a bit though.  :headscratch:
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: PJ_Godzilla on April 14, 2014, 04:31:48 PM
There would be only one local rival against which they'd be arming - and its not to the west.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Widewing on April 14, 2014, 06:48:36 PM
That is a lot of tanks. What are the Saudis worried about?

Iran.....
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: MrRiplEy[H] on April 14, 2014, 10:59:46 PM
Iran.....

And perhaps soon again Iraq... although with the AQ now mounted there their combat methods may make the tanks totally useless.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: zack1234 on April 15, 2014, 01:36:30 AM
There would be only one local rival against which they'd be arming - and its not to the west.

 :rofl

Gibberish
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: MrKrabs on April 15, 2014, 02:20:19 AM
That tank looks pretty fragile to a modern tank...
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Rich46yo on April 15, 2014, 07:18:18 AM
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.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: PJ_Godzilla on April 15, 2014, 07:50:03 AM
:rofl

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.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: Rich46yo on April 15, 2014, 08:05:52 AM
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.
Title: Re: Germany wont be selling tiger tanks to Saudi Arabia
Post by: PJ_Godzilla on April 15, 2014, 01:03:43 PM
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.