Singapore allegedly acquires Leopard 2A7 tanks
The Singapore Army could have quietly taken delivery of a dozen Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) Leopard 2A7 MBTs between 2016 and 2017, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s (SIPRI) latest arms transfer database.
Siemon T. Wezeman, senior researcher at SIPRI’s arms transfers and military expenditure programme, told Shephard that this information was derived from the UN Register of Conventional Arms 2016, where Germany listed the transfer of seven Leopard 2s.
News of the alleged Leopard 2A7 sale was supported by two separate German media visits to KMW’s factory in January 2016 and February 2017.
The first visit by a
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