DTN News: KMW's Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tank Delivery Of First Of Brazilian Army

DTN News: KMW's Leopard 1A5 Main Battle Tank Delivery Of First Of Brazilian Army *By 2012, a total of 220 systems held by the Federal Armed Forces will be delivered to Brazil *KMW is repaired and the vehicles in Germany takes over the on-site service *Source: DTN News / Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) (NSI News Source Info) KASSEL, Germany - November 4, 2009: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), on Wednesday, 28 October 2009, the first of 220 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks of the type at the site of Kassel, Germany handed over to the Brazilian army. The tanks come from portfolio holdings of the Federal Armed Forces since the beginning of this year and will be repaired by KMW set modernized. The delivery of all systems is planned by 2012. The Leopard 1 was first produced in 1963 by Krauss-Maffei for the German Ministry of Defence and more than 6,000 vehicles have been exported to Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Turkey and Australia. Brazil has agreed to the purchase of battle tanks under a government business with the Federal Republic of Germany. The Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (Koblenz) has asked again KMW late December 2008 as a general inter alia, the maintenance, construction status and the development and adaptation of specific Mustereinrüstung Brazilian subsystems. In addition, the package looks at the South American customers include training devices, simulators, Drivers Instruction Vehicle and technical assistance on the spot. The Leopard 1 was introduced in 1965 in the Bundeswehr. In 2003, the last battle tanks of this type in Germany has been decommissioned. The system is accordingly at liberty in its class even today as a technology leader. There have been several upgrades of and including the service of the armed forces of Belgium, Chile, Greece, Italy and Turkey.