Germany and Poland failed to reach a final agreement on establishing a repair center in Poland for the Leopard tanks delivered to Ukraine. The German magazine reported this. Der Spiegel with reference to sources.
“According to information from the military industry, the German-Polish tank project has not yet progressed. Instead, Berlin and Warsaw are ruthlessly arguing over the details of the joint venture structure.
According to the magazine, the draft contract emerged within a few days, but the document was not signed at the end of last week due to various controversial points.
As Spiegel recalls, initially two German tank manufacturers Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) were supposed to form a joint venture. According to the plan, a joint tank workshop with the Polish state-owned arms factory PGZ should be established at its Polish facilities in Gliwice and Poznań. The cost of repairing the Leopard would be borne by the German government.
Industry circles told the magazine that the project has so far been blocked by Poland. According to the magazine, PGZ would charge more than €100,000 for the so-called “first diagnosis”, while in Germany it costs around €12,000. Also, PGZ doesn’t want to take any warranty for repairs, Spiegel writes.
In April, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak declarationHe said the factory in Gliwice will begin repairing the Leopard for the APU in May.
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