The arms company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) delivered the last of a total of 104 Leopard 2 A7V main battle tanks to the Bundeswehr on October 12th. In a ceremonial ceremony at the company's headquarters in Munich, KMW boss Ralf Ketzel handed over the battle tank to Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, deputy inspector of the army, and Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki, the German national armaments director.
As Stawitzki explained in his speech at the event, the milestones in the delivery of the vehicles were largely met earlier than agreed. Only the last three tanks were back on schedule because the Bundeswehr had withdrawn from deliveries to Ukraine. He emphasized that the main battle tank is a key German technology and for that
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