14.12.2007, 16:22
flexi schrieb:Offenbar war die mangelnde Schwimmfähigkeit des Boxers auch in Tschechien ein Export-Hindernis, weshalb (zumindest vorübergehend) der Pandur bevorzugt wurde:
Schade eigentlich.
Zitat:One of the biggest deals in the history of the Czech army is over. At a closed meeting last week, the Czech government decided to pull out of a deal worth CZK 20 billion (USD 1.1 billion) to buy 199 armoured personnel carriers from the Austrian manufacturer Steyr Daimler Puch, a part of the US-based General Dynamics Corporation. Andrej Cirtek is the spokesman for the Czech Defence Ministry.
The contract was cancelled due to the long delay which would, in ideal case, take up the first half of 2008 while the first 17 APCs should have been delivered to the Czech army until the end of November 2007
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