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  This is why letting countries send their old tanks to ukraine is a no brainer for germany. Every tank that goes is just another order that comes in for german manufacturing and german jobs for a new leopard 2.
context: "Norway will order 54 new German-made Leopard 2 tanks for its army from the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Group, and will get an option to buy a further 18 tanks at a later time, the government said on Friday.
  "We ensure that we have the same tanks as our Nordic neighbours and many key NATO allies," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told a news conference.
  "This further strengthens our relationship with Germany," he added." >
  
  What the article (and the PM) fails to mention is that Norway also already operates Leopard 2.
  They are just buying newer Leopard 2A7+s to replace their aging Leopard2A4NOs. >
  
  The distinction was helpful, otherwise I would have assumed Navy tanks (/s) >
  
  Also known as water tanks