Earlier, the Indonesian delegation visited Germany, where they met with the leadership of the company Rheinmetall and the government of this country, familiarized themselves with the readiness of production at the German defense plant in Frankfurt, and also agreed on a return working visit.
A representative of Rheinmetall said that in Indonesia will be completed the signing of a contract for the acquisition of 103 units of the main combat tanks Leopard, 50 units of Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles and 10 units of old-style tanks. The completion of the contract is scheduled for the fourth week of September 2012. Rheinmetall has already prepared the initial batch of Leopard main battle tanks in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia, but there are still some unresolved issues related to administrative activities and logistics, which must be finally agreed between Rheinmetall and the customer. Thus, the Leopard main battle tank can arrive in Indonesia in early November 2012, which coincides with the timing of the Indo Defense 2012 exhibition of the defense industry, so most likely the German tank will be presented at it.
In the media it was mentioned that we are talking about the supply of tanks, of which 61 will be in the configuration of the Leopard 2 Revolution, which is currently the most advanced, and 42 - in the configuration of the Leopard 2A4. The total contract value is estimated at about $ 280 million.
