Posted on 05/11/2015 8:59:10 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 11 (UPI) -- Israel is acquiring four advanced Sa'ar-class corvettes from Germany over the next five years under a $480 million deal signed on Monday. The ships, which will be built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems but fitted with Israeli-made weapon systems, Israeli news reports said.
The deal was signed in Israel by Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon and visiting German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen.
The ships will be used as part of a program to protect Israel's expanded Economic Exclusion Zone in the Eastern Mediterranean, where recent explorations discovered major oil and gas resources, Defense Update and The Times of Israel reported.
"This contract signed today is a significant event, representing a major increase in the defensive capability of the Israeli Navy, protecting offshore strategic sites located tens and hundreds of kilometers offshore" said Maj. General (ret) Dan Harel, Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense.
As part of the arrangement, Germany is financing one-third of the cost for the corvettes. ThyssenKrupp will also purchase Israeli-made goods, invest in research and development and look into investing as much as $180 million in Israeli companies, Israeli officials were quoted as saying.
I saw that title and thought “Great, another American icon offshored...
German Corvette
Worlds best off-road vehicle.
Unknown to most, the car is named after the class of ships, mostly because most can’t afford either one.
Yep. German Corvette.
Buddy had one….what a crap box.
Too big I think. Got the basic shape but it’s been a while since I saw one?
It is? For some reason I thought they were more compact.
The 68 Opal GT did look a lot like the Vette.
Is that a Buick Opel?
From Wiki...
“Adam Opel AG (Opel) is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany, and a subsidiary of General Motors Company. The company designs, engineers, manufactures and distributes Opel-branded passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles and vehicle parts for distribution in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. Opel designed and manufactured vehicles are also sold under the Buick brand in the United States, Canada, Mexico and China, the Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand and the Vauxhall brand in the United Kingdom.
Opel traces its roots to a sewing machine manufacturer founded by Adam Opel in 1862. The company began manufacturing bicycles in 1886 and produced its first automobile in 1899.
Opel became a share-limited company (German: Aktiengesellschaft) in 1929; United States-based General Motors took a majority stake in Opel that same year. General Motors assumed full control in 1931 and today Adam Opel AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Company. Although Adam Opel AG continues to be a share-limited company, shares of the company are not publicly listed. Adam Opel AG is the parent company of General Motors UK Limited, better known as Vauxhall, and various other General Motors subsidiaries.
During the 1970s and 1980s, Opel and Vauxhall ranges were rationalised into one consistent range across Europe.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel
I’m looking at my photo of our yellow Opel we had when I was a teen. About a 4-foot tall CB antenna mounted on the trunk! I think the photo on FR is an Opel, but the racier version than what we had. We never had problems with ours.
IIRC it was a cable/lever deal on the dash.
It was supposed to, just a pint sized one.
I remember they got drag raced a lot after an engine/tranny/rear end swap.
I remember Opel was sold a Buick dealers in the US.
Yeah. I don’t imagine that stock frame would tolerate too much of a HP increase.
IRRC they got the Pro Stock/Pro Gas type treatment. Basically a full rollcage/subframe. Same kinda thing they did with Monzas, Vegas and Pintos running Rat Chevys and big block Fords.
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