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Canada Has Given Up Trying To Find A Good Home For Its Retired Leopard Tanks
The Drive ^ | JULY 9, 2018 | JOSEPH TREVITHICK

Posted on 07/10/2018 6:10:44 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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1 posted on 07/10/2018 6:10:45 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Scrap heap?

Sell them to collectors!


2 posted on 07/10/2018 6:23:46 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2banana

I’ll take one, for sure.


3 posted on 07/10/2018 6:26:19 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: sukhoi-30mki

How much do they want for them? I betcha some good ol boys could make them into bulldozers in less than a beer fueled weekend.


4 posted on 07/10/2018 6:30:08 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

A good item for an Organized Civilian Militia. Give the left something else to cry about the 2nd Amendment.


5 posted on 07/10/2018 6:31:17 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (?? forgetaboutit.)
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To: GingisK

Very pricey to maintain.

But, yes, sell them to collectors.


6 posted on 07/10/2018 6:31:46 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Surprised the Obama EPA didn’t pick some up to deal with those pesky ranchers.


7 posted on 07/10/2018 6:32:02 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: GingisK

Free shipping and I’m in.

Storage might be a problem here in the burbs.

I hope the owners manual is included.


8 posted on 07/10/2018 6:35:02 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

The Kurds in Afrin destroyed 43+ (last number I saw) of the Leopard 2 tanks with Konkurs ATGM’s. I saw videos of the ammo stores igniting in full fireball.

That will certainly destroy your day.

Read that Erdogan was frantic to get upgrade armor packages for them.

And there are reports of previously losing 50 tanks to ISIS in Al Bab. I read that some of that was caused by very poor strategy in the entry of the city.


9 posted on 07/10/2018 6:43:50 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: wally_bert

Wouldn’t it be fun to see them on Amazon or eBay?


10 posted on 07/10/2018 7:09:19 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Get me an end user certificate and free delivery and we could talk.


11 posted on 07/10/2018 7:17:56 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: 2banana

“Scrap heap?
Sell them to collectors!”

My EXACT first thought also.
Why scrap them and get nothing? Some well-heeled US collectors would LOVE to own one.
Can you imagine how cool it would be to drive one of these babies? And maybe even fire off a couple of rounds?

The ultimate Man Toy.


12 posted on 07/10/2018 7:20:21 AM PDT by mkleesma (`Call to me, and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.')
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To: sukhoi-30mki

I’ll take a few. And start a taxi service with the moto: “Nothing will stop us from getting you there on time. Nothing.”


13 posted on 07/10/2018 7:22:50 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: 2banana

Targets on the range like the Sherman ,LOL


14 posted on 07/10/2018 7:23:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Maybe they should call Bruce Dickinson. Although, he might already have one.


15 posted on 07/10/2018 7:48:30 AM PDT by D_Idaho ("For we wrestle not against flesh and blood...")
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Obviously they haven’t made a call to Texas. They do have to be able to fire rounds though.


16 posted on 07/10/2018 7:51:31 AM PDT by buffaloguy (Bond arms Cowboy)
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To: MV=PY

I’d love to try it.

Sure the commission would be adequate.

I have some seat time in an Abrams.


17 posted on 07/10/2018 7:52:10 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: MV=PY

I used to be an MVPA member and some of the guys had really nicely done old military vehicles.

No armor.

The group could but it would have to be donated and from outside the US as it was explained to me.

I haven’t been to a meeting in a couple of years. Other stuff. I should get the magazine again. It is good reading.


18 posted on 07/10/2018 7:56:07 AM PDT by wally_bert (Just call me Angelo or babe.)
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To: marktwain
Very pricey to maintain.

The Bundeswehr can't/won't maintain their own Leopard 2's, coupled with the poor performance in combat by the Turk Leopard 2's selling or even giving away any version of the Leopard is a tough sell. Bad decisions by both the Canadian and Australian politicians. They should have danced with them that brought them to the dance, the Gringos.

19 posted on 07/10/2018 8:15:27 AM PDT by centurion316 (Back from exile from 4/2016 until 4/2018.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Honest Abe’s just down the road takes trade-ins. And his prices are innnnnnnsaaaaaaaaane!


20 posted on 07/10/2018 8:31:45 AM PDT by IronJack (A)
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