Germany ordering just 10x PzH 2000 is damaging the German defense industry. 10x are just enough to keep the production line open... but in times like ours an expansion of production is needed.
In Europe🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇵🇹🇦🇹🇧🇬🇷🇴 need to replace their older self-propelled artillery,
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In Europe🇬🇧🇪🇸🇫🇷🇵🇹🇦🇹🇧🇬🇷🇴 need to replace their older self-propelled artillery,
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while 🇮🇹🇱🇹🇳🇱🇭🇷🇬🇷 need more PzH 2000 and Ukraine needs masses of them. Germany's future army organization requires ~90 new PzH 2000. In total Europe has a need of ~500 armored self-propelled howitzers... with the current production line it would take around 30 years to build
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that number of PzH 2000.
As long as Germany itself doesn't commit to buy more PzH 2000 it is better for a nation to buy the South Korean K9 Thunder, of which ~60 are produced every year.
If Germany orders 100x PzH 2000 (= €1.57 bn) then other European nations will buy too,
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As long as Germany itself doesn't commit to buy more PzH 2000 it is better for a nation to buy the South Korean K9 Thunder, of which ~60 are produced every year.
If Germany orders 100x PzH 2000 (= €1.57 bn) then other European nations will buy too,
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especially if Germany keeps new PzH 2000 and sells its older PzH 2000 at a lower price. That is how Germany came to dominate the main battle tank market: buy 3,000+ Leopard 2, then sell older ones to allies at a lower price.
South Korea is gonna dominate this market soon too.
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South Korea is gonna dominate this market soon too.
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