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Netherlands transfers last Leopard 2s to Finland
Nicholas Fiorenza, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
23 March 2018
The Netherlands will transfer the last of 100 Leopard 2A6 tanks to Finland in 2019, the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said on its website.
The ministry reported that it began transferring 20 Leopard 2A6s to Finland on 21 March.
The Netherlands decided in 2011 to phase out main battle tanks, and Finland bought its 100 Leopards 2A6s in 2014.
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