Saturday, December 20, 2008

Argentina cancels Patagón tank project

Argentina's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced the cancellation of its Patagón light tank project. The Patagón is a hybrid locally built vehicle similar to the Austrian SK-105 Kürassier. It consists of a new SK-105 chassis fitted with an overhauled Fives-Cail-Babcock 105 mm FL-12 turret taken from an AMX-13 tank (Argentina's AMX-13s have been phased out of service

[first posted to http://jdw.janes.com - 12 December 2008]

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