Will Austria become a Leopard 2A8 Nation?

Leaks from the negotiation paper of the FPÖ and ÖVP also reveal details from the armament plan for the Bundesheer: The army is to receive another tank battalion - that is 58 additional Leopard 2 combat tanks. "For this, 58 new Leopard 2 combat tanks in a highly modern version would have to be newly purchased - the only remaining tank battalion 14 in the Welser Hessenkaserne also has 58 of these tanks," reports exxtra24. For the latest version, the Leopard 2A8, the cost per tank is around 29 million euros, resulting in a total investment of 1.7 billion euros.