Germany's military, the Bundeswehr, is providing assistance to Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), the German manufacturer of the ultra-modern Leopard 2 tanks, in military tests being conducted in the Middle Eastern country.
The Bundeswehr reportedly dispatched a field officer to Riyadh, the Saudi capital, where he has been assisting KMW in testing the tank's firing capabilities in the Saudi desert. The previously undisclosed information comes from a letter that Christian Schmidt, a senior official in the German Defense Ministry, sent to select members of the Bundestag, Germany's parliament.
The KMW is currently testing its Leopard 2A7+ tank in desert conditions in Saudi Arabia. The company, Schmidt adds, had requested the support of Bundeswehr tank soldiers on this issue of "firing safety for company tests" because the company does not have its own.
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