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Leopard manufacturer offers to increase tank production

MUNICH/BERLIN, 17 Feb.

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Leopard manufacturer offers to increase tank production

MUNICH/BERLIN, 17 Feb. (DPA/EP) -

The German company that manufactures the Leopard 2 tanks, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), has offered this Friday to increase production if there is a political request in this regard, after the open debate in recent weeks on the shipment of armored cars to Ukraine.

The Leopards are key in the supply that Kiev expects in the coming months, after several countries that have these tanks in their arsenal have promised to deliver them to help defend Ukraine against Russian troops.

KMW CEO Ralf Ketzel has stated that there are no supply problems that would complicate a possible increase in production. "Until now, no one has told us that it was not possible," Ketzel told the DPA agency, before the start of the Munich Security Conference.

"What we need is a clear political consensus," he added. Germany was one of the countries that was furthest behind in confirming tank aid, which coincided with another announcement by the United States that it would deliver its own tanks to Ukraine.