German defense concerns cannot divide the rights to the Leopard 2 tanks. The Munich court will have to settle the dispute. This was reported by the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
According to the publication, the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann filed a complaint with the court. The defendant in the lawsuit is another large manufacturer of defense products – the Rheinmetall company. The first hearings in the trial are expected to take place in May this year.
In a March interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Rheinmetall chief Armin Papperger said the rights to the Leopard 2A4 belong to his company. However, this statement did not please the management of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. They think the Leopard 2 tank is their product and therefore their intellectual property.
According to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann demanded that Rheinmetall representatives stop making such statements, but they refused.
Note that the Leopard 2A4 tank is today the pride of the German army. However, this machine has not yet taken part in real hostilities. It was therefore not possible to verify its combat effectiveness.
Experts, on the other hand, say that in a large-scale military conflict, this machine will be vulnerable to modern anti-tank weapons. The main disadvantages of the tank are its large mass and sensitivity to low temperatures.
Photos used: Ministerie van Defensie/wikimedia.org
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