Germany to order 105 Leopard tanks to equip German brigade in Lithuania

FILE PHOTO: A tank is parked, on the day German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and German President Frank Walter Steinmeier visit a training site where Ukrainian soldiers undergo maintenance training on Leopard 1 A5 tanks, at the German army Bundeswehr base, part of the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM UA) in Klietz, Germany, February 23, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany plans to order 105 Leopard 2 A8 tanks from armsmaker KNDS for 2.93 billion euros ($3.14 billion), according to a confidential budget draft seen by Reuters on Thursday.

The draft still needs parliamentary approval.