MRO a no-go: Austria to scrap its armoured vehicles

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Andrew Elwell
Andrew Elwell
11/24/2011

It's been a mixed few weeks in the news for armoured vehicle manufacturers as the market continues to level out and find its footing in today’s climate of defence cuts. This week the Austrian Army announced that it is purging its armoured vehicle fleet, reducing the number of tanks from 1,147 to less than 400 over the next two years. Some will be subject to a fire sale, from which the government hopes to raise $26 million (£17 million), while the rest will simply be discarded, al...
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