02.07.2008 - Czechs, Steyr start new talks on Austrian Pandur APCs
The draft contract should be finished "as soon as possible" as the beginning of the APCs' tests is contingent on it.
Last week, the Vojensky opravarensky podnik (military repair works) in Sternberk, north Moravia, started independent tests of two APCs without which the Czech military does not want to sign the contract.
Originally, the Czech military wanted to buy 199 Pandurs but the government abrogated the contract worth more than 20 billion crowns late last year, citing Steyr's failure to supply the first vehicles by the set deadline.
This January Steyr was given a second chance, but Prague decided to lower the number of the ordered vehicles to Czechs,USA do not count on permanent presence of radar observers ...
Czech ODS prefers lower social insurance payments, to keep taxes ...
Czech company wants to be sole producer of Pandur's hulls ... 107.
As a result, the Defence Ministry will probably save some costs thanks to the new project.
Deputy Defence Minister Martin Bartak said earlier the exact price was yet to be fixed.
Along with 60 combat versions with a turret, the military is interested in another five modifications: command vehicles, armoured reconnaissance vehicles, mortar vehicles, engineering support vehicles and salvage vehicles.
($1=15.102 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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