The federal security council approved
the sale last week, the weekly news magazine said without
citing sources.
The Saudis want to buy 200 Leopard 2A7+ tanks in an order
potentially worth billions of euros to companies Kraus-Maffei
and Rheinmetall, Der Spiegel said.
The kingdom was in talks with the Spanish subsidiary
of General Dynamics about buying their version of the
Leopard tank, but the major portion of the order will
land with the Germans, the magazine said.
Saudi Arabia already operates M1A2 Abrams, AMX-30
and M60A3 main battle tanks and are also in talks for
T-90 from Russia.
