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Germany reaches deal to buy 40% of Europe’s biggest tank maker

After months of wrangling over KNDS stake, Berlin’s agreement paves the way for an IPO

!A Leopard 2A6 tank fires its main gun, producing a large blast and cloud of dust during a demonstration.

*Germany is to buy a stake in the maker of the Leopard 2 tank to ‘safeguard the country’s interests’

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Laura Pitel and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany in Berlin, Leila Abboud in Paris and Sylvia Pfeifer in London

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