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<text id=93TT1029>
<title>
Mar. 01, 1993: Fully Loaded
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 01, 1993 You Say You Want a Revolution...
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 14
BUSINESS
Fully Loaded
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<p>A French company wins a major Middle East contract for battle tanks
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<p> It has room for three; air conditioning; goes from zero to 30
km/h in five seconds; has a maximum road speed of 75 km/h and
an off-road limit of 50 km/h. And it's yours for only $5.4 million.
</p>
<p> A sales pitch something like that persuaded the United Arab
Emirates to order 390 of France's state-of-the-art AMX Leclerc
battle tanks for an estimated $3.5 billion, beating out the
American Abrams M1A2 and British Challenger 2. The deal, which
also buys the U.A.E. 46 noncombat tanks and armored escort vehicles,
represents a major victory for financially beset, state-owned
Giat Industries and gives France a greater foothold in the lucrative
Middle Eastern armaments market. Since the Gulf War, the Gulf
Cooperation Council alone has placed $40 billion in military-hardware
orders.
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