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 "title": "Lithuania Orders €950M Leopard 2A8 Tanks for First Tank Brigade Near Belarus",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/lithuania-orders-eu950m-leopard-2a8-tanks-for-first-tank-brigade-near-belarus/",
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 "published": "2024-12-30T23:35:57.000+01:00",
 "updated": "2025-03-19T01:47:52.000+01:00",
 "excerpt": "The contract includes 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks from KNDS Germany for €950M. It provides Lithuania’s newly established tank brigade—its first since regaining independence in 1991. The procurement was finalized alongside an agreement to station a German Army brigade within Lithuanian territory by 2027.",
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