Remembering the lost Leopard 1 tank

Friday, August 12, 2016

The 1997 visit to Botswana by Germany’s Foreign Minister is something that most armour officers at Botswana Defence Force wish to erase out of their memories.

He arrived to announce that the country could not be allowed to have the Leopard 1 tanks which Botswana had intended to inherit from the Netherlands.

As part of the military draw down at the end of the Cold War, the Dutch had decided to offload part of their armour to Botswana. This was part of the deal negotiated by the United States government to help Botswana to acquire modern equipment.

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