Czech Republic to buy 77 German Leopard tanks

PRAGUE, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic plans to acquire at least 77 new Leopard 2A8 tanks from Germany in a planned joint purchase, the country's Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said on Friday.

After a meeting with her German counterpart Boris Pistorius, Cernochova said on Twitter that the joint purchase "will significantly simplify and speed up the entire acquisition process and also bring financial sa