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A bunch of 300 to 400 tank upgrades will have a total cost of more than $1 billion.<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">They say Turkey\u2019s defense procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM in its Turkish acronym) would most likely award the Leopard 2 upgrade contract to the German Rheinmetall\u2019s three-partner, Turkey-based venture, RBSS. Rheinmetall\u2019s partners are the Turkish armored vehicles manufacturer BMC and the Malaysia-based Etika Strategi.<\/span><br\/><br\/> <span lang=\"EN-GB\">The planned M60 upgrades may mark the first Turkish-Israeli defense deal after the two former allies froze their diplomatic ties in 2010 but agreed on d\u00e9tente recently. 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