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Originally Posted by RN7
All of that would point to a major change in the direction of Mexican defence policy that never occurred during or after the Cold War.
Did the AMX-VCI/BDX buy occur during the Cold war, and with all the surplus defence equipment floating about after the end of the Cold War why did Mexico choose these old vehicles when it could have its choice of anything it wanted?
How many actual military vehicles are recorder as transferred from Belgium to Mexico? How long did the Mexicans take to covert all of them to DCN-1? Would upgrading and converting 40 year old SP howitzers without any parts being made be an easy thing? And then on top of that Mexico finds the money and expertise to buy and convert light tanks from Brazil, and then buy a whole load of anti-tank missiles from France?
That's a lot of effort for very little gain. If Mexico has money why not just buy some new or used material in good condition from France.
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Well here is some info
http://www.un-register.org/HeavyWeap...s.aspx?CoI=128
1994 - 95 BDX 168 AMX from Belgium to Mexico
1995 - 97 AMX 13 from Belgium to Mexico
1996 - 136 AMX 13 from Belgium to Mexico
Now those would be the AMX-VCI's - 401 total over three years
You also have the 28 LAV-150's the US sold Mexico in 1994