BERLIN (Reuters) -Italy is planning to buy hundreds of tanks from Rheinmetall in what would be the German defence group's biggest ever order, valued at around 20 billion euros ($21.50 billion), the Handelsblatt business daily reported on Wednesday, citing industry sources. According to the plan, the Italian government would purchase at least 350 Lynx armoured fighting vehicles and more than 200 Panther main battle tanks in an order over a 15-year period, Handelsblatt reported. Rheinmetall did not deny the report when asked for comment by Reuters and said it would comment in due course.
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