Editing Leopard 1 (section)

=== Failed bids ===
* {{flag|Ecuador}} – Ecuador sought to purchase 30 Leopard 1V tanks from Chile in 2009, but the deal ultimately fell through.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diario/mostrar/3073796/ecuador-30-anos-busca-tanque |title=Ecuador, 30 años en busca de un tanque |website=Info Defensa |date= 16 May 2018 |language=es}}</ref><ref name=PucaraDefense/>
* {{flag|Lebanon}} – in 2007 Lebanon and Belgium signed a deal worth 3.5 million euros that would transfer 43 Leopard 1A5BE tanks and other armoured vehicles to the [[Lebanese Armed Forces]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/feu-vert-pour-la-vente-darmes-belges-au-liban/|title=Feu vert pour la vente d'armes belges au Liban|date=August 27, 2008|work=RTL info|publisher=Mouvement pour le Liban|access-date=2008-12-11|language=fr|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081227005550/http://mplbelgique.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/feu-vert-pour-la-vente-darmes-belges-au-liban/|archive-date= December 27, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.fr.be.msn.com/politique/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7126112 |title=Le Liban achète 71 blindés à la Belgique, dont 43 chars Leopard |date=December 31, 2007 |publisher=MSN Actualités |language=fr |access-date=2008-12-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081205122951/http://news.fr.be.msn.com/politique/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7126112 |archive-date=December 5, 2008 }}</ref> The Belgian APCs were delivered, however as of 2010 the 43 Leopard 1A5BE were not transferred due to the lack of an export permit from Germany. It is unclear if this export permit was ever granted as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://milinme.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/lebanon-still-waiting-for-its-leopard-tanks-purchased-from-belgium/|title=Lebanon still waiting for its Leopard tanks purchased from Belgium|date=25 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/12/08/belgium-ditched-its-tanks-too-and-never-got-them-back/|title=Belgium Ditched Its Tanks—And Never Got Them Back|first=David|last=Axe|website=Forbes}}</ref><ref name="thedrive.com"/>