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My guess is that the first 100 units or so(of a total of 318; that was the number stated in the OTL contract) would be built in Brazil, the rest in Saudi Arabia. Whether the Saudis would build more of them after this contract is unknown, but probably yes: they have some 400-450 M1s in OTL. The...

The Saudis wanted to build the Osório on Saudi Arabia. I really don't think they would be able to do that before the war begins. BTW, a correction: I said the OF-40 was one of the Osório's competitors on the Al-Fahd tests - it wasn't; the one who was was the other European tank built for export...

Hmm. First prototype was ready in late 1984, was sent to Saudi Arabia in July 85 for tests, which found some fixable problems. The Al-Fahd Program tests were done in July 1987, with the Osório, Challenger 1, OF-40 and M1. If the US isn't sending the M1, it also means the US political pressure...

You'd need for the original contract with Saudi Arabia to go forward for that - Brazil had no money to buy the tank, the deal was that, out of every 10 tanks Engesa would build, 9 would go for export, 1 for the Brazilian Army. When Saudi Arabia decided to reward Uncle Sam from saving them from...