, but its sale would require Berlin's approval.Defence experts say the Dingo 2's are intended to replace existing Israeli manufactured light armoured vehicles like the Sufa and Abir. Israel has expressed interest in some 103 vehicles at a cost of around $100 million.
Die Welt also said a 1 billion euro ($1.27 billion) deal on the sale of two submarines to Israel would be inked this month.
German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung told Reuters in an interview earlier this week that the deal was still in the approval process.
The order was for two Dolphin class submarines from German firm Thyssen-HDW, with the German government footing one third of the bill.
Israeli security sources have said the new submarines were needed to counter long-range threats like Iran, whose president has called for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map" and whose nuclear programme has raised fears it wants atom bombs.
Israel, assumed to be the Middle East's only nuclear power, already has three of the diesel-powered Dolphins.
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