On 10 February, the Greek website onalert.gr reported that Greece's Minister of National Defence Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos announced during a gathering of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that the procedure for the acquisition of fresh KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles and the modernization of most of the Leopards 2A4/GR held to version 2A7. This means a crucial increase in the capacity of Greek ground troops.