据知情人士透露，由于今年首次公开募股（IPO）的条件恶化，德政府正在与这家法德联合制造的坦克制造商KNDS的德国家族所有者进行谈判，以期获得其50%的股份。
The German government is in talks to acquire a 50% stake in Franco-German tank maker KNDS from its German owner families, a person close to the matter said, after conditions for an initial public offering deteriorated this year.
与Wegmann Holding公司代表的家族们的谈判正在进行中，双方在收购价格上已基本达成一致。
Negotiations with the families, organised in the Wegmann Holding company, are ongoing, with the parties not far apart on purchase price, the person told Reuters.
据《商报》（Handelsblatt）周三报道，相关决定预计将在未来几周内作出。
German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday that a decision is expected in the coming weeks.
据两位知情人士向路透社透露，KNDS的首次公开募股计划已被搁置。
Plans for a KNDS initial public offering have been put on hold, the first source and another person close to the matter told Reuters.
如果该计划得以实施，KNDS的上市将成为欧洲国防行业近年来最大的IPO之一。
The listing of KNDS, which makes the Leopard 2 tank among others, would have been among the European defence sector's largest IPOs in recent years.
根据原计划，公司家族所有者和法国政府（各持有50%的股份）将向投资者出售10%的股份，而家族所有者剩余的40%股份将出售给德国政府。
Under that plan, the company's family owners and the French state, which both hold 50% of the shares, were to sell 10% stakes to investors, with the families' remaining 40% being sold to the German state.
德国经济部周三表示，政府正考虑与法国平等地收购股份，以保护关键的国防工业技术。
The German economy ministry said on Wednesday that the government is considering acquiring a stake on an equal footing with France to protect key defence industry technology.
‘关于股份买卖的决定由股东们作出，’该部发言人通过电子邮件表示。
"The decision regarding the purchase and sale of shares rests with the shareholders," a ministry spokesperson said in an emailed statement.
KNDS拒绝就家族所有者与德国之间的谈判发表评论，公司发言人仅表示首次公开募股仍是公司的目标。’家族所有者也拒绝置评。
KNDS declined to comment on discussions between the owner families and Germany. A company spokesperson would only say that an IPO remains the company's objective. The families declined to comment.