As per Asian Military Review, Pakistan has already taken deliveries of 3x AH-1Z Vipers from US

[Sentinal_Sarosh]

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

If true Elhamdulillah...

If not true Elhamdulillah...

 

[maverick1977]

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They should invest in their own attack helis.. how are they going to arm the new 12000 marines they created... just like jf17, new heli is the need of the hour

 

[khanasifm]

I think taking about three that were built and ceremony in USA but in delivered just handed over to client in USA

 

[313ghazi]

Every little helps.

 

[waz]

They’re in storage in the US.

 

[aziqbal]

Why did the deal stall ?

Did Pakistan make any payment ?

F16 saga all over again

 

[waz]

The PA was relying on funds to support the purchase, with the support funds suspended the deal is on the shelf for the time being. Pakistan has not spent it's own funds to purchase the helicopters.

 

[kingQamaR]

theres a saying that best describes America here goes like this once bitten twice shy-

Thank the almighty we didn’t have the funds to pay for these helicopters. Otherwise we be looking at another f16 Soya beans Saga

Difficult to buy western made alternatives like euro copter or others all prone to America influences. Sanctions

 

[GriffinsRule]

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The pictures posted are from 2016 in Amarillo Texas, NOT Pakistan.

 

[ziaulislam]

theres a saying that best describes America here goes like this once bitten twice shy-

Thank the almighty we didn’t have the funds to pay for these helicopters. Otherwise we be looking at another f16 Soya beans Saga

Difficult to buy western made alternatives like euro copter or others all prone to America influences. Sanctions

Though in reality for every dollar spent on military operations (deployment, fuel, loses) Pakistan barely got 50 cents back

 

[PAR 5]

They ain't here yet but the Army wants them still so the game is still on! Waiting for the MBS $20B money to come in I guess!

 

[khansaheeb]

I think taking about three that were built and ceremony in USA but in delivered just handed over to client in USA

We should only hand over money after delivery as we have seen before the mistake of handing over money first.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

with current smooth situation, we can expect deliveries of these helis soon.

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

They ain't here yet but the Army wants them still so the game is still on! Waiting for the MBS $20B money to come in I guess!

I guess the Army wants a 'heavy' attack helicopter instead of just expanding on the 6t ATAK. But it'd be interesting to see how long this can drag out; the Italian-Polish AW249 and rumoured Chinese Apache-class will come alive in a few years.