zichen16 blog: Ukraine to sell 50 engines with Chinese export tanks MBT2000
Friday, December 2, 2011
Ukraine to sell 50 engines with Chinese export tanks MBT2000
Russian military-industrial complex site on December 1 reported that the Ukrainian MaleStanishev engine manufacturer in 2012 to provide China with 50 6TD2E high-power engine(power of 1200 hp).
Nikolai Belov, general manager of the plant in an interview with local media, Wu pointed out thatthe power plant export contract was signed in August of this year, is black, the two sides in 2008signed contracts to add. He said China will use these 6TD2E engines and equipment for exportof MBT-2000 main battle tanks.
Belov also claimed that if the current contract to carry out normal, China can longer buy the same model 200-250 sets of power plant.
Male Stanishev engine manufacturer has provided to China in 2008, about 100 6TD2 engine.Ukraine has a total of China and Pakistan to provide 400 sets of 6TD2 engine. It should be noted that China has tried to sell to the Peruvian tank MBT-2000, but due to the Uruguayan sideto the other countries in protest against China's installed 6TD2 engine tank, Peru has beenabandoned import plans for MBT-2000 tanks.
Some analysts have pointed out that China is likely to have accumulated a significant number of 6TD2 engine, but can not copy and export volume can be used to equip the tanks 6TD2.
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By reading the news, I think, these 6TD2 engines are destined for the MBT-2000 tanks that China will supply to BA in 2012.