Chinese Weapon Exports

[shazlion]

These are Pakistani Made Not Chinese Pls Correct yourself
2012 Pakistani Al-Khalid (MBT-2000 tank) export to Bangladesh (purchased 100x MBT-2000 ???)

Al-Khalid tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[cnleio]

These are Pakistani Made Not Chinese Pls Correct yourself
2012 Pakistani Al-Khalid (MBT-2000 tank) export to Bangladesh (purchased 100x MBT-2000 ???)

Al-Khalid tank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hmmm ... ?

Bangladesh Army to get 44 tanks
For the first time in the country's history, the government will purchase 44 new tanks and three armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) for the army as part of its plan to modernise the armed forces.

The government will also buy two brand new helicopters for the army to ensure necessary logistic support for the UN peacekeeping activities.

The Main Battle Tanks (MBT-2000) and the ARVs will be bought from China, and the helicopters from France through government-to-government deals, which were recently signed. According to the deals, the cost of the tanks will be around Tk 1,201 crore, and the helicopters Tk 174 crore. Besides, a process is on to buy 18 brand new cannons.


2012 China official HuaQiu news: Bangladesh buying MBT-2000 from China
孟加拉国开始装备中国造MBT-2000型主战坦克

Egypt China Sign Arms Contracts

Any news on the weapons systems to be exported and coproduced?

We didn't read the news on China media yet ... maybe JF-17 produce line, HQ-9 or HJ-8/9/12 ATM missiles, Navy warship, helicopter etc. Any weapon trade information from Egypt newspaper ?

 

[Beast]

Egypt China Sign Arms Contracts

Any news on the weapons systems to be exported and coproduced?

Co production? Most likely JF-17 or L-15.

 

[cnleio]

Co production? Most likely JF-17 or L-15.

Maybe submarine.

 

[Frogman]

We didn't read the news on China media yet ... maybe JF-17 produce line, HQ-9 or HJ-8/9/12 ATM missiles, Navy warship, helicopter etc. Any weapon trade information from Egypt newspaper ?

Co production? Most likely JF-17 or L-15.

Maybe submarine.

That's the thing there's an abundance of different platforms over different sectors that Egypt could be interested in either to replace obsolete systems or fill capability gaps.

Without any news whatsoever really anything can be realistic. Advanced training aircraft, drones of different types, heavy lift air craft, AWACs, self propelled howitzers, atgms, surface to air missiles, submarines, naval vessels, and maybe even fighter jets could all be a possibility.

The news mentions both contracts for off the shelf equipment and coproduction, and its a state news outlet, so its pretty much from the horse's mouth.

 

[slng]

Arab learnt along weapon effectiveness from Chinese made through Yemen tragedy.

Should sell it at better rate c/w co-production. It's win win

 

[Beast]

Arab learnt along weapon effectiveness from Chinese made through Yemen tragedy.

Should sell it at better rate c/w co-production. It's win win

When comes to weapon trade, Arabs are more open minded people. They rate performance in field test highly and which the best will win the deal.

 

[Indus Falcon]

Tanzanian navy commissions new vessels
Wednesday, 06 May 2015

Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete has commissioned into service two new warships supplied by China’s Poly Technologies.

The vessels, TNS Mwitongo (P77) and TNS Msoga (P78), were commissioned on April 28 at Kigamboni Command’s base in Dar es Salaam. Kikwete said strengthening the navy’s capabilities was important in light of maritime crime such as illegal fishing and piracy. “Commissioning of these two patrol ships has come at the right time following the increase of crimes like illegal fishing and piracy. We need to strengthen our forces to safeguard our natural resources,” the president said.

“There are big ships from developed countries, which are stealing lucrative fishes like tuna in our waters. In the recent past we had 28 piracy incidents in our waters and in five accounts the pirates hijacked the ships. They even attacked an exploration ship but our soldiers managed to apprehend them…but with these two ships we can now confidently and quickly intervene in all those threats.

“They are very expensive, but there is no alternative, protecting our territorial sovereignty is a costly endeavour. This is only the beginning, we have plans to bring in even bigger ships, and now the remaining part is mobilizing funds,” said Kikwete of the new vessels.

Defence minister Dr Hussein Mwinyi thankejd the Republic of China for its continued support to the Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF), in particular Navy Command, saying that military cooperation went back to 1971 when China provided 13 naval vessels to Tanzania, reports The Citizen.
At the moment Tanzania has a relatively small navy with four Huchuan class torpedo boats, two Ngunguri class vessels, two Shanghai II class patrol craft, two 27 foot Defender type patrol boats and two Yuchin class landing craft.

China and Tanzania enjoy good military relations – a notable highlight of its defence ties was in November 2014 when the two countries concluded a month-long naval exercise, their first joint training exercise in the history of bilateral military relations.

Tanzanian has emerged as a key ally to the Chinese navy as it intensifies partnerships and operational deployments in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) and conducts anti-piracy patrols in the area. In December 2013 the 15th Chinese naval task force charged with escorting ships and patrolling for pirates visited Dar es Salaam on its way back to China.

China’s strong relationship with Tanzanian can be seen in its support for the military. China has recently sold the East African country 24 Type 63A light amphibious tanks, 12 Type 07PA 120 mm self-propelled mortars, FB-6A mobile short-range air defence systems and A100 300 mm multiple rocket launchers. This follows military hardware delivered earlier in the decade, including tanks, armoured personnel carriers and combat aircraft.

In recent years Tanzania has received from China 30 Type-59G tanks, 14 F-7MG fighter aircraft, six K-8 trainer jets, ten WZ-551 armoured personnel carriers, 100 FN-6 surface-to-air missiles and ten Type-63A light tanks.

The Chinese government also built the Tanzanian Military Academy (TMA) and the Shanghai Construction Group has been contracted by the Tanzanian Ministry of Defence and National Service to construct 12 000 housing units financed by a $550 million loan from the Exim Bank of China.

Tanzanian navy commissions new vessels | defenceWeb

 

[cnleio]

Chad Army's China 105mm Assault Gun, cooperation with Nigeria government to against “Boko Haram” rebel force

 

[aliaselin]

Belarus inducted A200 technology and built their own "Полонез"
bmpd - Белорусская РСЗО "Полонез"

 

[Beast]

Belarus inducted A200 technology and built their own "Полонез"
bmpd - Белорусская РСЗО "Полонез"
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I seriously doubt the missile of that size can hit more than 200km away.

 

[cnleio]

Pakistan JF-17 flying over the Himalaya Mountain

 

[cnleio]

According to Pakistan news, Sri Lanka Airforce ordered 12x JF-17 fighters from Pakistan.
Congrats to Pakistan and AVIC ChengDu team !

 

[IR-TR]

Good. Nice for Pakistan's arms exports, and perhaps a step in closer ties between the entire region.

 

[Akasa]

Thailand has officially purchased S-26T submarines for its navy:

Thailand to buy 3 submarines from China | TODAYonline

BANGKOK — The Thai navy has picked Chinese submarines costing 12 billion baht (S$447.5 million) each to be commissioned in the force, a source on the procurement committee says.

The majority of the 17-strong committee voted to buy three Chinese submarines, saying it was the “best value for money”.

The rest were split between submarines from Germany and South Korea.

The navy also received offers from Russia, Sweden and France.

The source said China beat other competitors as it offered subs equipped with superior weaponry and technology. Its subs are also able to stay underwater longer.

Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon backs the submarine project, citing a growing territorial threat and an increasing number of maritime missions. He said many neighbouring countries are also deploying submarines.

General Prawit said he would forward to the cabinet the navy’s submarine procurement decision once it becomes available.

Before the procurement panel made its decision, Gen Prawit was quoted by a navy source as saying that if the submarines were not bought by the current government, the navy might not have the chance to get them again.

In 2011, the navy looked into the purchase of six German-made submarines at a cost of 7.7 billion baht.

However, the project was rejected by the then Yingluck Shinawatra government.

The navy revived the submarine project after the May 22 military coup last year amid speculation that China would win the deal to build and supply subs to Thailand, given the military government’s strengthening relations with Beijing.

The government earlier gave the navy 200 million baht to study the feasibility of buying the submarines and gather information on a proposed procurement.

A member of the navy procurement panel noted the Chinese have advanced rapidly in the development of armaments. BANGKOK POST

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An interesting tidbit to note:

"The source said China beat other competitors as it offered subs equipped with superior weaponry and technology. Its subs are also able to stay underwater longer."

The "other competitors" included Russia, France, Sweden, ROK, and Germany, althought I think only the latter two were shortlisted.