Turkey has used these in LICs. PA downgraded T-69 gun and put them under FC service. The 105mm equipped M48A5 would have fared well also through numbers.
But there's a difference between a system that is 35 years old and another which is just five years old and still undergoing induction.What about M-109 then, the main stay SP howitzer of PA's armored forces
I know what you are talking about. But most Pakistanis are too cuck to admit it. They pretend India is our only enemy because it makes them sleep better at night.
PA also tested Yugoslavian M-84As back in 91 and loved it's performance but the deal was never signed. UD competed with 85III storm 2 for the tender of 320 mbts.
Thats a T-72 variant
I wouldn’t even accidentally call them the best tanks for urban warfare (or any warfare), especially in FATA or Syria. They were used out of necessity. If terrorists armed with small arms can take out multiple such tanks (including Multiple Al-Zarrars), then that tank has no business being used let alone called good.
We can't afford Bradley FV or newer expensive armored vehicles, These tanks are easily available everywhere. Need some anti-billistic modifications and are ready to roll.
Nope ?. Advanced AFV program is in active development afaik. HIT built a limited production batch of Viper IFVs but PA wasn't satisfied with it I guess so they asked HIT to build a new AFV which is now being developed. Which means that PA isn't interested in small numbers but rather big amounts of AFVs.
Negative. They are death traps. Their crews are more useful as foot infantry than being sent in these machines if you ask me. Obviously PA treating a soldier like a tool of war will not see it that way, they need tanks in numbers, it’s hard to grasp just how outdated these things are on a modern battlefield. How slow, cumbersome and vulnerable they are. Doesn’t the Al-Zarrar have enough upgrades to qualify as “Some Anti-Ballistic modifications”? And it’ll still go up in flames if an RPG hits it turret, killing the entire crew.
These machines only modify for anti terror operations. Only good for may be 7.62 or rpg. We agree or not still in use. Just like Mitsubishi open trucks.
It was based on 72 but by no means a variant.
Lets just hope we open our eyes before it is too late.
And yet both tanks and crews were lost in said Anti-Terror ops, which likely wouldn’t have been the case if UDs or AKs or even Type 85s had been there instead. So the modifications weren’t really foolproof were they. Of course those tanks were busy since they’re needed on the Indian front, but that’s just what I’m trying to say, they were used out of necessity, it doesn’t make them or their modifications good.
