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Ah, so 680 VT-4's planned. But what about the future? I mean, something has to be done with 6TD's engines in service on AK or T-80UD, for obvious reasons
It is said for BDNew batch of VT-4s in China (?)
Currently Pakistan has enough spares to run the AK and UD fleets for a good amount of time. Especially since 110 AK1 orders were canceled and their power plants might already be delivered (though don’t take that as fact, I’ve yet to confirm it).
Thailand more likely.
Sure, ignore alllllll the logistical and geopolitical issues with that excellent plan and everyone really is a winner.
Except most of it is not in place, Pakistan does not produce VT4 locally yet, only assembly. China cannot build 320 VT4s overnight (when was the VT4 deal signed originally? And how many VT4s have been delivered so far? At chinas already high delivery rate, it would take nearly 4 years to replace 320 tanks, what will we fill the gap with till then?), selling 320 UDs won’t get us enough money to buy even half the amount back, we just started buying wheat and oil from Russia, we don’t have a means to transport 320 tanks to Ukraine. We have several hundred much much older tanks to replace first, we also spent a lot of money building a logistics network, upgrading and localizing T80UD parts and training crews, all that money would also go to waste if we just sell them suddenly. Need I go on? Your proposition makes absolutely no sense beyond a surface level, things aren’t that simple. We can’t just start selling hundreds of tanks to Ukraine from our active fleet. You’re not the first to suggest this either, these blanket statements are not helpful.
What about the 30 or so that were retired recently?
Woh kya hotay hain?
We don’t know if 30 were retired, that was just an assumption, and if they were retired, then what about them? If we can’t keep them running, how can Ukraine? Pakistan can currently produce more spares and has more expertise in UDs than Ukraine does I’d say, their tank industry has nearly just died over the last decade.
They want anything they can get. They’d take Pakistans UDs over Abrams and Leos any day because they already use these, but they know getting abrams or Leo is more realistic right now.
