PAKISTAN MAY NEGOTIATE WITH UKRAINE FOR 100 OPLOT-M MAIN BATTLE TANKS

[waz]

I don't see a future for this, Ukraine is in a terrible state.

 

[The SC]

Pakistan is buying the Oplot because PA wants ToT for some very specific tech that Pakistan will only get if PA buys some off-the shelf tanks, so it is paying for the MBTs as well as for some ToT.. and this might go further to local production.. the Engine ToT will be a good addition too..

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

I don't see a future for this, Ukraine is in a terrible state.

Please don't discount a country and her people when they are in terrible states!!! Rather, that's the right time to build some lasting relationships!!! After the collapse of the USSR, things were really tough in many of the former republics. Some couldn't even pay their public servants. Rahmetli Presidents Turgut Ozal and Suleyman Demirel went all out to help them out as much as possible, and also encouraged the NGOs and the common folks to do so. They sent free wheat etc. And, they asked the Turkish research institutes and universities to hire their professors specially in the fields of science and technologies related to defense fields. Turkey today is reaping some fruits of their efforts!!!!

 

[waz]

Please don't discount a country and her people when they are in terrible states!!! Rather, that's the right time to build some lasting relationships!!! After the collapse of the USSR, things were really tough in many of the former republics. Some couldn't even pay their public servants. Rahmetli Presidents Turgut Ozal and Suleyman Demirel went all out to help them out as much as possible, and also encouraged the NGOs and the common folks to do so. They sent free wheat etc. And, they asked the Turkish research institutes and universities to hire their professors specially in the fields of science and technologies related to defense fields. Turkey today is reaping some fruits of their efforts!!!!

I agree with what you say and I'm all for keeping strong relations, but thinking pragmatically (delivery, production, design) Pakistan needs an urgent replacement for an ageing tank fleet, and this idea is not productive. Pakistan is best going for a good Chinese option and looking at the Altay.

 

[Incog_nito]

better to get license to produce @ HIT.

 

[ashok321]

Ukraine in talks to sell Pakistan 100 tanks

WARSAW, Poland — Ukraine is negotiating the sale of 100 T-84 Oplot main battle tanks to Pakistan, and plans to use the funds to modernize the production capacities of its state-owned defense industry and invest in research and development, according to daily Gazeta Wyborcza.

The potential deal, which is to be handed to Ukraine defense group Ukroboronprom, would mark another export contract for the supply of the tanks following a deal signed in 2011 with Thailand. Bangkok is to obtain a total of 49 Oplots.

In the 1990s, the Ukrainian defense industry supplied 320 T-84UD tanks to Pakistan’s military under a deal worth some $600 million.



In addition to export sales, Ukroboronprom is also producing Oplots for the country’s armed forces. Last month, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that more than 300 million hryvnia (U.S. $12 million) will be allocated to acquire an undisclosed number of tanks for the Ukrainian land forces.

A “lion’s share of the money” will be allocated to purchase Oplots “so that our soldiers can effectively fight,” Poroshenko said in a statement by Ukroboronprom. The Ukrainian military is combating Russia-backed insurgents in the country’s east. In March 2014, Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

The Oplot has a weight of some 51 ton. The tank can carry a crew of three, and it is enabled with a maximum speed of 70 kph, according to data from Ukroboronprom. The Oplot is produced by the group’s subsidiary Malyshev at its plant in Kharkiv.

 

[flamer84]

Ukraine in talks to sell Pakistan 100 tanks

WARSAW, Poland — Ukraine is negotiating the sale of 100 T-84 Oplot main battle tanks to Pakistan, and plans to use the funds to modernize the production capacities of its state-owned defense industry and invest in research and development, according to daily Gazeta Wyborcza.

The potential deal, which is to be handed to Ukraine defense group Ukroboronprom, would mark another export contract for the supply of the tanks following a deal signed in 2011 with Thailand. Bangkok is to obtain a total of 49 Oplots.

In the 1990s, the Ukrainian defense industry supplied 320 T-84UD tanks to Pakistan’s military under a deal worth some $600 million.



In addition to export sales, Ukroboronprom is also producing Oplots for the country’s armed forces. Last month, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced that more than 300 million hryvnia (U.S. $12 million) will be allocated to acquire an undisclosed number of tanks for the Ukrainian land forces.

A “lion’s share of the money” will be allocated to purchase Oplots “so that our soldiers can effectively fight,” Poroshenko said in a statement by Ukroboronprom. The Ukrainian military is combating Russia-backed insurgents in the country’s east. In March 2014, Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula.

The Oplot has a weight of some 51 ton. The tank can carry a crew of three, and it is enabled with a maximum speed of 70 kph, according to data from Ukroboronprom. The Oplot is produced by the group’s subsidiary Malyshev at its plant in Kharkiv.

Ukraine allocates 12million to acquire tanks? How many are they getting, ? 2 and a half?

 

[bananarepublic]

Ukraine allocates 12million to acquire tanks? How many are they getting, ? 2 and a half?

maybe three if they get a discount.....

 

[Signalian]

Altay weigh 65 Tons while Our Army Trucks can carry 70 tons weight easily
so weight won't be an issue

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Thats 70 ton for tank + truck with its trailer on a bridge. It doesnt necessarily mean that the trailer is capable of carrying a 65 Ton tank.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

100 Tanks is a modest Order we are better off getting the transport planes from them instead of tanks

 

[HRK]

Oplot-M is comming back for trials in June or July 2017
Along with VT 4
According to the manufacturers the faults identified by PA in both the tanks have been fixed.

Any new report about retrial of Oplot-M tank ....??

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

No we pretty much selected the Chinese VT-4

Any new report about retrial of Oplot-M tank ....??

 

[Cookie Monster]

No we pretty much selected the Chinese VT-4

Last I saw somewhere on PDF...no new tanks are coming...at least not foreign tanks. Al-Khalid II is supposedly going to be the new tank. Personally though I love the look of Oplot.

 

[HRK]

- No news of retrial of Oplot-M in Pakistan
- VT-4 clear the second trials but no official announcement for its induction in Pakistan Army is made till to date

 

[PAR 5]

You cannot buy and induct anything major unless your pockets are full. Today, major purchases like OPLOT P or VT-4 are out of question thanks to Pakistan’s busted image and economy