Russia pakistan agreement

[ch mohsin]

the t-59 n 69 are being upgraded to al-zarrar so they are not being fased out, though after the upgraded they bwcome totally diff tanks, its like a 180degree diff. it might be Pak is lookin to set up some production facility to produce engines for al-khalid n al-zarrar

 

[Myth_buster_1]

the t-59 n 69 are being upgraded to al-zarrar so they are not being fased out, though after the upgraded they bwcome totally diff tanks, its like a 180degree diff. it might be Pak is lookin to set up some production facility to produce engines for al-khalid n al-zarrar

and where does Russia come from in this?

 

[Quwa]

Bulk of the armor cooperation is coming from China, Ukraine and the West or Western East like South Korea. According to Sabre on PakDef, the Al Khalid-I is entering trials, and by his account it appears to be a 4th generation tank in league of the South Korean K2, Russian T-95, Chinese upgrade of T-99 and the Turkish MBT. I guess there is a good chance of a lot of Western concepts going into the AK-I...such as 1500hp engine; Western style turret; different armor; ATGM, etc. Afterall the Chinese T-99 went through those concepts, why not the Al Khalid-series?

As for engines...I am unsure. It would require serious public and private investment from a lot of manufacturing companies in Pakistan to license produce a 1200 or 1500hp tank engine. I would be in favour of it as it will push for serious knowledge R&D, but it would be a very expensive venture that will rely on big orders.

 

[fatman17]

chinese T-99 and AK-1 are based on similar lines with the pakistani tank incorporating western upgrades.