An Indian Army T-90 tank at the Republic Day parade | Wikimedia Commons
Posted on 12/31/2018 7:38:52 PM PST by sukhoi-30mki
At a time when the modernisation of the Indian Army's armoured corps is moving at a "snail's pace", Pakistan has drawn up a mega plan to procure nearly 600 modern main battle tanks, including the T-90 from Russia, primarily to bolster its combat prowess along the Line of Actual Control in Jammu and Kashmir, military and intelligence sources said on Sunday. The T-90 is also operated by the Indian Army.
Most of the tanks Pakistan was planning to procure were likely to have features like state-of-the-art computerised fire control system for increased accuracy, and they would be able to hit targets within a range of 3 to 4km, sources told PTI.
Some of the tanks are set to be deployed along the Line of Control and they will have wider features for battlefield effectiveness, they added.
Apart from the battle tanks, the Pakistan Army is also procuring 245 150mm SP Mike-10 guns from Italy. It has already received 120 such guns.
The intelligence sources said Pakistan was eyeing a batch of Russian T-90 battle tanks—the mainstay of the armoured regiments of the Indian Army—and that the move reflects Islamabad's intent to forge a deeper defence engagement with Moscow, which has been India's largest defence supplier for decades.
Pakistan has been holding joint military drills with Russia in the last couple of years besides eyeing to purchase Russian platforms, triggering some concern in New Delhi.
The sources said as part of the ambitious plan to significantly revamp its armoured fleet by 2025, Pakistan has decided to procure at least 360 main battle tanks from leading global manufacturers and produce 220 tanks indigenously with help from China.
An Indian Army T-90 tank at the Republic Day parade | Wikimedia Commons
Hellfire targets :)
Russia is moving its armored force over to the new T-14 Armata that began production in 2016.
The T-90 is the last in the line of Soviet-designed and produced battie tanks.
Using tanks in some of the highest and rugged mountains in the world?
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“including the T-90 from Russia, primarily to bolster its combat prowess along the Line of Actual Control in Jammu and Kashmir,”
Wait a minute. I thought India was the Russian’s friend.
Hard cash is the Russian’s friend and with oil prices down, there are other things to sell.
The Pakies are in hock up to their eyeballs to the CHICOMS. How are they going to pay the Russians?
The “T” is for “target.” Our A-10s are tired of blowing up T-72s.
Are they going to rip their mouth away from the American taxpayer nipple to buy Russian equipment? Or is the American taxpayer going to give money to Pakistan, to buy Russian tanks, so they can menace India?
This is why we are broke.
It’s time for a nasty country like Pakistan could be forbidden from buying any sort of heavy duty weaponry.
How are the pakis going to pay for it? Funny that you as a us taxpayers should mention that. They get a few billion a year from us
Let Pakistan and India duke it out and eliminate a quarter of world population.
Keeper of the Tread Head Ping List: (Just a bunch of tankers)
Looks like the real deal
It’s up, it’s good!
CC
Didn’t Mad Mo’ make tanks haram?
They should save the money and just buy T-72s to start with. Because after a couple of years of Pakistani maintenance, that’s what they’ll be reduced to.
Monkey tanks are always your best option if you’re a monkey state.
Self driving tanks.
Where is my Nobel Prize ?
Wait till you see gravitational aiming plasma suppositories ...
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