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At HIT. It went through initial HIT and army trials and was then sent back to HIT for further changes according to the data collected from these trials. The project is is still definitely active and hopefully we will see it in service soon.

There are no major Chinese systems in the AK-1 (at least none that weren’t already working perfectly fine in the AK), that would cause the entire tank and program to be halted like that. The only new part in the AK-1 that’s Chinese that could even remotely relate to this is the new Muzzle...

While I absolutely agree, this has basically nothing to do with the point you were replying to. It’s more the fact that the Chinese, like all other powerful arms selling nations, like to play games in order to exert pressure, and we, being weak and poor negotiators (or for some bribes in the...

I never said it was not considered, I said it was not used on any production models or with Ukrainian engines as you had said so earlier. That’s a pretty common misconception about the Al-Khalid.

Wikipedia is a terrible source and is what misguides most people to actual history. That being said, I do not get why you posted this, as it does not state the usage of a Chinese engine for the AK at any point, nor of the usage if a French transmission in the final product. However, there are...

For the first, yes, definitely, different composition of both base armor and composites on both tanks. There is similarity in the less essential armor at the rear and sides, but the front is entirely different. As for reasons for not locally manufacturing them, part of it is the aforementioned...

I didn’t fully understand this question. Which era of the AK project are you referring to? (as in, do you mean at inception, during production or at the end?). I’ll answer the second part of the question first however. For a ground-up design, in Pakistans scenario in 2023, the powertrain would...

I mean no offense, but nearly all of that is wrong. Al-Khalid never “started” with a Chinese powertrain, one wasn’t even considered for it. The three options were British, German and Ukrainian. It does not have a French transmission, that is another common misconception. It’s transmission is...

This one is slightly better, but you can tell they’ve been given prior talking points and have to stick to those. But at least this host was willing to ask some questions. The more useful stuff is the footage. The highlights being; 1. 70% of the AK/AK-1 and T80UD powertrains have been...

I suppose this has been known for a while, Challenger 2 always reminded me of a bunch of bandages over a leaking dam, they didn’t fix foundational issues like ammo storage and blow-out panels and crew compartment safety (nor the rifled gun) and instead just kept on putting armor over everything...

It is the highest one seen yet, yes.

These aren’t the actual simulators for VT4, this is just a “portable” one. The actual VT4 Simulators are at HIT and ACTC, I’ve had some time on them, pretty high quality stuff, the data in them is accurate enough to use in software programming for the actual production of FCS and other systems.

Except the FCS in the Al-Khalid-1 is not Chinese…but go on. Except we didn’t need major infrastructure upgrades for VT4, some bridge-layers aren’t what I would consider full fledged infrastructure upgrades. The weight difference between a fully laden AK-1 and a VT-4 is less than 5 tons. Yes...

Oh definitely, we’re likely far worst when it comes to work ethic, safety standards etc but my earlier comment ties into what you said about Chinese quality, there’s no doubt it has gone up significantly in the last few years, but there are smaller things the western Defence contractors do right...

Hard to reverse engineer something when the Chinese manuals make little sense, on top of all our own issues.

It is most definitely an issue, the weight difference between an AK-1 and a VT-4 is just a few tons, the Atlay is several tons heavier and cannot be used on the equipment and bridges that the VT4 can. Wether 50 or 500, we’d need separate stocks of ammo, separate stocks of oil (gun oil...

Yes. Not new production, an upgrade program to bring the older AKs closer to VT4 standard.

In just a couple years, more of the VT4 will be made locally than the Al-Khalid ever was. Currently it’s license production of some parts, local production go some parts, and full local assembly, however soon components down to the base armor will be locally produced, as was the case with AK

FY-IV, CITV, LWRs, possibly a 360 degree camera system and possibly a new engine and transmission if they can figure out how to put it in there.