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Will also be remedied with APS and new ERA setup in VT4. Keep in mind adding ERA or add-on armor to the sides is not difficult. It’s just not done in peacetime, in wartime it would be one of the first field modifications to happen to any PA tank. During Thai trials, VT4s turret and Hull were...

Already seeing Upgraded G3s and AKs commonly in troops hands now. The G3s are not only getting rails but also new collapsible stocks and lightened furniture, that finally makes it somewhat viable again. Meanwhile the AKs are getting the same treatment they were before, but now they’re also...

Here’s a fun statistic. Ukrainians did engine testing on 6TD1 and 2 with different fuel types. When they used a lower quality fuel, they got a total of 460 HP out of a 6TD1 at the tracks, and 687 HP from a 6TD-2. Similarly the difference at 20 and 50 degrees for 6TD2 was a drop of around 50 HP...

The gun elevation and depression angles are entirely different for the Al-Zarrar as compared to the Type 59, and so is the electronic movement mechanism, that’s simply because the whole gun is new, the breech is new, it uses two piece ammo instead of one piece like originally, and the FCS means...

Depends entirely on the warhead being fired and the location where it hits. A standard HE RPG warhead would likely not penetrate the front of a Type 59 turret, any tandem or AT charges most certainly would. The ones in WoT were lost to mainly IEDs and VBIEDS with penetration generally not being...

AFAIK Indian T90S use 1000 HP V92 engines. All versions of V92 produce 1000 HP or more. V92S and S2 included. V92S2F produces 1130 HP. 840HP was V-84MS engine in T72 and early T90A. You can tell them apart by the squared-off exhaust on the outside. Said 1000 HP V92S2 engines produce considerably...

It’s “main armor” does not consist of reflecting plates or spaces since neither of those really exist on the tank, it’s just a misconception. There are two production models of the Al-Zarrar (plus three prototype models that never made it to production). Both have extra armor added to the front...

Of course, those have been commonplace on tanks since WW2.

Every number in this paragraph is inaccurate. Sorry. AORAK MK2 does not exist. It is just AORAK. Protection numbers of AK are not known, with or without ERA, nor are those of VT4 apart from some hints from Thai trials which were conducted with FYII and not FYIV. VT4 is better protected from...

Serials 22-119 and 23-107 have already been spotted, which suggests 26 maybe and at least 19? Unless they are not delivering them in order, which would be confusing.

I see. I suppose the 105MM up gradation was mainly for PA tanks. I’ve mostly seen 105s on Type 69s with the FC too, but photos of their tanks, especially Type 59s, are less common, so it makes sense they’d still be operating non-upgraded models. This would also mean those tanks lack Night...

All Operational Type 59 (most of which are still with PA, FC KP and BL use them too but not in as big numbers) and Most type 69 (apart from the few at Training school in Quetta and a few with FCBL) have been up gunned to 105MM. 100MM tank ammo is not in active production at POF afaik, 105MM...

Such a reserve force is far too unrealistic imo. Even the US example is not really perfect because of the huge differences between the variants of the Abrams in active service and those in reserve, it’s simply a consequence of the US only using a single type of MBT for a long time while also...

Those are army tanks they are training with. I see Al-Zarrars and Type 59s both. That’s why it is imperative to quickly retire older tanks, because these tanks then end up in reserve and long term storage. Which means the best way to build a reserve is also to modernize. Now imagine if PA can...

LTS-1 never actually ended up in use on either the AK or AZ. HITs indigenous program never got far, making a modern hard kill APS is extremely difficult. Pakistan currently does not have this capability, even if it tried to make one it couldn’t. They could however definitely make modern local...

An active protection system can be of two types, Hard-kill systems like the Trophy and GL5/GL6 which defeat incoming projectiles with their own projectiles, or soft-kill which intend to protect the tank by other means such as IR Dazzlers (Shtora) and Laser Dazzlers (JD-3). Laser warning...

Also present on AK and VT-4.

Heavy machine Complex. HITs gun barrels that are also used on all other MBTs of PA. Why would they pay a lot for these things when several European countries are already giving much more modern MBTs to Ukraine now? America itself is sending Abrams. And even if they do pay, it won’t be enough...

No they won’t. They’ll be seen within days on videos and photos from the front. If common artillery shells stuck out within days, then what chance do these MBTs which are only operated by Pakistan have?