Then go for t-72 it's so cheap you buy it ready all you need upgrade it to a better level it would cost you all in all have the price or even one third that of t-84
t72 doesnt suits our needs, its way too low for our standards, we r building a fleet which can successfully take on Arjun series of india, t90s and their future T14 armata tanks which they have shown interest and for whom AK-2 is being build for. And who knows they may end up buying leopard-2 as well in future. So we need to be prepared. We follow a little bit israel here, we know we will be out numbered in the next war with india in their cold start doctrine and in specially combined arms warfare that they will attack with,,,, so we need better equipment.
T84 is a good stop gap platform with a good prize, which we r getting in a very good deal and later we can update independently. AK-1 is BTW also being produced and will keep on being produced separately, but its production is at very low rate, thats the actual reason and the 6TD-3 engine from Ukraine we want for AK-2 for buying T84 as a stop gap, with so many tanks ordered from ukraine which itself is struggling economically this order can be its lifeline specially for its defence sector.
This is why we r getting such a favorable deal in which we can get eventually upto 300-500 tanks by buying out of these only 100 directly from ukraine and producing rest in home, that too upto 60%.
Actually we r buying a new variant of T84 Oplot M (M has only 1200hp engine 6td-2) called Oplot P with 1500hp 6td-3 engine which they have specially made for our specific needs.......its engine had issues in our deserts so it was send back to be improved now lets see. And under this deal we r going to build that 1500hp at home too.
We r also updating our ukrainian T80UD to Oplot standards which r also 320 in numbers and thats being done separately in pakistan by ukraine help.
Now u put everything together, thats a very lucrative contract for ukraine, and they know it too. This is also another reason we r getting so favorable conditions from them.
Always remember, we r building a fleet of atleast 2800-3000 tanks give the size of our country and armed forces, now thats a very lucrative and profitable market for anybody too, as we can even make these relatively unknown country on the map.
Like i said, money talks bullshit walks, learn to do business from us.
