Pakistan Army's VT-4 Main Battle Tank | Updates & Discussions

[waz]

It's hard to find but does anyone have an idea of ammunition storage and layout within the VT4? Is it stored in protected compartments?

 

[PanzerKiel]

Panzerkiel is either being ironic or the order, like usual for tank orders, is about 290 units : )
Personally I don't see Pakistan buying VT-4s, not from the quality issues that I personally know of with Norinco built tanks.

As already pointed out by @Ark_Angel , order is for 296 units.

 

[Armchair]

As already pointed out by @Ark_Angel , order is for 296 units.

Thanks!

I'm happy this is real! More new tanks. I hope a thousand more are ordered but that will probably not happen.

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Don’t divulge too much here. *408*. Best regards

You look like you work for ISI or MI

 

[LKJ86]

The VT-4 in the pic is just equipped with FY-2 ERA, and the evaluations of VT-4's armor protection we know are also based on FY-2 ERA.

China once wanted to export ZTZ-99 tank without FY-4 ERA...

 

[zhxy]

Personally, I think VT-4 is very good. But many Pakistanis do not trust it. The reasonable alternatives are K-2 and T-90 tanks

 

[Areesh]

Thanks!

I'm happy this is real! More new tanks. I hope a thousand more are ordered but that will probably not happen.

Sorry to say but you have a very offensive signature

Kindly change it

@waz @AgNoStiC MuSliM

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

Personally, I think VT-4 is very good. But many Pakistanis do not trust it. The reasonable alternatives are K-2 and T-90 tanks

I would want PA to get hundreds of AK-1s and than AK-2s

 

[doorstar]

Personally, I think VT-4 is very good. But many Pakistanis do not trust it. The reasonable alternatives are K-2 and T-90 tanks

where did you meet them? do you know many?

I would want PA to get hundreds of AK-1

AK-1 is VT-1 (jointly made by norinco and Pakistan)

 

[Pakistani Fighter]

AK-1 is VT-1

AK is VT-1 I think. AK-1 is its upgrade

 

[waz]

Personally, I think VT-4 is very good. But many Pakistanis do not trust it. The reasonable alternatives are K-2 and T-90 tanks

It is good as per Western writers as well. The K2 is too expensive and the VT-4 is better than the T-90S, or at the very least doesn't offer anything groundbreaking.

 

[Zulfiqar]

@Dazzler @LKJ86 which areas will be covered by the FY-4 ERA.

@Dazzler

Any good upgrades relative to AK-1.

 

[Ark_Angel]

Personally, I think VT-4 is very good. But many Pakistanis do not trust it. The reasonable alternatives are K-2 and T-90 tanks

K-2 extremely expensive. T-90(also one of the contenders for this project) was trialed by PA, metallurgy was found to be the best amongst all three, but was found wanting in optronics and Battlefield management systems, ease of maintenance and most importantly line of credit. Russians only deal in Hard Cold Cash. VT-4 version that we are getting I can claim on record here is much better than T-84 Oplot, T-90AM and T-90S.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

K-2 extremely expensive. T-90(also one of the contenders for this project) was trialed by PA, metallurgy was found to be the best amongst all three, but was found wanting in optronics and Battlefield management systems, ease of maintenance and most importantly line of credit. Russians only deal in Hard Cold Cash. VT-4 version that we are getting I can claim on record here is much better than T-84 Oplot, T-90AM and T-90S.

Where does that leave AK II project?

 

[Ark_Angel]

Where does that leave AK II project?

With Chairman HIT