Pakistan plans to procure 600 tanks,to beef up capability along India border

[New World]

150mm SP Mike-10 guns

@DESERT FIGHTER @Zarvan which gun this?.. is it M109 which were are inducting from Itlay..

 

[YeBeWarned]

News could be true because Tanks which we have to replace are around 1200 to 1400. I am pretty sure only VT 4 or OPLOT will not be enough to replace all 1200 Tanks so news could be true. Still I have asked few guys to check it.

Russians have bad history with spares and they are still not comfortable with selling offensive weapons to Pakistan .. best option to replace these old tanks is either VT 4 or oplot-P along with AK1/2

 

[Umair Nawaz]

T-90 tanks that too 600? and what is this 150mm SP Mike-10 guns? i have searched internet and didnt found any SP like that.

Russians had rejected our enquiry abt T90 tanks and Su35 saying that it will impact their relationship with India!

 

[Path-Finder]

Pakistan Army is also procuring 245 150mm SP Mike-10 guns from Italy out of which it has already received 120 guns

what is this fresh bongie?

secondly the indians always tell us that Russia has no money and they control the Russian weapon sales.

 

[Zarvan]

Russians have bad history with spares and they are still not comfortable with selling offensive weapons to Pakistan .. best option to replace these old tanks is either VT 4 or oplot-P along with AK1/2

They are more than read to sell us weapons janab. They are offering any weapon we want. They already have sold 4 MI-35 and more will be ordered soon. We may have total of 20 to 24 of MI-35 attack helicopters.

 

[Trango Towers]

Loooool

 

[graphican]

Ah sad, the news came from India. I thought it was perhapes real. Never mind.

 

[Surya 1]

Amid Growing Hostility With India, Pakistan Set to Procure War Tanks from Russia: Intel Sources
Apart from battle tanks, Pakistan Army is also procuring 245 150mm SP Mike-10 guns from Italy out of which it has already received 120 guns
PTI

Updatedecember 30, 2018, 4:18 PM IST

New Delhi: Pakistan has drawn up an ambitious plan to procure close to 600 battle tanks including T-90 tanks from Russia, primarily to bolster its military might along the border with India, intelligence sources said sunday.

Most of the tanks Pakistan was procuring will be able to hit targets at a range of 3 to 4 km, the sources told PTI.

Apart from battle tanks, Pakistan Army is also procuring 245 150mm SP Mike-10 guns from Italy out of which it has already received 120 guns, they said.


The sources said Pakistan was eyeing to buy from Russia a batch of T-90 battle tanks- the mainstays of the armoured regiments of the Indian Army - and that the move reflects Islamabad's intent to forge a deeper defence engagement with Moscow.


Russia has been India's largest and most trusted defence supplier post Independence.

The sources said as part of the mega plan to significantly revamp its armoured fleet by 2025, Pakistan has decided to procure at least 360 battle tanks globally besides producing 220 tanks indigenously with help from its close ally China.

Pakistan Army's move to enhance its armoured corps comes at a time when the Line of Actual control in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed growing hostilities in the last one year. The Indian Army has been strongly retaliating to every unprovoked firing by Pakistani side.

But, when the Indian Army is focused on counter-terror operations, the Pakistan Army was fast reducing its gap with Indian forces in fighting a conventional war, sources said.

The Indian Army had drawn up a mega plan to modernise its infantry and armoured corps.

However almost all the procurement projects including the Rs 60,000 crore Futuristic Infantry Combat Vehicle (FICV) programme are stuck due to a variety of reasons.

At present, India's armoured regiments, comprising mainly T-90, T-72 and Arjuna tanks, have much more superiority over Pakistan, but sources said Islamabad was seriously planning to bridge the gap at the earliest.

As against around 67 armoured regiments of Indian Army, the number of similar regiments in Pakistan Army is around 51, the sources said.

They said, at present, over 70 per cent of the tanks in Pakistan's armory have the capability to operate during night which, they said, was a matter of concern.

Besides eyeing to procure T-90 tanks, Pakistan Army is also in the process of inducting Chinese VT-4 tanks as well as Oplod-P tanks from Ukraine, the sources said. Trials for both Oplod and VT-4 tanks have already been conducted by the Pakistan Army.

At present, Pakistan is learnt to have around 17 units pf Chinese origin T-59 and T69 tanks, which comprise 30 per cent of its total tank strength, the sources said.

It also has 12 regiments of Al-Zarar tanks, which makes 20 per cent of the tank fleet while Ukrain origin T-80-UD and T-85 UD as well as upgraded version of T-59 tanks comprise the rest of the 50 per cent tank fleet, they said.

"The Pakistan Army is carrying out modernisation of its armored regiments in a calibrated and time-bound manner which is not the case in India," said an expert, who wished not to be named.

He said it was a matter of concern the way Pakistan was modernising its tank fleet.

The Indian Army has also raised an independent tank brigade which is stationed in Ladakh but it is not enough, the expert added.

Russian tanks are very good. Which tank does Pakistan purchases?

 

[Yaseen1]

No need to buy from russia when we can develop best tanks on our own

 

[Windjammer]

Russian tanks are very good. Which tank does Pakistan purchases?

The article says T-90

 

[Surya 1]

No need to buy from russia when we can develop best tanks on our own

You are a very funny cute guy. I like that.

The article says T-90

Which model?

 

[Sal12]

I initially thought from heading that pakistan is looking for Water tanks.

 

[denel]

Come on guys... just reading thru this article it looks like there is a major purchase and money ready at hand to induct.

ZeeNews... just like They cannot use the Z Letter ZZZZ vs ZEEE - get these indians to use standard English Letter first. ZZZZNews.

Sorry digresssing. I see their news channel on C-band, iritates me with their funny accent and like they are having a verbal tirade ... Man speak gently there is not train to catch and why so much emotion like your mama is after you.

 

[HRK]

I have asked few guys to check it.

oh bhai tu kis chakar main par gaya ......

They have post open source information as INTELLIGENCE REPORT all are known fact that Pakistan was testing Oplot and VT-4 tank, while interest for T-90 is also known because of the multiple statements by Pakistani delegations to Russia at different occasion in recent past, while SP Mike-10 is referring about used M-109L induction ..... they are just creating hysteria .... we have discussed all these at this very forum ......

 

[denel]

Come guys.... rubbish news from rubbish news channel which cannot even say Z letter correctly.