Dude, Threads are to talk about every items to be pointed out by sources shared by members. None of us here are officials who is charged to market countries product portfolios so Talking about subsystem details of Altay as a candidate of Pakistani future tank projects should not get you irritate since There are some serious source telling cooperation issues with Turkey regarding upgrading/new tank solutions from the mouth of HIT officials. There are some other members who is voicing importance of such collaborations so Enlightening the details of tools which is being talked about under the name of alternative cooperation subject, is not a bad thing in a thread whose tittile is T-84 oplot M the new war horse of Pakistan, Since noone of us have any details about this tittile but having some source pointing out collaboration issues with Turkey but don't know whether It contains this new purchase or not. In additions, Talking about likely cooperations in paralel with sources has nothing to do with criticizing/decying Pakistani subsystem capabilities. We have just source and subjects in our hands and just expressing our ideas with some details in paralel with thread tittle. Now, Live it or not, your personnal choice...
To put it from a more authoritative and sensible standpoint, let me say it clear. The T-84 is NOT the main punch of Pakistan but rather the stop gap upgrade to an increasingly old fleet. To give you an analogy, the F-16 Block 50+ made by TAI is NOT going to be the best war horse that Turkey is going to have but so far it is the best Turkey has till its F-35 and T-X come into play. In addition, it allows turkey to finally retire a good section of its aging F-4 and F-5 fleet which were getting old beyond upgrades. The same goes for Pakistan's tank fleet.
So is the Altay out of the question or any other future competitor or local development? NO
What it means is that till Pakistan decides on another mainstay to become the core of its strike force.. the T-84 will be the 1-2 punch along with Al Khalid till another tank comes online in the next 6-10 years.
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