Algeria bought a license to manufacture 200 pieces of T-90S
"Rosoboronexport" signed last year a contract for the licensed production in Algeria about 200 main battle tanks T-90, Told "Vedomosti" two people of the Russian Military-Industrial complex. ACCORDING to Them, the assembly of Russian Tanks Will be running kits at the Tank Repair Plant Algerian Armed Forces WHO HAD Previously Engaged in Repair of armored Vehicles. The Representative of "Rosoboronexport" Declined to Comment.
ACCORDING to the Editor of Moscow Defense Brief Mikhail Barabanov, the value of the licensed assembly of 200 tanks T- 90 can be estimated at approximately $ 1 billion. ACCORDING to the number of Supplied Tanks such A Contract, ACCORDING to Barabanova is Currently One of the Largest, and Possibly the World's Largest export Contract for main battle Tanks. In 2010, Algeria has concluded with "Rosoboronexport" contract for the supply of 185 ready -made T-90 Tanks, the Execution of Which has so far Been completed. In addition, in 2013, Algeria has ordered from Russia kits for modernization set in Soviet times about 300 T-72 Tanks.
Politics of Algeria to Move from Direct purchases of Tanks in Russia to Their assembly Under License at ITS own Plant is Comparable with the Indian Approach to Military-Technical Cooperation with Russia. In 2001, India signed its first contract for the supply of 124 ready-made T-90 tanks and 186 kits for the assembly of These Tanks in India. After the Implementation of These Agreements in 2004, a contract was signed for the licensed production in India about 1,000 T-90 tanks, but since licensed production was mastered with delays in 2007 were entered into additional contracts for the supply of another 124 tanks and kits ready for assembly another 223 Machines.
In addition, the T-90 tanks were exported to Azerbaijan (100 units, deliveries were completed in 2014), Uganda (44 machines, supplies ended a few years ago ) and Turkmenistan (6 tanks were delivered in 2009). Deliveries of the T-90 Russian Armed Forces has been completed in 2011. At various times, been considered, but for various reasons have not been implemented plans for the supply of T-90 tanks to Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, and now, according to a person close to the "Rosoboronexport", negotiating the possible supply T-90 tanks in Iraq.