Ukraine To Provide Another
315 Engines For Al-Khalid Tank
Ukraine announced
that their
Malyshev plant
will provide Pakistan Army another 315 engines for Al-Khalid tanks in
next three years. The contract has already been signed by the two
countries. The contract estimates from 125-150 million US dollars.
Right now Pakistan has about twenty Al-Khalid
tanks in service, Pakistan Army hopes to Increase this number to three
hundred mark within three years. Ukraine is a key partner in Production
of Al-Khalid tank which is a joint venture between China, Pakistan and
Ukraine.Ukraine is alos providing assistance to Pakistan to
Upgrade/Re-Build its T-59 tanks to Al-Zarar Configuration. Which is
considered a deadly configuration, matching T-80UD tanks |
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