Russia May Overhaul Ukrainian T-80 Tanks For Pakistan - Pakistani Official

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published August 24, 2018 | 06:51 PM

Russia May Overhaul Ukrainian T-80 Tanks for Pakistan - Pakistani Official

KUBINKA (Moscow region) (UrduPoint news / Sputnik - 24th August, 2018) Pakistan and Russia are planning to sign a contract for the modernization of T-80 main battle tanks (MBT), purchased from Ukraine and currently in service with the Pakistani army, deputy head of Pakistan's Heavy Industries Taxila corporation said Friday.

Brigadier General Anwar Nauman said on the sidelines of the Army-2018 defense industry forum outside Moscow that Russia has all necessary capacity to overhaul the Soviet-era tanks, but did not specify the price of the contract and the number of tanks subject to modernization.

According to Nauman, the contract, which stipulates the work of a team of Russian specialists in Pakistan, could be signed in a few months.

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