Friday, June 16, 2017 2:07:00 PM
Ukraine has provided the fifth batch of new
Oplot-T battle tanks consisting of five
machines built at the Malyshev Factory as part of the $240 million contract
signed in 2011.
The fifth shipment of Oplots arrived from
Ukraine by sea at the Sattahip naval base, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
According to the agency, the shipment of armored vehicles was shipped to the
Thai customer in March. The next shipment, the sixth is planned for June. The
contract is due to be completed by autumn 2017.
The Oplot was adopted by the Armed Forces in
May 2009. In 2011, a contract was signed for the delivery of 49 tanks to
Thailand and in April 2012 the state-owned Malyshev Factory, began fulfilling
the contract.
The total expenses for the production of the
Oplot tanks were $30 million, according to the plant estimates. The first five
tanks were shipped to the Thai customer in the beginning of 2014, the second
shipment of five armored vehicles arrived in Thailand in mid-2015, the third
shipment of 10 vehicles in May 2016, and the fourth shipment consisting of five
tanks was sent to Thailand in November 2016.
In March, the publication AUTO-Consulting
reported that Thailand decided to purchase Chinese VT4 tanks instead of the
Ukrainian Oplot. Ukrainian state-owned defense concern Ukroboronprom denied
this information.
Source: uawire.org
That makes 30 tanks delivered…….
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