India-Pakistan: October 22, 2000

Archives

Pakistan is having problems with its Al Khalid tank. Designed with Chinese help, the Al Khalid has been under development for a decade. The problem is the engine; four test engines have been less than successful because of dust ingestion. Ukraine is now trying to market its 1200hp 6TD2 and 1500hp 6TD3 diesels. Because of the delay in the Al Khalid, Pakistan has purchased 320 T-80UD tanks with 125mm cannons from Ukraine. These use the smaller 1000hp 6TD1 engine.--Stephen V Cole

 

X

ad

Help Keep Us From Drying Up

We need your help! Our subscription base has slowly been dwindling.

Each month we count on your contribute. You can support us in the following ways:

  1. Make sure you spread the word about us. Two ways to do that are to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
  2. Subscribe to our daily newsletter. We’ll send the news to your email box, and you don’t have to come to the site unless you want to read columns or see photos.
  3. You can contribute to the health of StrategyPage.
Subscribe   contribute   Close