More on
APS TROPHY and
ABRAMS SEP V2, the following shows our tanks as mentioned in Europe for exercise
Defender Europe 2020 which I believe is being held in Hungry. The best part of this we have the pictures to go along with the articles concerning this topic for a change.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...ion_system.html
After about a
six month delay due to
COVID-19, Thailand has received the last of it's
VT-4 tanks along a second batch of ...just read the ref.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...rom_china.html
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR SEATED FOR THE NEXT STORY (I thought I'd never see the day!?!)! Well after over a
decade or so, it appears that
India and Israel have finally solved the problem with the
ARGUN MK-1/ARJUN MK-1A/ARJUN MK 2 MG and LAHAT issues that plagued
ARJUN MK-1 so badly it was scrapped for that tank. Part of the fix was achieved by mounting a
new/modified MG (Same.) on those other two tanks.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...rjun_tank.html
Finally since some of us still need to work for a living
,
Poland and how things might be changing. Poland as I've posted, has been trying to be a partner with
France and
Germany for a "
handful" of years in the development of the "
Eurotank" which there appears to be no interest in inviting Poland to the "party".
This is possibly jeopardizing the
LEOPARD PL. So what's Poland to do!?! Easy get one of the other best tanks in the world the
K2. South Korea saw an opening caused by the above situation and has moved fast to fill the void by offering the
K2 PL. The model of which was shown recently at
MSPO 2020 in Poland. It's getting late but key differences is in the
Commanders Sight,
improved armor and
cage/slat armor around the engine compartment on the
K2 PL. Most of the rest you can "gleam" from the article I've posted below.
But wait a minute the LEOPARD PL is the modernization of the current 128 LEOPARD 2A4 tanks Poland has. You are correct! South Korea is offering a totally new platform and the process is proceeding. Something about too many "older" tanks. 
I've already started the breakdown between the two K2's but,
I will worry about the rest later, until at least a contract and production begins first.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...me-of-covid-19
https://www.armyrecognition.com/mspo...4_version.html
https://www.armyrecognition.com/mspo...lish_army.html
https://www.defensenews.com/global/e...n-battle-tank/
A teaser, what should it be? HMmmm!
Somebody is about to receive a very advanced version of the
LeCLERC and it's
NOT coming from France. Only one other country operates them besides France and they've decided to
donate 80 of them to the soon to be third operator of them. Simply the
UAE to JORDAN.
That's for next time. I'm out, almost literally.
Good Night/or Morning!
Regards,
Pat
