From
April 10, 2020 concerning
Nigeria. It was on my list, if you want me to scratch it off let me know so I can delete from my worklist and files. As I mentioned in the forum across a couple of threads, I
wasn't going to post on articles of equipment that I knew would be available for the Patch from 2020.
Again let me know so I can move on to the next thing, please. From my files, I hadn't a chance yet to
cross reference these any further, if you need me to do that across my normal refs let me know.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/apri...rian_army.html
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/feature...-acquisitions/
No word from
Germany, I'm going to give that one more shot. If I don't get a response, I'll proceed on my own as I have in my head already given it some thought on how to move forward.
Regards,
Pat
P.S. Might as well provide these as I'm tracking on the program as
I feel we might just "
barely" see the following become operational before "
we turn out the lights"!?! The 82nd has been chosen to evaluate the prototypes...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...ght_tanks.html
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ank-prototypes
It's possible I might've missed it, but given
COVID events of the last month and currently in the UK, I haven't seen
anything of value concerning the Defense Review. What hasn't changed is my views on
AJAX as already discussed in the
APC Thread.
USMC looks like the MBT's will be gone by
Dec. 2021 at latest. Seriously thinking about
END Dates for
all USMC MBT's with
exception of the
M1A1 FEP ones, for
DEC 2020 based on units that have "
cased their colors".
No mention in any articles already posted that anything other then the M1A1 has been turned over to the
USA. Those tanks were transported to USA Depots for conversation to
M1A2C within less then a month after those units cased their colors.
I further base this on the fact that what the USMC ordered and received in the M1A1 FEP would match with about how many tanks they should have left currently.
That is all for now, going to enjoy the rest of what has been a busy weekend for us.
Good Night!!
P.S.S
Well almost, now
2314 after an enjoyable (
Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow.), I checked my papers and found the following, I had reported on the
LAOS tank deal a couple of years back with Russia. So lets just call this "
Something Old That's New Again"...
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...-34_tanks.html
Also (Today) this confirms Mark's source on
Nigeria's first use of their
VT-4 tanks in combat.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...vt4_tanks.html
Now for real, Good Night!