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Old January 4th, 2023, 03:17 PM
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Fallout Re: MBT's

The following is somewhat a "MIXED BAG" of news. First the good news...
Poland has received the first of S. Korean K2 tanks. However, the unknown is it the same tank that S. Korea operates armor wise is still unknown.

To my mind based on what we've seen from other foreign sales (With exception of some older models i.e., the LEOPARD 2A4.) I'm still leaning towards the armor values for the K2PL to fall on average between the K1 and K2 which is exactly what we did in essence with the M1A2PL (And Taiwan's.) tanks. S. Korea had more than enough time to modify the armor and remove any "proprietary" armor enhancements and replace them with other very effective armor products.

This the normal "business practice" for more advanced weapons systems worldwide for a foreign buyer in the RL but also in ours as demonstrated MANY times over the recent years in here in particular.

For some time now and due to the silence on this issue over the last 3 months or so, I was starting to wonder whether or not the deal to but the M1A2PL was possibly cancelled or postponed due to the increased M1A1 buy and the very large K2 and K9 buy as well.

Well, the ref below indicates the buy is still on! This will make Poland the largest operator of modern tanks in Europe.

The possible downside for us as reported by the AP is...
"The deal follows last year's $4.7 billion agreement for the acquisition of 250 upgraded M1A2 Abrams tanks that will be delivered in 2025-26."

We'll have to see how many, how fast they arrive, and crews get trained. And finally, when Poland actually fields them.

We'll have to watch this very closely even if it goes into 2026 in the last Patch.

The good news is Don, and I got this tank built last year and put into the last Patch.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...5b142b6e018c78

Regards,
Pat
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