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Old January 21st, 2023, 01:21 PM
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Fallout Re: MBT's

This has been inside my head for almost three months now and has come more to the forefront while working on my submission.

The country is currently taking a neutral stance on the Russian Ukrainian War though there is some talk within the country of maybe sending humanitarian aid.

There's also been no mention from the Western allies concerning this tank at all which is somewhat surprising given the push especially earlier in the war to get the Ukraine tanks they're used to operating.

The country I'm talking about has 48 such tanks that beat out at least one European, a couple of Russian and finally I believe it was one Chinese offering during those countries tank competition around 2010.

Need more? OK, ended up buying Chinese VT-4 tanks so that they could retire their M-48 "Bulldogs".

Time to end this "madness" and get it out of my head.

Besides the fact they REALLY like this tank, why at least publicly hasn't anyone approached Thailand concerning buying or trading for the 48 OPLOT-T tanks they have and sending them back to the Ukraine?

Just had to get that off my shoulder.

Regards,
Pat
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