Here is an interesting little tidbit I was not aware of until recently........it may be old news to some of you though
I was not aware of the China-Ukraine connection
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During the development of Type 90-II/Al-Khalid (also known as MBT-2000) in the 1980s, the gearbox and engine were originally imported from Germany, but this plan was abandoned due to a Western arms embargo. The powertrain instead was sourced from Ukraine, the same for most Chinese export vehicles at the time.[4]
China eventually developed domestic powertrains, which led to the creation of the MBT-3000 program for export customers.
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