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Azerbaijan is on the final stage to buy the Ukrainian main battle tank T-84 Oplot 1903122.


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Defense News - Azerbaijan

 
 
Monday, March 19, 2012, 08:01 AM
 
Azerbaijan is on the final stage to buy the Ukrainian main battle tank T-84 Oplot.
According to APA (Azerbaijan Press Agency), presentations of new tanks were held for Azerbaijani specialists and appreciated. At present, the discussions on sale and purchase of main battle tanks T-84 Oplot are at the final stage.
     
According to APA (Azerbaijan Press Agency), presentations of new tanks were held for Azerbaijani specialists and appreciated. At present, the discussions on sale and purchase of main battle tanks T-84 Oplot are at the final stage.
The Ukrainian-made T-84 Oplot was presented at the latest defense exhibition in United Arab Emirates, IDEX 2011.
     

Oplot has the highest performances among the T-series tanks produced in CIS place. At the beginning, this tank exceeds T-90 for several functions, said the spokesman of the Machine-building and constructor bureau named after A.Morozov.

According to him, the details are not known because of the talks are held by Ukrspetseksport Company and Ukrainian Defense Ministry.

The Oplot main battle tank is the result of continued main battle tank development by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau, which is Ukraine's leading design authority for armoured fighting vehicles. The Oplot MBT armament includes a 125mm gun, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun.

 
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