Let's wait for official announcement, I think MAF already choose the tigers from the very beginning since 2010
And the lahad datu incident only puts the plan on high gear

Just dunno which version we might get

which reminds me, why m'sia not interested with Russian vehicles?

unless if from Israel then i dun really surprise

many countries in europe is considering reduction in vessels. but if we get UK type 45 then i gonna be really happy

There's too many "very unlikely" nations out there.. 

India? dunwan
Russia? Stay away
S.Korea? Maybe
Brits? Still expensive even used

We've ady had some ships from US before like Inderapura and the marines likely to get LDP from them
So it's not a really "unlikely" source

China? Fuuuu

China? Highly unlikely. I could only think of Italy with the 2nd hand Maestrale frigates (supposedly offered to Phil Navy, but last year Phil Govt decided to opt for new ones) or it could be from USA with 2nd hand Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates offered under Foreign Military Sale prog.

I'm more partial to the Italian ships instead.

I think if we were offered high-end Chinese warships, we should take it. Really dun think Chinese at the moment designed and fabricated low quality military equipment for the defence of their Motherland..

If the ships in question are from indon, then it is a sorry state of our own local defence shipbuilding industry, which actually started way back in the 1970s, build some patrol vessel. Seems that that particular industry didnt progressed as it should be...too many songlaping and pepol trying to make a quick buck there

the thing is, we can ask, it is up to the US to offer us
OHP offer came out of the blue 

Military spare parts which one can get easily? I thought all should be hard to get their hands on it regardless which nations. 

RMAF had a bad time with getting spare parts for our Migs, even parts for our Suks is from China.

Russian stuff might be cheaper up front, but very poor after sales service support which makes it expensive in the long run.
At least with the americans/europeans service level is there even though up-front it's expensive.

SAM no need maintenance kaa?? Every hardware ade maintenance bro... scheduled preventive maintenance.

Thailand receives 1st batch of T-84 Oplot-M from Ukraine.

aiya so what? T-84 is a derivation copycat of the russian T-82 right?

i maybe wrong but was this the same tanks that russia used during the grozny incursion? In which hundreds of russian soldiers was killed and tanks destroyed by mere RPGs?

Any tank other than those that use the british chobham armor are useless. Tanks need to withstand shape charges. Russia or ukraine are not so advance in this area, relying on expensive reactive armors. Thats why in syria so many tanks were destroyed by mere RPG used by the FSA.

I not sure if these tanks use the new russian composite armor but like i said the best armor is the british chobham armor use by Challenger, Leopard, M1 tanks.

You can see the comparision in size of the T-84 Yatagan (Turkish Oplot variant fitted with a 120mm smoothbore gun) from it's competitor that includes Leopard 2, M1 Abrams & Leclerc. This was 1997/98 pictures of the Turkish MBT tender trials in which the Leopard 2 won.

Type 10 mbt ftw.

Meh k2 quite heavy.

and VERY EXPENSIVE.....

ohh it's going to be trouble to maneuver in our soil!

Nah k2 is overrated.
The most advance tank still Leclerc tank.
but price tag gila.
anyway I would prefer type 10 anytime its tech lagi best.

Aussie give us ships? Is that unlikely source?