With good R&D surely can. ZBL-09 also started life a single vehicle of IFV role when it first appeared in 2008. Recent upgrade project in 2011-2012 only made the design modular into the many variants we see today. It is reported that Norinco & Poly Technologies plan to design up to 26 variants for the ZBL-09.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Nov 11 2014, 11:39 AM

Got any news or video of chinese military hardware in use in africa? I've seen small arms in pictures but these new bigger items still not around. They probably have a big military hardware consumption inside so not really have the time/inventory to export out yet.

Eh, got many examples already la bro:


Nigeria has bought about 150 of these CS/VP3 MRAPs


Also these MRAPs for the Ugandan police, while still in China (probably for tests before delivery)

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Nov 11 2014, 11:48 AM

Tanzania got many thing from prc

Type 59G


Norinco A100 300mm MLRS


Type 07PA 120 mm self-propelled mortar


WZ 551 APC

RE engines is not an easy thing to do. Even South Korea had problems with their K2 Black Panther Tank's power pack. And South Korea is no stranger with automotive engines.

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2...007100315F.HTML

This post has been edited by azriel: Nov 11 2014, 11:47 AM

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Algeria in buy 2 set Norinco PLZ-45 self-propelled howitzer also WA-021 SPH about 30 plus unit.... also bough 3 C28A frigate from china.

http://www.janes.com/article/42238/first-a...unched-in-china



Nigerian Navy bough 2 unit 056 corvette

This post has been edited by waja2000: Nov 11 2014, 12:13 PM

Woah, nice and thank you. Tanzania is a relatively peaceful country right? I mean not much insurgency and crazy bandit activity. Nigeria got something I think to do with boko haram. Now we need some combat videos of these hardware.

that's the point of the AV8,it has the potential to be more so in the next 5-10 years if army planners want a ground vehicle they can use the AV8 as a base design.no need for retooling and an already familiar design

Nothing wrong with being ready. Tanzania is ok economically,so it's ok to have a decent armed forces. Choosing to buy PRC can also maximize acquisition, due to lower cost.

I hear also Norinco has special packages that can potentially cater to smaller countries with lower defense budgets. Chinese media has called these packages as 'military set meals'.


Source

Ya Sejak bila k2 engine reverse engineering pulak? First time i heard about this. All i know is that one of the requirements was to use indegenous made engine. The problem with the engine is not it design but the parts inside the engine

Either wear off too quickly or break during testing. Report say it due to local contractors no experience in making powerpack especially for tanks. Components produced is not up to military quailty standard plus given the rush to field the K2 just make matters worse. Stop gap solutions is to get mtu from Germany which again iinm the same company that provide power pack for our pt91m although thre news that they originally wanted to get from japan the one used in type 10 but jepun refuse to sell

Lol.
New hawk come with modern avionics.
I would love it to have brimstone and hellfire in its weapons option.
Good option to use in esscom.
perhaps it can do surprisingly good tank hunting jobs.

My mistake. I thought that it was modeled after the German-developed MTU-890.



This post has been edited by azriel: Nov 11 2014, 12:38 PM

Small jets for tank-hunting, also can do much more

Scorpion cost per-flight hour usd$3,000
Apache longbow cost per-flight hour usd$3,348

Also cheaper than apache longbow.. hmm keeps getting interesting

And with everyone having manpads everywhere, jets have less exposure time to manpads and have more chance to escape their range

buy second hand A10 warthog?

brrrrrrrzzzzzzz brrrrrrrzzzzzzz brrrrrrrzzzzzzz sulu base

This post has been edited by AxeFire: Nov 11 2014, 12:52 PM

Cost per flying hour of $17,564..

I hear 1 got half a wing blown off and the pilot managed to land it

one hell of a flying tank

but old = hard to maintain

This post has been edited by AxeFire: Nov 11 2014, 01:01 PM

laju thread hari ni, boleh masuk v14 malam nanti

Sembang2 aje, me is full time /k

Waiting for my 4-hour vray render job

if want anti-tank/amour/Land target need to install Reconnaissance Pod and screen integration module at jet it cost other usd 3 million+ ....
that why not much training jet install it.
unless using ground army using lasar target for you.

This post has been edited by waja2000: Nov 11 2014, 01:53 PM

can't compare Helicopter and Jet, it 2 different type/role/style of combat.