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| Sunday,
August 7, 2011, 08:21 AM |
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| Thailand
will buy 121 additional BTR-3E1 armoured vehicles personnel carrier from
Ukraine. |
"Ukrspetsexport"
concluded with Thailand, a contract to supply 121 BTR-3E1, said in a statement
posted on the website of the Ukrainian state company. The deal amounted
to $ 140 million. This contract was added to the already concluded in
2007 an agreement for the supply of 96 armored vehicles to Thailand. Earlier
it was reported that Thailand plans to buy the BTR-3E1 on the defense
budget savings.
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Thai BTR-3E1
Ukraine made wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier |
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After signing a contract
to supply 96 armored personnel carriers, Thailand for a long time could
not get the ordered equipment. The Ukrainian side has explained the
delay by the fact that Germany refused to supply parts to the Ukraine
for military use, used in the BTR-3E1. For this reason, the assembly
for the APC in Thailand has not been completed.Transfer the first batch
of 12 armored vehicles took place in late September 2010, another batch
of 12 vehicles were sent to Thailand in April 2011.
Thailand over the past year significantly increased its purchases of
Ukrainian military equipment. The Ministry of Defense says it is cheap
Ukrainian art. In March 2011 the command of the Army of Thailand has
decided to purchase 200 (according to other sources than a hundred)
of main battle tanks T-84U "stronghold" of Ukrainian origin.
The sum of the potential deal is estimated at seven billion baht (231.1
million dollars). New tanks will replace the antiquated American-made
M41A3.
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