Thanks for the link Jonathan!
via ukraine.setimes
Roman Romanov, the CEO of Ukroboronprom, the government-controlled group of 150 defence production companies, said there are plans to increase the production of Ukrainian BM Oplot tanks by almost 25 percent.Read the entire article here.
According to a report on Ukroboronprom's website, 40 units will be produced this year, with plans to increase to 100-120 per year starting in 2016.
"The BM Oplot is an advanced tank," Vadym Grechaninov, a military expert and president of the Atlantic Council of Ukraine, told SETimes. "It has advanced armour, a proper gun, speed. It is a modern tank with night vision equipment, and so on. It is a very expensive piece of equipment."
