Ukrainian armored "Plant named after V.A. Malysheva "for six years trying to sell one tank mark" Oplot "for the needs of the US Army. But alas, it never happened.
The contract was signed at the end of 2012. Then local gunsmiths hoped for military-technical cooperation with the Americans. At the same time at the time of the transaction, the combat vehicle was worth a little more than 30 million hryvnia.
It is noteworthy that the Ukrainian company "Spetsnoeksport", engaged in the sale of the tank, has already received a deposit in the amount of 16 million hryvnia. However, the Americans terminated the contract. And now the company must return the advance. However, since the company does not have such an amount at a time, it will pay the debt in monthly installments of UAH 825,000.
By the way, the Ukrainian tanks "Oplot" today are in service with the Thai army in the amount of 49 units.
