Keskustelua asehistoriasta ja militariasta

emppu wrote:Siinä pelastetaan mereneläviä: saa kalat ja kravut kivoja piilopaikkoja.

The tanks were placed in service for the 16th Tank Battalion in 1987 and decommissioned in 2004.

The army purchased them from China in 1987 when Chavalit Yongchaiyudh served as the army chief, an army source said.

Gen Chavalit was then known to have friendly relations with senior Chinese army officers.

When he was in the top position, his policy was to modernise the army using the model of the US army.

But he looked to China for help to realise his ambition. "The Chinese tanks were not so good compared with those from Europe," the source said.

"But for Thailand, which did not have much money at the time, it was better to get them than nothing. They were bought at a 50% discount."

The problem came when the Chinese army stopped manufacturing the tanks and parts became scarce.

The Thai army could not afford to repair the tanks, the source said.

Maintenance works for the tanks stopped six years ago because there were no more parts available, the source said.

taifun wrote:vaan eipä ole. "teräsmies" on "tonnimies" joka ei thaimaan vuotuisesta turismista ymmärrä rahtuakaan. jokainen upotettu tonni tuottaa satoja ellei tuhansia kertoja painonsa verran valuuttaa sitä pällistelemään tulevien turistisukeltajien muodossa.
"come and see cold war era russian tanks at the ocean floor"
tuota romua tulee ja menee mutta ex. thai armeijan kinuskivaunuja EI ole puhkottu DU:lla