In Southeast Asia, the Thai Army is still relatively strong. According to relevant statistics, the current total number of Thai Army is 190,000, plus 500,000 reserve personnel. Its equipment includes more than 50 American-made M60 tanks, hundreds of There are hundreds of tanks in

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In Southeast Asia, the strength of the Thai Army is still relatively strong. According to relevant statistics, the current total number of Thai Army is 190,000 , plus 500,000 reserve personnel, and the equipment includes more than 50 American-made M60s Tanks, more than a hundred M48 tanks, 144 British-made Scorpion light tanks, dozens of Ukrainian T84 tanks, and hundreds of other tanks; in addition, there are more than 300 tanks A large number of armored vehicles , including M113 armored vehicles , 150 Conman multi-wheeled armored vehicles , etc.

Thailand's M60

Thailand's light tank

M-113A/A3 armored personnel carrier

In addition, the Thai Army has a total of 106 aircraft of various types for light equipment transportation and a total of 210 helicopters of various types.

In addition to the above, Thailand also introduced two batches of VT tanks a few years ago. The specific conditions of the first batch of tanks were not found. The total price of the 14 additional tanks reached US$72.5 million. According to this calculation, each tank costs about 5.18 million US dollars.. Of course, this is not just a tank, but also includes personnel training, many parts, and subsequent repairs and maintenance, etc.

It is reported that the Thai Army has currently formed two divisions based on these tanks, plus some other supporting armored vehicles, etc. These two divisions are called "Medium X Divisions". Those mainly equipped with American M60 tanks and M113 armored vehicles are called "U.S. X Division".

And we know that the M60 tank obtained by the United States is already a retired tank in the United States and has been in service for a long time. Therefore, the VT4 tank can be said to be the most powerful tank of the Thai Army at present. , the armed forces composed of this tank The force has also been specially arranged by the Thai side near Bangkok, Thailand, which shows the great responsibility!

It is reported that a Thai division has a regular number of 16,781 people and is equipped with 189 tanks and armored vehicles, as well as some auxiliary vehicles, transport trucks, etc. Therefore, in addition to VT4 tanks, the Thai Army also introduced 38 VN-1 armored vehicles in 2017, with a total price of 2.3 billion baht, mainly used to match tanks.

And this tank is also very powerful . First of all, the tank is very powerful. The VT4 engine is very reliable. It is equipped with a VTE1 1200 horsepower diesel engine and a CH1000B gearbox. It uses a torsion bar suspension and is very easy to operate. Simple.

Second, the entire vehicle has a high degree of automation. It is equipped with the new fire control system , as well as a stabilized image sight, a commander's peripheral mirror with an thermal imager channel, and a digital gun control system and other advanced The equipment has excellent battlefield perception, target finding, graphical display and other functions, which greatly enhances its comprehensive combat power.

It is reported that in addition to VT4, Thailand is also very interested in the lighter VT5. Maybe we will see more new tanks join the Thai Army in the future.

VT5

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