Well, there is report that Poland might be delivered old Polish
T-72s to Vietnam by late 2005.
When tankee1981 refer to during his NSF time, there were no
T-72s.
Here the report:
Vietnam's
$150m deal with Poland
GRZEGORZ HOLDANOWICZ JDW Correspondent
Warsaw
Polish export company Profus Management will supply Vietnam with
aircraft, defence electronics and tanks, including ammunition and
spare parts, under a contract which could eventually be worth more
than $150 million.
The first shipments are planned for the third quarter of
2005.
Vietnam has also confirmed the purchase of a further 10 Polskie
Zaklady Lotnicze (PZL) M28 Skytruck maritime surveillance aircraft
worth at least $40 million. Deliveries will commence by mid-2007.
The two Skytrucks of a previous order were delivered to 918th Air
Transport Regiment at Hanoi Gia Lam airfield in January.
Eight Przemyslowy Instytut Telekomunik-acji (PIT) MSC-400 maritime
surveillance systems with PIT ASR-400 radars and PIT CCS-400
onboard command-and- control modules will be supplied to Vietnam,
said Polish sources.
Datalinks for the Skytrucks will also be supplied as well as an
undisclosed number of ground control stations. The total value of
this PIT contract, which should be finalised shortly, has not been
disclosed but it is believed to exceed $20 million. The system
should allow Vietnam to create a modern maritime control system
along its 2,000 km coast. Vietnamese sources said the selection of
the maritime surveillance system is ongoing.
The Vietnamese People's Army Air Force will also receive four PZL
Swidnik W-3RM Anakonda maritime search-and-rescue helicopters by
2007. These will be equipped with systems similar to those used on
the Polish Navy's Anakondas, including Wescam's forward-looking
infra-red turrets. A further four PZL Sokol helicopters, in
passenger or VIP configuration, are being negotiated.
By the end of 2005, Profus Management will deliver 40 second- hand
airworthy Su-22M4 fighter-bomber aircraft with necessary spare
parts and weapons.
These will probably come from the Polish Air Force inventory but
could be from other East European countries. In the same
timeframe, the Vietnamese People's Army is to receive its first
T-72 main battle tanks together with training and basic maintenance
equipment as well as ammunition. The shipment of 150 second-hand
tanks, again probably from Poland's stocks, should begin as early
as the third quarter of 2005.
