8 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Waste of money unless they use them with the UN.

 

Possibly will be used AFTER the General Election. I wonder how many will suffer "brake failures"?

2 hours ago, zydeco said:

They will not be in service 40 months from when they arrive.

Or 40 hours ????

Defense ministry defends new lot of Chinese Tanks

 

Of course they do...

The Chinese tank is a copy of a 30 year old Russian tank, that is superseded by three updated Russian models. It doesn't rate in the top 10 of world tanks.

 

I suppose it will protect from bows and arrows?

          As I recall, the gun barrels were prone to exploding if fired, so yes better stick to parades.

No wonder the ancient hodgepodge of polluting busses ????

9 hours ago, grumpy 4680 said:

          As I recall, the gun barrels were prone to exploding if fired, so yes better stick to parades.

No worries, the co-axial machine gun (alongside the main gun) is entirely adequate for machine gunning people in the street, and the one on the pintle mount in front of the turret hatches is great for posing, and can be used against anyone on rooftops...

18 hours ago, Chris Lawrence said:

The Chinese tank is a copy of a 30 year old Russian tank, that is superseded by three updated Russian models. It doesn't rate in the top 10 of world tanks.

 

I suppose it will protect from bows and arrows?

as long as it can run and be on the military parades, nothing else is required

Waste of money? Hell no! These tanks are expected to be mission essential in putting down any election protest.

On 1/20/2019 at 7:19 AM, JAG said:

No worries, the co-axial machine gun (alongside the main gun) is entirely adequate for machine gunning people in the street, and the one on the pintle mount in front of the turret hatches is great for posing, and can be used against anyone on rooftops...

From an Australian pal of mine who is not from the military, but has spent time in other 'intersting countries':

 

'I saw an army train (in Chumphon) heading north. The gear it was transporting obviously had no use apart from on their own people...'

 

no problem! i just watched this video and all the controls inside the tanks are in English!

 

so nothing to worry about. they will not be able to get them started. 

Edited January 21, 20197 yr by NCC1701A

On 1/18/2019 at 6:16 PM, DrTuner said:

Chinese tanks are a good idea, once China announces Thailand is now it's property they can just carry on as usual.

Bit of an overstatement, I'd say. Just my view...

On 1/19/2019 at 11:01 AM, robblok said:

The point is that tanks are not good crowd control tools, but you seem to think that the people buying them thinks they are. That might be so but they are not. 

 

Someone mentioned this saying they were good for crowd control, i just disputed that.

 

I did not dispute that the people who bought them might think otherwise, though IMHO its all about skimming money and not crowd control in their head. Just look at their purchases in the past including the bomb detectors. They seem to buy all kind of stuff that usually does not match what they already have creating maintenance problems and such. So i think not much thought is ever put into the usability of what they buy, just about the commission they receive. 

I agree. Also, where else would they buy tanks from? The U.S.? Never, as that would make China unhappy.