The upgraded T-72B3s
will be the most advanced and effective main battle tanks in the Belarusian
Army, the source said.
MOSCOW, May 15.
/TASS/. Russia will modernize another batch of T-72 main battle tanks for the
Belarusian Army, Russia’s Federal Service for Military and Technical
Cooperation told TASS at the 9th Milex-2019 international arms show in Minsk on
Wednesday.
"The tanks
modernized earlier were delivered to Minsk in November 2018. At present, the
issue of modernizing another batch of tanks in the interests of the Defense
Ministry of the Republic of Belarus is being considered," the federal
agency said.
A source in the
Belarusian Land Forces told TASS that fifteen T-72B tanks had been upgraded to
the level of T-72B3 tanks of the 2016 version for the republican Defense
Ministry.
"The upgrade of
10 more tanks is expected," the source said.
The upgraded T-72B3s
will be the most advanced and effective main battle tanks in the Belarusian
Army, the source added.
The Milex-2019 arms
show runs in Minsk on May 15-18.
