Turkey and Pakistan have announced the first major military contract. Both agreements were signed in July this year, informs resource Warspot.
This week it became known that it has signed a firm contract for the supply to Pakistan 30 attack helicopter T129 ATAK. And in early July it was finalized an agreement for the supply of four corvettes Pakistan Navy Turkish project MILGEM.
both agreement parties kept secret. According to unofficial data, the value of the second contract was about $1,5 billion. For this money will get Pakistan 30 helicopters, weaponry, spare parts, and a package of services, providing, including, training of flight and technical staff.
According to the resource, attack helicopters type T129 is a licensed copy of the Italian AW129 Mangusta, developed in the 1980s. Mangusta first flew in September 1983,. In total, the Italian army was supplied 60 these helicopters. Turkey previously reported plans to collect the same number of vehicles on its territory.
Turkish T-129 equipped with two engines LHTEC CTS800-4A, its maximum speed - 270 km / h, combat radius - 561 km. Maximum height (ceiling) – 6 km. The helicopter is armed with fixed triple-automatic gun, 20 mm and hanging units for different types of missiles.
