• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Ukraine - Main Battle Tanks (MBT) Modernization - Pre-2022

By 2014 most of Ukraine's tanks were in storage and were to stay there. There were more than 400 abandoned tanks at the plant in a secret, heavily guarded depot in the town of Kharkiv. The depot is in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine - just 20 miles from the border with Russia.

The Ministry of Defence signed a contract with the State Enterprise "plant. Malysheva on modernization of 29 domestic tanks T-64 to type BM Bulat on 27 April 2009 for the modernization of 29-domestic tanks T-64 to type BM "Bulat". "The present contract is signed within the framework of the program of modernization of tanks T-64 for the needs of the armed forces of Ukraine and the decisions of the meeting of the Prime Minister of Ukraine from March 6, 2009, aimed at reviving the defense enterprise.

In accordance with the contract, implementation of the project on modernization of 29 years of tanks T-64 to type BM "Bulat" is designed for 2 years. For this purpose, it was planned to allocate more than 200 million UAH, including 100 million in 2009.– The plant fully prepared to perform this public contracts. Before the troops had already been sent several large parties, T-64 BM "Bulat", which received high praise in the military, and we have no doubts in successful and timely implementation of the new order, said Deputy Director of the State Enterprise "plant Malysheva "Nikolay Belov.

It should be noted that in 2007-2008 years plant Malysheva upgraded and sent to the 1st separate Guards armored brigade of the 8th Army Corps army of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is deployed in Chernihiv oblast, 56 tanks, T-64 BM "Bulat". State Enterprise plant Malysheva proceeded to upgrade T-64B in 2004 commissioned by the Defense Ministry of Ukraine. After the modernization of the tank Gets the name BM "Bulat". Program modernization developed by kazennim enterprise "Kharkov Design Bureau of machine-building. O. Morozov ", and the main contractor of the State order is the State Enterprise" plant. Malysheva. The project also involved business concern "armored vehicles".

By late 2012 Ukraine's Defense Ministry planned to buy Bulat modernized tanks instead of the new Oplot main battle tanks. The state budget funds allocated for 10 Oplot tanks will be sufficient to modernize a quantity of Bulat tanks that would meet the needs of all regular combat brigades of the Armed Forces.