In the end, after the final 100-day negotiation (can not help but remember the bazaar, where the purchase is not done without prolonged haggling), July 30, 1996 signed a contract to supply Pakistan 320 T-80UD tanks worth $ 650 million in which also include the training of tank crews, spare parts and maintenance to operate. We can say that the Pakistanis when buying a modern tank and save money - Ukrainian T-80UD cost them about $ 2 million, whereas in the U.S. "Abrams" they would have to shell out 4.8 million, and for the French "Leclerc" and all 5.5 million dollars.
Delivery of tanks to Pakistan have been calculated for three years, but the first batch of 15 vehicle the customer wanted to get sure to March 23, 1997. The reason was simple - to this day in Pakistan's National Holiday, which was dated a grand military parade. To plant them. Malyshev deployed emergency work (a situation complicated by the fact that for a number of parts and details the company did not really hurt), reminiscent of the socialist rush, when it was necessary to drive the plan by year-end gifts or commemorate the opening of the labor of another Congress. To catch the deadline, the first paty og tank ready for Jan. 31. I had to work seven days a week and New Year's Eve, and on holidays. February 20, 1997 tanks safely left Ukraine to sail from the port of Nikolayev freighter, and on March 23 held a parade in Islamabad, Pakistan's military giving them an opportunity to "play" with their new steel muscles.
