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Ananda said:
3 indigenous armoured vehicles for Vietnam Army. The T-01 is the light tank prototype using 76mm gun but with auto loader.
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IMO, likely a copy of the 76 mm D-56T used in the PT-76 amphib tank. The auto loader technology could have came from the KBP 2A28 Grom (73mm), which is fitted to the BMP-1, which is again, in Vietnamese service.

The Vietnamese approach has been to copy what they have in service as it is what they know works, and also to retain calibres which they already have plenty of stock ammunition, and less about whether the technology is "better" or obsolete.

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Defense leader urges further research and development of T-1 light tank

PANO - On April 24, Deputy Defense Minister Sr. Lt. Gen. Pham Hoai Nam inspected the progress of the research and production of the T-1 light tank at Factory Z125 under the General Department of Defense Industry.
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koxinga said:
The Vietnamese approach has been to copy what they have in service as it is what they know works, and also to retain calibres which they already have plenty of stock ammunition, and less about whether the technology is "better" or obsolete.
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Ukraine War shown the thinking to retain calibers of what can be supported by your most produce or stocks ammo is workable. Reverse engineer what already has, also less needed foreign design/production license.

Afterall China also move from there, take decades before their RnD can produce something advance enough by their own tech. Still even takes decades, you need to start from somewhere.
 
Our approach is similar to China’sin the past , copying available weapon models and purchasing production licenses. In the next 10 years, you will see us advancing even further in the defense industry.

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The domestically produced BTM-250 glide bomb is currently being tested. They are manufactured similarly to Russia’s UMPK and America’s JDAM bomb kits. The one shown in the picture weighs 250 kg, and with this kit, unguided bombs can be converted into precision-guided weapons .

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Vietdefense said:
Our approach is similar to China’sin the past , copying available weapon models and purchasing production licenses. In the next 10 years, you will see us advancing even further in the defense industry.
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Nearly everyone use this approach. It is just China manage to bring their RnD commitment with the help of their large Industrial base. Puting the money and RnD effort also shown the big progress with Turkiye. Whether anyone else able to achieve this strategy depends also on their bureaucratic environment. India is big example on that, despite tons of money and RnD effort being push to it. They have strong RnD base but seems being slown down by Bureaucracy and Inter Government rivalry. Don't get it wrong, they have achieve far, but should be done better base on their resources.

Let's see whose any other developing countries outside China, Turkiye and India able to achieve far on development in defence Industries. Nationalistic conviction is good, but need to be shown by prove.
 
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Vietnam online forums have circulating the latest image of T-1 (previously called T-01) light tank. They claim it has larger dimensions from stock PT-76. This to accomodate auto loader and better sensors.
 
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