I think the way to do this is to remind everyone that when a major power sells a piece of equipment the
buyer does not expect to get all the "
perks" of that piece of equipment that the seller enjoys. I provide a couple of examples:
1.
AH-64E GUARDIAN/or APACHE GUARDIAN: The foreign sales versions
DO NOT have the same
FCS that the
USA ones are equipped with. The ones TAIWAN and INDIA etc. have gotten are equipped with the
same FCS system that the
AH-64D APACHE LONGBOW is equipped with and we're converting to the "
E".
2.
ABRAMS: Foreign sales AMBRAMS are
not shipped with the
DU armor we have on ours now. This would again included the FCS and more in this case.
3. With more to come, the
RUSSIAN T-90M is a better tank then the foreign sales
T-90MS. Don't get me wrong, the
T-90MS is a
very good tank,
but it's not the
T-90M.
4. The
FCS should cover
TI/GSR*
FC*
LRF*
STABILZER these are the Sub-Systems that make up the
FCS. The total package is what I consider when I submit my numbers for a piece of equipment.
Sometimes these issues get lost out here and is why when doing OOB work, you have to always keep these differences in the back of your mind. Copy from the supplier and modify it, especially for more
current versions of say the ABRAMS by way of an example.
So I'm excited by the next bit of news as
TAIWAN has just gotten over a
major hurdle the get what is called the
M1A2T. But this is a "
cautionary tale" as they've been here before. That being said, I think it's the best shot they've had in about
20yrs to get the
ABRAMS. From
DID with the full article following as Ref. 2:
https://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sale...o-m1a2t-abrams
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...updated-02834/
Hitting the rack.
Have a great day!! 
Regards,
Pat
