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|caption = Colloquially 'Madiodha' (Eng. Timberwolf) | |caption = Colloquially 'Madiodha' (Eng. Timberwolf) | ||
|type = | |type = Main battle tank | ||
|is_vehicle = yes | |is_vehicle = yes | ||
|service = 1993–present - Fhainnaeran (1,450, total, 400 of which are 2016-3 variant), Nahe (14 2016-1, two 2016-3), [[Covine PanNorth Popular Party]](4), Another nation here (80) | |service = 1993–present - Fhainnaeran (1,450, total, 400 of which are 2016-3 variant), Nahe (14 2016-1, two 2016-3), [[Covine PanNorth Popular Party]](4), Another nation here (80) | ||
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Generally speaking, the tank is designed with easy winterization and rougher terrain in mind, making maintenance in regular conditions aside from the computer systems easy to manage next to many competing tanks. Maneuver training or numbers are important for operations against heavy armored units, but quiet deployments to conflicts abroad have proven the platform's effectiveness against most systems produced outside of the major powers. The 2016-1 is not a razor-edge tank in terms of its secondary armament and defense systems, but functions competently and handles well even with inexperienced crews, making it a solid platform for retrofits and a basis for future designs. | Generally speaking, the tank is designed with easy winterization and rougher terrain in mind, making maintenance in regular conditions aside from the computer systems easy to manage next to many competing tanks. Maneuver training or numbers are important for operations against heavy armored units, but quiet deployments to conflicts abroad have proven the platform's effectiveness against most systems produced outside of the major powers. The 2016-1 is not a razor-edge tank in terms of its secondary armament and defense systems, but functions competently and handles well even with inexperienced crews, making it a solid platform for retrofits and a basis for future designs. | ||
=Foreign Purchases/Licensing and Use | =Foreign Purchases/Licensing and Use= | ||
In 2018, a total of 14 2016-1s were sold to Nahe at a heavy discount of 3 million Thaler/unit, for a total of 42 million Thaler. An additional two 2012-3 Consulars were gifted to Nahe in 2020 and one of the original 14 units briefly returned to Fhainnaeran for intensive maintenance following an IED hit in which one man suffered hearing loss. | |||
=Successors= | =Successors= | ||