The DDS have ordered 250 T-55Z tanks off the HCS in an urgent operational requirement order to provide armour for the New DDS Army. Although there are development programmes in place to create a new DDS tank these will not see fruition until well into next year. As a stop gap the DDS are to buy 250 tanks from the HCS Reserve.
Work has already begun in restoring them back to working order and doing some localisation and fitting DDS radios and datalinks. DDS Engineering and Aritan Army engineers (who already operate the T-55Z) are working around the clock on Cloneworld and hope to have at least half the tanks ready for combat training by June.
The HCS are not prepared to sell any more of their tanks in reserve though would be willing to sell the DDS new build T-55ZDMs. The DDS have yet to say if they want to go ahead with this.
