The Clone Army has requested funding for a new first-line tank to replace the T-89, a Clone Wars era tank which has been greatly upgraded but are now approaching their mid-life and have no planned replacement. The plan was to develop a new tank called the T-93, based on the turretless T-91 which was developed at the end of the Clone Wars but cancelled due to cost.
However, the Junta have told the Army that the Clone Defence Forces cannot afford a new tank, and indeed does not need one. Admiral Anderson said that the Clone Army will not be battling a peer opponent on the plains of Cloneworld in the foreseeable future.
Instead, the Army will have to continue with the T-89 alongside the T-55Z. A further upgrade and refurbishment of the T-89 is likely though there have been no details at the moment.
