The Botswana Standardization Plan was a series of trials and competitions in early 2010 between several Botswanan companies to decide which company would receive government funding for their projects. The Plan was originally proposed under the government of Ian Mmusi who wanted to standardize all of Botswana's military equipment and replace the old USSR equipment they were still using, As well as being a publicity stunt the plan had a practical undertone, The equipment being used by the army at the time was unsuited for desert combat and was two heavy to be used on the salt flats.