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In the second half of the 90s, projects of a new generation of tanks were being worked out in Poland, one of the versions, which received the preliminary designation PT-97, had some similarities with the T-14 Armata.
This combat vehicle had an uninhabited turret with a 125 mm gun with an automated loading system, as well as a twin machine gun. When creating it, the Poles were guided by the emerging open information about the Western and Soviet combat vehicles being created.
Judging by the drawings posted on the web, the "ninety-seventh" was supposed to have a seven-wheel chassis in the final version. The 1,090-horsepower diesel engine and transmission were located in the front of the hull. Behind them was an inhabited compartment for two people: a driver mechanic and a gunner operator, who was also the commander. The ammunition of the gun was located in the stern and consisted of only forty shells.
As in other Polish developments, all research in this direction was discontinued. Poland began to buy supported tanks, first Leopards-2, and now American Abrams.
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