Abrams Tank
It reported a big deal for the supply of 250 tanks M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams latest modification, which Poland signed with the American military-industrial Corporation General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS). The company said that the contract for the amount of 1,148 billion was signed in late July, the transaction was approved by the Pentagon. The first batch of cars will arrive in the Polish army at the beginning of 2025.
In tank Academy Abrams on the ground Biedrusko started learning Polish soldiers. Previously, the company GDLS provided 28 Abrams tanks.
Poland is implementing ambitious plans to modernize its armed forces, including armored units, based on the analysis of the armed conflict in Ukraine. In Warsaw believe that the Western allies provided military equipment and artillery, including from Poland, "help Ukrainian forces to deter Russian invaders in the East."
said the chief of the procurement division, U.S. army, Doug Bush, who believes a deal for the supply of tanks to Poland "as an example of the ongoing army with our industrial partners to increase production of critical military equipment."
In the beginning of this year, before the start of the Russian operation in the Ukraine, the US state Department issued a permit for the purchase of Poland us military equipment worth up to $ 6 billion. The contract for the supply of 250 tanks included in this package, approved by Congress.
In addition to American military technology, Warsaw intends to acquire 1000 South Korean K2 600 tanks and self-propelled howitzer K9 production Hanwha Defense. According to estimates by the South Korean media, the amount of the transaction will be 14.5 billion.
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South Korean K2 tank
According to CNN, the first of 180 tanks K2 production Hyundai Rotem plans to deliver at the end of this year. The poles also intend to buy from South Korea three squadrons of fighters FA-50.
The Polish government is attempting to negotiate with the German authorities on the supply of Leopard 2 tanks instead of cars of the Soviet T-72, which previously provided Warsaw to Kiev. The amount of military assistance to Ukraine, according to the statement of the poles, was about $ 1.7 billion. While Berlin and Warsaw did not come to an agreement on this issue.
Recently in the Polish leadership increasingly, there are calls for the militarization to "counter Russian threat." Warsaw threatens the application of article 5 of the NATO Charter on collective defence in view of the increasing military presence of the armed forces in Kaliningrad. At the same time Poland is significantly strengthening its military forces on the border with the Kaliningrad oblast. In addition to the revanchist intentions towards the Western regions of Ukraine, some representatives of the Polish generals even claim that believe Kaliningrad oblast Poland and require demilitarization of the Russian exclave.
At the same time, in Poland according to the latest polls, only 6-8% of the population is in favour of spending on defence and military capacity. Experts are also of the opinion that the Polish defense industry is not able to provide the service of such a volume of procured military equipment.