Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, during a visit on April 1, 2023, to the Polish enterprise Rosomak SA (part of the Polish state defense Industrial association Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA) in Siemianowice-Slensk (Silesian Voivodeship), said that a contract had been signed the day before for the supply of 100 Rosomak (8x8) wheeled armored personnel carriers to Ukraine the production of this plant. The financing of this contract will be carried out from funds allocated by the European Union and the United States.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki at the Polish company Rosomak SA, which manufactures Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers (8x8). Semyanovice-Slensk, 01.04.2023 (c) Zbigniew Meissner / RARRecall that Rosomak is a well-known AMV (8x8) armored personnel carrier manufactured in Poland under license from the Finnish Patria Group under a 2002 agreement at the former armored repair plant Wojskowe Zakłady Mechaniczne (WZM) in Siemianowice-Slensk.
In March 2014, in honor of the new specialization of this enterprise, it was renamed Rosomak SA. In total, since 2004, more than 900 Rosomak armored personnel carriers have been assembled and manufactured in Poland in various versions (not counting 90 supplied to Poland directly by the Patria group), including 55 delivered to the United Arab Emirates. The Ministry of National Defense of Poland has so far contracted more than 1,200 Rosomak armored personnel carriers, of which more than 1,000 have been received by now (with Polish-made vehicles).
Mateusz Morawiecki also said at the plant on April 1 that negotiations were underway on the possibility of supplying Rosomak armored personnel carriers to Slovenia and Saudi Arabia. It should be noted that when visiting the Moravec plant, it was reported that the company has the capacity for single-shift work to produce 100 Rosomak armored personnel carriers per year, however, when switching to two-shift work, this number can be doubled.
Production of Rosomak wheeled armored personnel carriers (8x8) at the Polish company Rosomak SA. Semyanovice-Slensk, 01.04.2023 (c) Zbigniew Meissner / RARVideo:
