The PT-91 Twardy / Illustrative photo from open sources That is, in general, approximately 796 modern tanks, which almost corresponds to the total number of tanks in Poland for 2021 – 808 units, of which 70% were Soviet machines and their modernizations. Thus, by the end of 2025, Poland should have 366 Abrams, about 250 Leopard 2 and 180 units of K2 in its inventory, with further increase in the production of K2PL. And also the fact that Warsaw most likely received a so-called "voucher" from Washington for the purchase of American weapons for the transfer of its existing weapons to Ukraine. There was information that the number of Polish production of its own versions might reach 1,000 units. Such an anomaly in relation to the price of Korean tanks can be explained only by the fact that the contract provides the further independent production of the K2PL version by Poland. The critical difference between the cost of Abrams and K2 immediately catches the eye, because it turns out that Warsaw is ready to pay 18.7 million dollars for one K2, and for the American Abrams 4.56 million per tank. The K2 tanks / Illustrative photo from open sources The deadline for the delivery of the first tanks is as early as 2022, and the deadline for the implementation of the agreement is until 2025. As the Minister of Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak said in an interview with the " Polska Times", the value of the contract, including all services and the logistics complex, is 3.37 billion dollars. At the same time, the deadlines for the order for 250 tanks are relatively far: 2025 and should be completed within a year.Īlong with the American contract, Poland signed additional one with Korea for 180 K2 tanks. The total cost of this contract, together with all related services and ammunition, was $1.14 billion, reports Defense24. The Minister of Defense of Poland Mariusz Blaszczak near the Abrams tanks, which were handed over for the training of future crewsīut Poland also ordered 250 M1A2 Abrams SEPv3 tanks.
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