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Not only Leopard 2: Poland will transfer 60 PT-91 Twardy tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Not only Leopard 2: Poland will transfer 60 PT-91 Twardy tanks to the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Recently, Poland announced that it would transfer to Ukraine 14 German Leopard 2 tanks. As it turned out, in addition to them, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive another 60 tanks of a different model.

What is known

We are talking about tanks PT-91 Twardy. This was stated by Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki (Mateusz Morawiecki). Deliveries of tanks should begin in the near future. By the way, the transfer of the PT-91 Twardy was discussed back in July 2022, but then it was just a rumor. By the way, Poland has 232 PT-91 Twardy tanks in total.


For those who are not in the know

The PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank, licensed from the Soviet T-72M1. The first PT-91 prototypes were made in 1993. The basic version of the tank was mass-produced at the Bumar-Labendy plant from 1995 to 2002. The main feature of the PT-91 is the Twardy protection using active armor of ERAWA’s own design. It has 394 blocks. They cover the front of the hull and the turret. These blocks are placed almost without gaps to each other. Tests have shown that ERAWA blocks increase the tank’s security by 30-70%, depending on the type of projectile.

A source: CTVNews





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