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A new contract for 96 Krab howitzers is currently being negotiated. These new howitzers will have a new feature which is the automatic cartridge and modular propellant charges. [79] Additional 48 ordered to replace some of the units that were transferred to Ukraine. [80] [81] Further 152 units have been ordered on 8 December 2023. [78] Wz. 1977 ...
Aircraft Origin Role Variant Quantity Notes Image Fixed wing aircraft Eurofighter or F-15EX: Air dominance fighter — 32 [1]A330 MRTT or KC-46: Aerial refueling and multi-role transport
Poland: Air defence frigate: 3: Miecznik Programme Contract signed on 27 July 2021 with PLN 14,8 billion overall cost as of 15 December 2023. Ships based on Babcock International's Type 31 frigate project to be built in Poland by consortium led by Polish Armaments Group. ORP Wicher laid down on 31 January 2024 with commission planned in 2029.
Military aviation in Poland started even before the officially recognised date of regaining independence (11 November 1918). The first independent units of the Polish Air Force, in service to the re-emerging Polish sovereign state, were actually formed before, in 1917, before World War I had come to an end. [2]
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of stealth multirole fighters that first entered service with the United States in 2015. The aircraft has been ordered by program partner nations, including the United Kingdom, Italy, Norway, and Australia, and also through the Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales program, including Japan, South Korea, and Israel.
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, pronounced [ˈɕiwɨ ˈzbrɔjnɛ ʐɛt͡ʂpɔsˈpɔlitɛj ˈpɔlskʲɛj]; abbreviated SZ RP), also called the Polish Armed Forces and popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland ([ˈvɔj.skɔ ˈpɔl.skjɛ], roughly the "Polish Military"—abbreviated WP), are the national armed forces of the Republic of ...
Organisation of the Polish People's Army in 1985 [2] Land Forces Headquarters, in Warsaw. Polish Front Command, in Warsaw (would have formed the Warsaw Pact’s Northern Front with an authorized strength of 205,620 soldiers in wartime) [citation needed] 6th Pomerania Air Assault Division, in Kraków (reduced to 6th Pomorska Airborne Brigade in ...
The army operational today has its roots in the surrogate force formed in support of Soviet interests during the establishment of the People's Republic of Poland after the Second World War. Two Polish armies, the First Army (Poland) and the Second Army fought with the Red Army on the Eastern Front , supported by some Polish Air Force elements .