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Standard combat helmet of the Polish Land Forces. [7] From 2023 to 2025, Polish Land Forces are expected to receive more than 80,000 new wz. 2005 helmets. [8] 42,000 donated to Ukraine. [9] Developed by Military Institute of Armament Technology and Maskpol; Hełm HA-03 Poland: Combat helmet: HA-03 N/A Used by Polish airborne formations. [10] HC ...
The LWP Polish forces soon grew beyond the 1st Division into two major commands - the Polish First Army (Berling's) and the Polish Second Army (commanded by Karol Świerczewski). The most significant tank formation in the initial period was the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade equipped with T-34 tanks, that first fought in the battle of Studzianki .
Maximilan armour with grotesque mask. In the background are two other Maximilian suits of armour with sparrow-beaked and bellows-shaped visors. Photo taken in the Polish Army Museum. Maximilian armour is a modern term applied to the style of early 16th-century German plate armour associated with, and possibly first made for the Emperor ...
Steel breastplate, or Stalnoi Nagrudnik (Russian: Стальной нагрудник) is a type of body armor similar to a cuirass developed by the Red Army in World War II. The native Cyrillic abbreviation for the vest was "СН", the Cyrillic letters Es and En. It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin.
According to Bobrov [3] the first mail and plate armor appeared as cuisses in the Middle East, and were imported by the Golden Horde. Persian miniatures of the first half of 15th century show different combinations of mail and plate armour with lamellar armor and brigandines sometimes worn with a single round mirror plate as breast re ...
The PT-91 Twardy (Polish pronunciation:, English: Hard) is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1 , it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM ( Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych , or Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances ) and is produced by the Bumar Łabędy company ...
PLN 400 million contract signed on 3 August 2023. Deliveries 2023–2026. Licence-built by Mesko with Polish industrial participation estimated at 70%. [72] FGM-148 Javelin United States: Anti-tank guided missile: FGM-148F 180 $54.5 million contract signed on 13 May 2020. Delivered 2017–2022. [73] 500 $103.5 million contract signed on 31 ...
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow An ornate German (16th century) vambrace made for Costume Armor. Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets.