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The PT-91 Twardy (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtfar.dɨ], 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 ...
PT-91 Twardy in Polish service. PT-91 Twardy – A Polish main battle tank based on T-72M1 developed sometime between the late 1980s and early 1990s and involving use of a new digital fire-control system, newly developed ERA and an uprated powerplant. This formed the basis for a whole line of derivative vehicles. PT-91 was a result of previous ...
PT-91 "Twardy" main battle tank (based on T-72M1 main battle tank, 233 built) T-72 M1Z main battle tank (T-72M1 main battle tank upgraded to PT-91 "Twardy" main battle tank standard) T-72 M1R main battle tank (modernized T-72M and T-72M1 with new optics and communication, 230 ordered, up to 318 possible, as of end of 2021 over 50 delivered)
1st Tank Battalion, in Orzysz with PT-91 Twardy main battle tanks (being replaced by K2 Black Panther) 1st Mechanised Battalion, in Orzysz with BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicles; 2nd Mechanised Battalion, in Giżycko with BWP-1 infantry fighting vehicles; Self-propelled Artillery Group, in Orzysz with 2S1 Gvozdika 122 mm self-propelled howitzers
These Iraqi tanks were assembled from kits sold to them by the Soviet Union as a means of evading the UN-imposed weapons embargo. More modern derivatives include the Polish PT-91 Twardy. Several countries, including Russia and Ukraine, also offer modernization packages for older T-72s.
≤111 [125] (mostly in storage as spares for PT-91) Poland maintained at least 301 tanks in service before donations to Ukraine begun (with up to 100 more in storage, albeit in poor condition). [125] At least 290 were donated to Ukraine. [126]
The PT-91 Twardy (tough) is an improved variant of the Soviet T-72 main battle tank. The PT-91 was developed in Poland in the early 1990s. Production of the PT-91 Twardy tanks for the Polish Army was completed in 2002. A total of 233 tanks were delivered. Malaysia ordered 48 PT-91M Pendekar which were delivered in 2007-2009. Currently Polish ...
PT-91 "Wilk" - a prototype of Polish PT-91 Twardy tank; M47 Patton - acquired from Norway While this particular tank never served in the French Army, it bears the markings of the French 5e regiment de cuirassiers Royal Pologne (5th "King of Poland" Cuirassier Regiment), formed in Lorraine by former King of Poland Stanisław Leszczyński