The US State Department announced that it has approved the sale of American tanks to Poland.
What
Known
The contract amount is $3,750,000,000.For this money, the Poles will receive 116 Abrams tanks in the M1A1 modification. In addition to tanks, the contract also includes 12 M88A2 recovery vehicles, 8 M1110 air assault bridges, 6 M577A3 command vehicles, 26 M1152A1 HMMWV vehicles and 26 M127 vehicles. The first deliveries of weapons will begin in 2023.
Za nami kolejny krok na drodze do zwiększaniapancernego potencjału Sił Zbrojnych RP.Departament Stanu ?????????wyraził zgodę na sprzedaż ?????????dodatkowych 116 czołgów Abrams wraz z amunicją. Pierwsze dostawy możliwe w 2023r.Silne wojsko to bezpieczna ???????? pic.twitter.com/kmJCiTVpRp
— Mariusz Błaszczak (@mblaszczak) December 6, 2022
For those who are not in the know
The M1 Abrams is the main battle tank of the thirdgeneration made in USA. The tank is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Chief of Staff of the US Army and commander of US forces in Vietnam from 1968 to 1972. The M1A1 Abrams is an upgraded version of the M1 Abrams, which entered US service in 1991. The main weapon of the tank is the 120 mm M256 smoothbore gun, developed by the German concern Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH.
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By the way, in addition to 116 M1A1 Abrams tanks, Poland also ordered 250 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks from the United States. That is, in total the Poles will receive about 300 American tanks.
Source: dsca