Poland recently announced that it would transfer 14 German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. As it turned out, in addition to them, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive
What is known
We are talking about the PT-91 Twardy tanks.Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki spoke about this. Deliveries of the tanks should begin soon. By the way, the transfer of PT-91 Twardy was discussed back in July 2022, but then these were just rumors. By the way, Poland has a total of 232 PT-91 Twardy tanks in service.
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For those who are not in the know
PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank.created under license on the basis of the Soviet T-72M1. The first prototypes of the PT-91 were made in 1993. The basic version of the tank was serially produced at the Bumar-Labenda plant from 1995 to 2002. The main feature of the PT-91 is the Twardy protection using active armor developed by ERAWA. It has 394 blocks. They cover the front of the hull and the turret. These blocks are placed with virtually no gaps to each other. Tests have shown that ERAWA blocks increase tank protection by 30-70%, depending on the type of projectile.