Poland will produce a fire control system for Korean self-propelled artillery installations K9 Thunder

Polish company WB Electronics has signed a contract with South Korean manufacturer Hanwha Defence for supplies

automated fire control system TOPAZ. They will be installed in self-propelled howitzers K9 Thunder.

What is known

The Polish publication Defense 24 writes about this.The contract amount is $139,000,000. It was signed on October 7. By the way, the contract is part of the contract for the supply of K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers to the Polish Armed Forces.

Let us recall that Poland signed a contract for the purchasemore than 600 Korean howitzers in July this year. Some of them will come from Korea, and some are planned to be produced in Poland. Deliveries of howitzers will begin this year.

Let us remind you that K9 Thunder is a modernSouth Korean 155-mm self-propelled artillery unit. The SPG was developed in the 90s by Samsung Techwin by order of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Korea. The crew of the unit consists of 5 people. The firing range of the SPG is about 40 km.

Source: Defense 24