Polish transport company H. Cegielski-Poznań has undertaken cooperation with South Korean Hyundai Rotem Company to provide Polish Army with a new generation tank.

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The cooperation was announced during the Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce in September. Recently, a Polish website dedicated to geopolitics and armament, Defence 24, reported that plans were already in place to construct a new contender for the Polish main battle tank.



It is to be based on South Korea’s main battle tank K2 Black Panther, one of the most advanced tanks in the world, in service since 2014. The tank offers highly protective composite armour with a relatively low combat weight of 55t.



The Polish project is to be labelled K2PL “Wolf”.







The production of the tank is to be gradually transferred to Poland, so that components and solutions used are provided by the home industry.



The companies hope for their project to be accepted by the Ministry of Defence. Should it happen, construction is to be launched in 2019 with the testing stage to conclude by 2022.



Currently, the core of the land Army, apart from the modern Leopard 2 tanks, consists of T-72 and PT-91 “Twardy” (“Tough”) tanks of significantly outdated design. It becomes imperative for Poland to draw plans so it keeps up with the global military technology development.