I've been
very hesitate to post anything concerning the following new tank for Poland, except for it's attempts to be a part of the "
consortium" with
Germany and
France.
As the first ref. states from Poland will show, the "new"
LEOPARD (Assumed.) imitative
is not likely to start before
2035. This will not work from the stand point of equipment obsolescence and because no decision has been forthcoming about Poland joining the others in the development of the new "
LEOPARD".
So an interim solution had to be found, but again I had nothing "
solid" to warrant it being posted until, now. It appears it'll be called the
K2PL for now and what is still being discussed is what will it's
final configuration going to look like.
I'll be tracking that.
So here's the rest. The first is from
Poland and Army Recognition is actually out of
Belgium and not France (Figured this out sometime back but, needed a way to work it into the conversation.
) as I originally thought.
https://www.defence24.com/could-pola...korea-analysis
(Above from December 2019 as translated.)
https://www.armyrecognition.com/janu...tle_tanks.html
Also as looking into other refs. for the above I found this instead from
JANE's. The Ukraine is receiving (Has) the first 15 tanks with a
full tank battalion fitted out by February of the
T-72AMT. JANE's covers most of the improvements in their "limited free" article.
https://www.janes.com/article/93929/...n-armed-forces
Someone is waiting on me for dinner. If you need more on the
T-72AMT let me know.
Regards,
Pat
Postscript: I checked my MBT file and found the following as it appears I'd been tracking the
T-72 AMT from the Ukraine for awhile.
From August 2017:
https://armyrecognition.com/weapons_..._12908175.html
From August 2018:
https://www.armyrecognition.com/augu...n_ukraine.html
https://morozov.com.ua/en/bronetanko...nizaciya/t-72/
I've included the last to offer some prospective on the upgrades already provided for
T-72 modifications from the Ukraine. This is good data from the stand point that all three modernization programs are compared against the stats of the
T-72 side-by-side.
Note: That the
T-72AMT IS NOT addressed in the ref., as it's a "
newer" upgrade/or modernization program.