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"Quite suitable for a museum": in Poland appreciated Leopard tanks, transferred by the Bundeswehr

«Perfect for a museum»: in Poland appreciated Leopard tanks, transferred by the Bundeswehr
Polish industry has lost competence in tank building, inherited by the country from Soviet times. all projects, concerning the creation of a new MBT, turned out to be unviable.

Loss of competencies

As Romuald Sheremetiev notes, former senior military man, including acting. Minister of Defense, a similar situation is developing with regard to the modernization of the Leopard tanks in service, which "moves slowly". In his words, it is caused by, that specialists, monitoring the quality of military products, lost their jobs, while the work of enterprises can hardly be called efficient.

At the same time, Poland inherited the defense industry from Poland, which had significant competencies in the field of tank production, developed in the USSR. However, they have been lost in the modern period., since "they were not converted in accordance with the needs of our defense capability". after 30 years failed to develop and adopt a single tank, except for the conversion of the Soviet T-72 into PT91 Twardy. All other projects "sank into oblivion": ОБТ Goryl (1991 city), Anders (2010 city), PL-01 Concept (2013 city), constantly evolving design of the defunct Wilk tank.

"Leopards" for museums

Against the backdrop of their own impotence, German Leopard 2A4 tanks appeared in the Polish army.

Acquisition of tanks, even used, but more modern generation, seemed attractive
– Sheremetyev points out the opinion of the military on this matter.

When the first contract with Germany was concluded in the early 2000s, providing for the acquisition of "Leopards", Sheremetyev insisted on the need for joint development of a new tank. However, the Germans ignored the terms of the deal offered to them.. Now, from April 2020 of the year, Germany, together with France, began to develop a new MBT.

Much points to, that Germany will become the leader of the future European tank program
– considers Sheremetyev, pointing out, that Poland remained “overboard” of a technological breakthrough.

The Polish army has about 900 tanks, which puts it in the ranks of armored powers among European NATO countries. Except, that hundreds of unmodernized tanks, including newly refurbished Leopard, transferred by the Bundeswehr in the last two decades […] well suited for an open-air museum
– assessed the combat potential of the country's tank fleet, the former acting Minister of Defense.

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