South Korean company Hyundai Rotem proposes joint production of its K2 Black Panther main battle tank with Polish PGZ Group.
As part of the “Wolf” new generation tank program, the Polish Ministry of National Defense intends to purchase equipment designed to replace the T-72M1 and PT-91 Twardy tanks owned by the Polish Armed Forces. Formal, analytical and conceptual work related to the Wilk program began in 2017. This program is also one of the Technical Modernization Plan priorities – the plan signed last autumn assumes the 2035 horizon.
One of the alternatives under consideration is the Hyundai Rotem proposal. The project is based upon an industrial and wide-scope cooperation on the K2PL tank project to be produced in Poland. A large contribution of PGZ companies is a part of the scheme. The Chief of the General Staff, General Rajmund Andrzejczak, became acquainted with the K2 tank at last year’s visit to the Republic of Korea.