Poland’s defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak announced on Wednesday that the country will acquire 250 Abrams tanks in the latest SEPv3 configuration.
“So we are ordering the most modern tanks. Tanks available in the best equipped version, tanks that are combat proven, tanks which were constructed to counter the most modern Russian T-14 Armata tanks,” the minister was quoted as saying by Polish media.
The contract is expected to be worth around $6 billion. The Polish Army already has a tank force consisting of various models of the German Leopard 2, the domestically-built PT-91 and the aging Soviet-era T-72.
The brand new M1A2 tanks will replace the Army’s old T-72s.
Poland; MoD confirms buy of 250 M1A2 SEPv3 tanks from US