Poland gets first batch of US-made Abrams tanks
SpaceWar.com reports: “Poland on Wednesday received a first shipment of US-made advanced Abrams tanks, its defence minister said, as the country boosts its military capabilities in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine. The authorities in […]
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SpaceWar.com reports: “Poland on Wednesday received a first shipment of US-made advanced Abrams tanks, its defence minister said, as the country boosts its military capabilities in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The authorities in Warsaw ordered a total of 366 Abrams tanks from the United States, with the first batch comprising 14 tanks which arrived at the port city of Szczecin.
‘The first tanks are already on Polish soil, it’s an important day for the Polish army,’ Poland’s Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told reporters.
‘This year we will have more tanks and they will form a battalion of Abrams tanks,’ Blaszczak said, hailing the US-made Abrams as ‘the best tanks in the world.’
The shipment is part of a deal worth $1.4 billion for 116 M1A1 Abrams tanks that were previously used by the US Marine Corps…”
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