The Polish army began to receive modernized T-72M1 tanks

The Polish army received the first batch of modernized tanks T-72. As transmits "Warspot" with reference to defense24.pl, representatives of the Polish company BUMAR-ŁABĘDY transferred the first eight MBT T-72М1 to the troops.

Plans for the modernization of the Soviet T-72 tanks in service with the Polish army were announced in the 2017 year. At the same time, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the launch of an analytical program to modernize obsolete tanks. Earlier, in the 2016 year, Poland intended to write off the remaining T-72 weapons, gradually replacing them with a new combat vehicle developed as part of the Gepard project. However, as it turned out, mass production of the new tank could not be launched earlier than 2026, and tanks were required "now." Therefore, it was decided to modernize the MBT T-72.

From 1979 to 1991, the 682 T-72 was produced in Poland in a year, a small part of them later underwent a deep modernization and received the name PT-91 Twardy, but most of the vehicles continue to operate in the basic version.

It is reported that during the modernization, Polish T-72 change engines and install a new launch system. The night vision devices of the driver and commander are installed. In addition, tanks receive new electronics, modern sights, navigation and digital communications. The exact number sent to upgrade the T-72 is not known, but according to unofficial information, we can talk about the order of 300 tanks. Completion is scheduled for 2025 year.

In addition to the MBT T-72 and RT-91, the Polish army is armed with a little more than 200 German tanks Leopard 2A4 and Leopard 2A5.

Comments

[Amin_vivec]

Let them bring their RT-91 to the tank biathlon)))

[Proxima]

But what about the ubiquitous NATO standards ?! Pshekas they are pshekas, like a roasted rooster pecking at one place, then they all "forget" about NATO standards! But this is their own business ... Upset another, why should the legendary T-72 (albeit "modernized") give some kind of goat name ?!

[Hunter 2]

Why do the Poles need so many tanks? Did Lemberg decide to de-occupy the non-brothers?

[beeper]

In Lemberg-Lvov, and so most of the local Maidan "patriotic (and for a long time with" Pole cards ") of Ukraine", they can't wait: "Well, when will we, with all our gamuz and with our station, go to Poland ?!" - do not hesitate to complain on the Web for this (annoying for all adequate and inadequate Ukrainian citizens!) delay of their mega-destructive Zapadnichina with the departure "to Europe", so they will not object to "de-occupation"!
For the "de-occupation of Lemberg", the Poles and police units will have enough - tanks, perhaps, are used as mobile checkpoints on key highways, but in very insignificant quantities!
The forces of Polish special forces are already located at the border and are still operating in a "peaceful regime" on the Polish and adjacent Ukrainian ones (legally instructors of the Yavoriv training ground and representatives of "observing missions of border interaction" and illegally ... the local situation and the mood of local residents are quite favorable to this !) territory!
The Polish authorities, after the "Euromaidan" coup in Kiev, created and trained armed volunteer national formations "to establish territorial order"!
All these "expeditionary" police forces in detail, with a visit "to the places", study "the sponsored areas of the Kres Vskhudnykh", "monitor the local situation" and are ready at any time to cross the Polish-Polish cordon so that, along with corruption or forcefulness, " the world of "units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ensuring civil order from looting, robberies and extremist manifestations, focusing on" appeasement "(long ago taken" on the pencil "by their Polish curators!), Bandera bandits on the" de-copied "territory of Zapukria!

The Poles need tanks to "de-occupy" Western Belarus, although there are enough "ideological patriots" of their own: "zmagars" and "neolitvinists" with "Pole cards" who dream of moving "to Europe" as soon as possible, also "with their own station"!
The European puppet of Washington-Poland, rattling weapons directly at the Belarusian borders, is waiting for the Belarusian "Father" and his entourage, in their (more and more openly manifested!) West Holuiskian "multi-vector" nature, will finally "lose their edges" and disagree ... Russia (thereby finally collapsing the largely subsidized and foreign credit dependent "economy" of the Republic of Belarus and, with it, the remnants of the dissatisfied "tolerance" of the majority of fellow citizens towards the increasingly hopelessly destitute "stable Lukashism"!), So that, under anti-Russian "guarantees "The USA and NATO, take advantage of this emerging" weakness "of the Belarusian" top "and" restore the trampled historical justice "as the Poles" understand "it for themselves! IMHO

[Rusfaner]

With tongue removed! As I read how many tanks are in service, I thought about the same thing.

[svp67]

Quote: Hunter 2

Why do the Poles need so many tanks?

I have been asking myself this question since 2012, there was not yet Maidan, not Crimea, not Donbass, but they already wanted to have a tank armada, and then they had an OVERWEKING advantage in tanks in this sector of the theater of operations, over any neighboring power. Think about it, didn’t they already start preparing to "repel Russian aggression"?

[Xnumx vis]

Quote: svp67

Think about it, didn’t they already start preparing to "repel Russian aggression"?

The Poles are good warriors. Like it or not, but it's true.

[svp67]

Quote: 30 vis

The Poles are good warriors. Like it or not, but it's true.

Especially in September 1939 they showed it. But military and political miscalculations cannot be corrected with the courage of soldiers, you can only postpone the sad end

[Berkut24]

But what about the ubiquitous NATO standards ?!

These standards are for those who want to join NATO, but they are not taken because of a mental illness. The main thing is to buy old trash from white people. The rest of NATO are able to count money, though this does not apply to Latvians.

[Po-tzan]

Quote: Proxima

But what about the ubiquitous NATO standards ?! Pshekas they are pshekas, like a roasted rooster pecking at one place, then they all "forget" about NATO standards!

And where did you get the information that modernization is not being done according to NATO standards?

[Flooding]

Quote: PO-tzan

And where did you get the information that modernization is not being done according to NATO standards?

Have you replaced the gun?

[Starover_Z]

Quote: Proxima

But what about the ubiquitous NATO standards ?!

And not zapadlo pzhekam armed with Soviet military equipment ?! This is the technique of the invaders - so turn it over in metal and buy German, American tanks!

[Spartanez300]

Listen to the neighbor on the right, that is, the Belarusian president is a political prostitute. Shit and. Think about it and we will sing and dance.

[Aaron Zawi]

Quote: Amin_Vivec

Let them bring their RT-91 to the tank biathlon)))

What for?

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Aron Zaavi

What for?

And to make it ...

[32363]

Quote: Amin_Vivec

Let them bring their RT-91 to the tank biathlon)))

so this is a T72 clone only dviglo and transmission German.

[Chaldon48]

Before going to the biathlon let them learn the song: “They will take us out of the rubble and carry us on a stretcher and the volleys of tower guns will take us on our last journey.
Telegrams from relatives fly home to inform them that their son will never return and will not come to visit. "

[Alien From]

Tell me, involved in tank affairs, why paint a section of the trunk in red? (As in the title photo)

[Vladimir_2U]

Perhaps then the same as the white stripes on wheels and road wheels on parades, for the beauty of the army!

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Vladimir_2U

for army beauty!

Once we drank with a colonel, he painted the grass. I freaked out "Why?" Yes, here is Vovan, the program was like this ...

[Alexga]

This is a protective varnish at the gun manufacturer. After the first shot, it burns out. A kind of preservation of the bore.

[Vladimir_2U]

About the preservation of lubricants, oils, cannons in the know, but the channel?

Quote: AlexGa

barrel preservation.

I agree about the butt end of the barrel, besides, "it's just beautiful"! )))

[Alexga]

At the factory, the barrel channels are preserved with varnish, loaded into wagons, and after assembly of the tank they are checked with a hydraulic shot. Then brush and lubricate. Do not speak for pusalo, it is not used for 40 years. In 1980, it was no longer in the fuel and lubricant warehouses.

[Vladimir_2U]

Quote: AlexGa

Do not speak for pusalo

But in the first world ... Wait a minute! )))

[Bad thing]

Quote: AlexGa

Do not speak for pusalo, it is not used for 40 years. In 1980, it was no longer in the fuel and lubricant warehouses.

GOST cannon grease GOST 19537-83 is produced and used until now.

[Alexga]

You write about the lubrication of PVC, and in my time it was called UNZ pusher.

[Bad thing]

GOST 3005-45 “Cannon Lubrication. Technical conditions
GOST 3005-51 Cannon grease (UNZ grease). Technical specifications
GOST 19537-74 "Grease plastic PVC. Technical conditions
GOST 19537-83 “Cannon Lubrication. Technical conditions
All of them at different times in everyday life were called and are called pusal.

[Alexga]

GOST 19537-74 "Grease plastic PVC. Technical conditions
GOST 19537-83 “Cannon Lubrication. Technical conditions
this was already in the ZIP of the T-72 tanks, but this is GOST 3005-51 Cannon grease (UNZ grease). Technical conditions had the appearance of consistency like butter, cut into cubes by thrifty ensigns.

[Mountain shooter]

Fine ... But what about the Soviet - bad ...? Or maybe still a good tank? More than half of all Polish tanks! You will not envy a supply man. The tanks are different, the calibers are different, the motors ...

[Sky strike fighter]

The Poles are in a hurry somewhere, getting ready for something. Question for what? Do they want to restore their Oriental armchairs of the 1939 model?

in 2016, Poland intended to write off the remaining T-72s in service, gradually replacing them with a new combat vehicle being developed as part of the Gepard project. However, as it turned out, the serial production of the new tank could not have been deployed until 2026, and the tanks were required "now". Therefore, it was decided to modernize the T-72 MBT.

The same story goes for the Mig-29. At first they wanted to write off, but recently decided to resume flights on the Mig-29.

[maidan.izrailovich]

The Poles are in a hurry somewhere, getting ready for something. Question for what? Do they want to restore their Oriental armchairs of the 1939 model?

And it all ends with the abolition of a state like Poland. Their history does not teach anything.

[maiman61]

Probably they compared the "democratic" rubbish and realized that our weapons are better.

[2 Level Advisor]

especially compared with the purchase of all sorts of Leo and f-16

[Piramidon]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

Fine ... But what about the Soviet - bad ...?

Half of NATA still uses Soviet weapons, cursing everything Soviet.

[TermNachTer]

And sho, with the German "leopards"? Are the proud dogs out of money?

[Tersky]

Quote: TermNachTER

And sho, with the German "leopards"? Are the proud dogs out of money?

, pragmatic Germans have leopards ... https: //warways.ru/roda-vojsk/nemeckaya-armiya.html#vooruzhenie-i-sostav-nemetskih-suhoputnyh-vojsk-2-3

[Po-tzan]

Quote: TermNachTER

Have proud Pshek money run out?

Why, then, salaries in Poland are higher than Russian, with which they are constantly growing:

[anvv]

In Russia, too, are constantly growing, so what? In my opinion, it is necessary to compare not salaries, but expenses, and what remains after paying taxes, rent, communal services, etc. for $ 1000, for example, in Ukraine, I can live a month, but let's say in New York I’m not enough for a day

[TermNachTer]

And why do not you compare the Polish prices for housing and communal services with the Russian, I assure you - it will be interesting.

[knn54]

Instead of the "native" 125-mm tank gun, they will install a 120-mm smooth-bore of their own design (Huta Stalowa Wola SA plant), for all standard NATO ammunition of this caliber, including those used on the Polish Leopards. But the Serbian engine (? ) -1000 hp And a lot of other things will be positioned as a RT-16 project.
Who could have guessed that Soviet tanks would serve in NATO?

[cniza]

Quote: knn54

Who could have guessed that Soviet tanks would serve in NATO?

Indeed, in a nightmare I would not have dreamed.

[Ant137]

Interesting. And the NATO ammunition loader will pull?

[Rome]

Leo's shells are unitary, T72 has separate loading. And BOPS of different lengths, in T72, restrictions are 700mm, but Leo has 1m like. Unification in this regard does not work, why 120mm is not clear

[2Albert]

Also ofigel, psheks will have to attach a niche to the tower with shells such as T-90MS, because they don’t climb into the T-72 tower either. In this case, the AZ will be like in Leclerc with all its glitches.

[Rome]

The T90MS behind the tower does not have a niche under the AZ, but a box for shells, so that the additional bk is not in the fighting compartment, but outside it, for the safety of the crew. And AZ of T90, like T72, is a carousel, if I don’t confuse anything
The Polish alteration of the T72 under the AZ Leclerc, it’ll cost more than the tank itself, something I doubt, the game is not worth the candle! I think it’s easier to buy Leo.

[Aviator_]

Love our product. These Russophobes even beat their government on the government-made Tu-154M Soviet-made.

[Brturin]

Quote: Mountain Shooter

But what about the Soviet - bad ...? Or maybe still a good tank?

Maybe they’ll explain it to the Croats -

Regarding the transfer of tanks, he voiced the following opinion: This donation should not even worry Croatia. This gift will not provide the slightest opportunity to strengthen the military power of Serbia. According to him, this model is identical to the Yugoslav type T-74 [probably, it meant the M-84 - a modernized version of the T-72M]. At the same time, the Russians began to produce new vehicles, which were shown at their military parade [most likely, the T-14], “but they don’t donate them and old, used tanks come to Serbia,” which have no effect on the balance of power with Croatia

https://topwar.ru/165586-otlichnyj-vertolet-horvatskij-general-o-postavkah-v-serbiju-oruzhija-iz-rossii.html

[Thrifty]

What fields, and the owner of the United States does not want to throw his abrashek? Or is it not for Janek that the tank is overseas? ??

[Sky strike fighter]

A host from the United States just doesn’t throw anything at anyone. For allies and then for a lot of money. And there is no money, so I'm sorry. The business of the military-industrial complex and nothing personal.

[Chaldon48]

They can at one perfect moment give a boot imprint on their ass and send them to fight on the Eastern Front for Western values.

[zadorin1974]

Thrifty, then you will have to send blacks too, where the Poles will find so many automatic loaders for abrams themselves))))))

[Kibl]

I didn’t smell ..... But what about NATO standards?

[Vasyan1971]

Quote: KIBL

But what about NATO standards?

Ukrainians are trying for two ...

[Sky strike fighter]

There is no money for expensive Western equipment, and there are no NATO standards. Moreover, if the tanks are for business, then the modernized T-72s are quite suitable. Looks like the Poles were not very impressed with the Leopards. Or maybe the Germans decided not to arm the Poles anymore.

[Thrifty]

Expensive leopards are out of service, so they mostly stand "under the fence" so as not to ruin the Polish army!

[ser56]

Quote: Sky Strike fighter

No money for expensive Western equipment, no NATO standards

but there is money to place an American base ...

[n0001]

Leopard tanks are currently being updated to the 2PL standard [media = https: //bumar.gliwice.pl/strefa-militarna/o/modernizacja-czolgow-leopard-2a4]

[Vasyan1971]

and tanks were required "now".

What, one wonders, is "now" for? Really on "Drang", which is aimed?

[cniza]

It seems that they are being targeted, without their understanding ...

[Vasyan1971]

I doubt it ... Polyan shouldn't be aimed at us. The dream "from mozha to mozha" will do everything by itself. It remains only to arm and release from the chain ...

[cniza]

This is understandable about their dream, but the USA has its own plans and it’s for their dream ...

[cniza]

However, as it turned out, the serial production of the new tank could not have been deployed until 2026, and the tanks were required "now".

That's why they need tanks now, the owner ordered? What are the Poles preparing for?

[IL-18]

Why did Lukashenko say that now Belarus can choose on which side to fight? About 1812 and 1941 he expressed doubt about the choice, in the case of a separate existence, as in our days, is unambiguous. It is necessary to do sights instead of Pine-U with us. And 15% of our state defense order from Belarus to withdraw.

[awdrgy]

Soviet means the best

[Sasha_2]

They will emerge in Ukraine ready for NATO standards. Very logical.

[alavrin]

All the same, I wonder what kind of gun they put. All the same Slovak 2A46MS?

[IL-18]

Quote: alavrin

the same Slovak 2A46MS?

Who cares! Anyway, the time will come when the governor of the Warsaw region will be asked for the low palatability of apples coming from local households to the tables of fellow citizens in the Irkutsk region.

[Lord of the Sith]

Here are the nobility are pompous, everything is important, they are friends with NATO and the Yankees, and they use Soviet tanks, is not it a shame that pathos shrivels at half past five?))

[Klingon]

here are two-faced pscheks, at first scam our equipment, then they ride on it themselves, upgrade it ... so I even didn’t understand where the super-duper tank PL-1 is ???

[Sasha from Uralmash]

But the Psheks are going to fight with whom?

[IL-18]

Rather, Galicia to return to their native harbor. And against the APU T-72 there is quite an argument for ensuring the self-determination of the Galician people.
It seems to me that any Vinitsa, Zhytomyr and other non-Western ones will be declared Muscovites or, just like that, Bandera will kick from their border at kicks, so as not to interfere with them moving to Europe. Then the Poles on the tanks will be just right.

[Vlad5307]

The remaining ones will save 404 if the overseas owner decides to set the ukronatsiks in the Donbass.

[Jager]

The depth of modernization is not entirely clear. Sights, communications - this is not modernization, but something for granted because the yard is the 20s of the XNUMXst century.
Another thing is interesting - replacements or alterations in the power plant, reservation, weapons. How about this? It seems to me that replacing ammunition from Leopard is not feasible due to fundamental differences.

[voyaka uh]

"It seems to me that the replacement with Leopard ammunition is not feasible.
due to fundamental differences "////
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If you remove the automatic infection and make styling, like the T-62, then it is possible.

[Jager]

Then you need a Negro-loader, and there’s very little space there

[voyaka uh]

Just like in the T-62.
Four people. One of them was charging. And they were definitely not blacks.

[Jager]

Such "just throw out the AZ and put the African Pole loader" in the T-72 is problematic. Your references to the T-62 are not correct. The T-62 was originally designed without AZ, a different layout and dimensions.
With this approach, you can redo the train in the engine.

[voyaka uh]

"different layout, dimensions" ////
----
What are the sizes? Tank? Towers?
Carousel AZ itself takes up a lot of space. Commander and shooter
literally sit on charges in cardboard shells, surrounded by shells.
Very dangerous. Any debris of the cum jet causes detonation.
In the T-62, shells were compactly fixed along the edges at the bottom of the hull.
Detonated less often.
And a place was formed for the "afro-loader" (as you call him).

[Jager]

Any debris of the cum jet in the enclosed volume of the tank is very, very bad. Plus, the AZ is located at the very bottom, and equipping non-mechanized styling with a database is, so to speak, not the best solution.

[zenitovets]

Have you forgotten that Russia is the enemy?

[Prisoner]

And why did they not please the abrams with the leopards?

[Oleg (Kharkov)]

and there was Other Poland. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I believe in the friendship of Slavic peoples.