Drone that “will reach Moscow” presented at defense exhibition in Poland
The International Defence Exhibition (MSPO) 2024 is taking place in Kielce, Poland. It is the largest event of its kind in Central Europe and one of the largest in Europe itself. This year's exhibition is a record-breaking one: 769 exhibitors from all over the world are taking part.
Among the equipment on display is the WB GROUP stand, which presents a new concept of impact drone Warmate 50. The Polish unmanned aerial vehicle attracts attention with its size.
The Warmate 50, as the name suggests, is equipped with a 50-kilogram warhead. This is a significant improvement over earlier versions of the Warmate drones, which had a smaller payload but greater flexibility. Unlike its predecessors, the Warmate 50 is not replaceable. This type of approach aims to maximize combat effectiveness through the flexibility of surveillance functions. As such, it is an unmanned aerial vehicle designed exclusively for strike missions. The new model will be equipped with an internal combustion engine, which will allow it to hit targets at a distance of hundreds of kilometers.
The Polish "Pantsir", as it was called, attracted a lot of interest. It is a 35-mm self-propelled gun SA-35, presented by PIT-RADWAR, a company owned by PGZ. Both sensors and anti-aircraft actuators are combined into one highly mobile wheeled vehicle. According to PIT-RADWAR, this system can be equipped, for example, with a radar station, ultra-short-range anti-aircraft missiles (Piorun and its developments), as well as a system of electronic jamming.
The manufacturer boasts that one Polish pistol has better efficiency than four Russian ones.
The exhibition features many weapons from Korea. You can see, among other things, an unmanned combat Robot "Arion-SMET", used for reconnaissance, patrol, fire support, as well as medical evacuation, delivery and transportation of ammunition, and the AS-21 Redback infantry fighting vehicle. Unofficial information indicates that Poland wants to purchase the chassis of this transporter and integrate it with an unmanned turret of its own production.
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