Polish PT-91 Twardy tanks have arrived in Ukraine. Their exact number is unknown. The head of the President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, reported this in Telegram,
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“PT-91 Twardy from Poland is already in Ukraine. Thanks to our friends,” Yermak wrote.
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The transfer of tanks was also confirmed by the spokesman of the Armaments Agency of the Ministry of Defense of Poland, Krzysztof Platek.
“The deficit of more than 200 T-72 tanks and a certain number of PT-91 tanks will be covered completely, even with a surplus, because these are tanks of a higher, higher quality level,” said Platek.
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The PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank based on a license variant of the Soviet T-72M1. The first prototypes were produced in 1993. The basic version of the PT-91 was serially produced at the “Bumar-Labenda” enterprise from 1995 to 2002. A total of 232 PT-91s were produced for the Polish Armed Forces.
The tank is equipped with protection using active armor developed by ERAWA. Such active armor consists of almost 400 protective blocks that cover the front part of the hull and the turret. The blocks are located almost without gaps from each other.
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The head of the US Defense Ministry, Lloyd Austin, at the beginning of the fourth meeting of defense ministers in the “Ramstein” format, said that four HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems will be transferred to Ukraine.
Source: Ukrgate
