Gliwice-based Bumar-ÅabÄ™dy delivers 16 modernized Leopard predominant battle tanks to Polish Military. LThe Leopard 2PL is a predominant battle tank utilized by the Polish Military, and is a modernized model of the older Leopard 2A4 tank, phased out by Germany and first acquired by Poland within the 2000s. The modernisation is presently being carried out in cooperation with Rheinmetall and the Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa PGZ). The primary Leopard 2PL tanks have been delivered to army items in Could 2020. By the tip of 2020, 12 Leopard 2PL tanks have been delivered to Polish Military.
On December 28, 2015, an settlement was signed between the Armament Inspectorate (pol. Inspektorat Uzbrojenia) and a consortium consisting of PGZ and ZakÅ‚ady Mechaniczne Bumar-ÅabÄ™dy for the modernization of 128 Leopard 2 tanks with an possibility for an additional 14 items. The German accomplice of the consortium was the German firm Rheinmetall Landsysteme, which previously co-produced Leopard 2 tanks. The contract initially assumed that each one copies of the bottom order can be transferred by 2020 and people from choices for 14 machines by 2021.
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Probably the most seen distinction compared with a regular Leopard 2A4 is the modified form of the turret, a results of extra armour. Different adjustments embrace alternative of the hydraulic gun stabilisation system with an electrical one and enhancements to the L44 smoothbore gun, which can now have the ability to fireplace extra superior kinds of ammunition, together with the DM63 and DM78 CSDS-T/DM88. The 2PL variant additionally options PCO’s KLW-1 ASTERIA thermal imaginative and prescient digicam for the gunner and commander, in addition to PCO’s KDN-1 NYKS reverse digicam. Whole automobile weight is elevated by 4t to 59.2t.
Two variations of the automobiles have been developed: the Leopard 2PL model, which is presently equipped to the army, and the Leopard 2PLM1, which was created by determination in 2018. The 2PLM1 model are outfitted with an EGPT compartment warning system, a system defending the community electronics towards the start-up time, modification working modes of the laser rangefinder, an extra socket for batteries and the PIX mixture, permits the commander to mechanically rotate the optoelectronic head of the PERI commentary and aiming machine to the “six o’clock” and “twelve o’clock” place relative to the tank’s hull.
