Poland is pressing ahead with a wide-ranging military modernisation, seeking to build the capacity of its recently consolidated defence industrial sector and swiftly replace its ageing land systems amid rising regional tension. Remigiusz Wilk reports
For almost a decade Poland has been in the throes of an ambitious military modernisation programme aimed at replacing its ageing Soviet land systems, which are still used in large numbers.
Backed by the government, Polish manufacturers are undertaking a wide range of research and development (R&D) programmes ranging from small arms, soldier modernisation programmes, light multipurpose vehicles, wheeled reconnaissance and armoured personnel carriers (APCs), and a Universal Modular Tracked Platform (UMPG) to a whole range of new guns, rockets, and missiles.
