Friday, February 18, 2022

U.S. Approves Massive Multi-Billion Dollar Tank Sale To Poland

Soldiers in an Army M1A2 Abrams tank conduct night-fire training at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland on Jan. 29, 2022. (Sgt. Tara Fajardo Arteaga/Army)  

Defense News: $6 billion tank deal to Poland cleared by State Department 

WASHINGTON — The State Department has approved an estimated $6 billion sale of M1 Abrams tanks and other equipment to Poland as tensions on the eastern flank of Europe remain high over Russian aggression aimed at Ukraine. 

The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Friday notified Congress of the potential sale. Poland has requested to purchase 250 General Dynamics Land Systems-manufactured M1A2SEPv3 Abrams tanks, 250 AN/VLQ-12 CREW Duke counter-improvised explosive device systems, 26 M88A2 HERCULES Combat Recovery vehicles and 17 M1110 joint assault bridges. 

Poland also plans to buy as part of the deal 276 M2 .50 caliber machine guns, 500 M240C 7.62mm machine guns and other equipment and parts needed to operate the weapon systems.  

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WNU Editor: That is a lot of tanks. 

U.S. Approves Massive Multi-Billion Dollar Tank Sale To Poland  

US Will Sell Poland Tanks to Bolster NATO Against Putin -- Military.com  

U.S. announces Abrams tanks for Poland as Russia threat mounts -- Reuters  

State Department gives preliminary approval to $6 billion tanks sale to Poland -- The Hill

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

President Jo Jo Biden can ink a multi-billion deal with Canada selling more John Deere construction equipment?

After all Justin Trudeau's Chinese overlords will want their oil.

Dave Goldstein said...

They still make M2 .50's.

Anonymous said...

Shouldn't a country the size of Poland be making its own heavy machine guns?

RussInSoCal said...

That's quite the wishlist. Top of the line Abrams. And/but the IED jammer systems don't make much sense unless you are driving into Russia!

That ought to rustle Putin's jimmies quite a bit. interesting story to get published right now. So many agendas operating at cross purposes right now. Not least of all the foul media.


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Anonymous said...

I love the media

Adam said...

Alright! A decent amount of the better ones too.