The battleships can easy start the weekend. Nineteen more M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams already in Poland. shortly they will enter the army's arms," said Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda. This is Abrams' second organization of the latest version delivered to the Polish Army. The Defence hotel bought a full of 250 M1A2 tanks.
In January it reached Poland 28 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3. Now another 19 tanks are waiting to be entered into service, which the military bought in the United States. Before this happens, wagons will be sent to the Military Motorization Plant (WZM) in Poznań, where they will pass the alleged deprocessing. This is required by the maker an extended review carried out after long sea transport. The Regional Competency Center has been operating in the WZM for over a year. Specialists will check the key components of cars there for possible harm caused by adverse marine climatic conditions.
The Ministry of National Defence ordered 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks in 2022. In addition to vehicles, the contract besides covered the provision of 26 vehicles of method safety M88A2 Hercules, 17 bridges accompanying the M1074 Joint Assault Bridge, training and logistics packages and ammunition stock. The contract amounted to about $4.75 billion net. The next deliveries of the newest Abrams will scope Poland successively by 2026.
June 2024 completed the process of equipping the Polish Army with an older version of Abrams tanks. The soldiers had already received all 116 M1A1 tanks contracted in January 2023. The contract besides included method safety wagons, command wagons, workshop on the HMMWV chassis, etc.
M1A2 SEPv3 (System Enhancement Package) is the latest American version Abrams base tank manufactured by General Dynamics Land Systems. The main armament of the car is simply a smooth-bore 120 mm M256 caliber cannon that was adapted to the latest types of ammunition, including programmable ones. Abrams in this version is equipped with an advanced fire control strategy and ancillary weapons in the form of a remotely controlled CROWS weapons module with a large caliber device weapon of 12.7 mm and 2 7.62 mm device guns.
Thanks to its advanced ballistic and mine resistance, the four-man tank crew has the highest level of protection. The Abrams drive unit is the Honeywell AGT1500 TIGER turbo-shaft engine (power 1500 hp), thanks to which M1A2 reaches advanced maximum velocity and can cross any area. The latest version was additionally equipped with an auxiliary drive unit (APU). The M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams is about 65–70 t (depending on the solutions used).
