There is “no better proof of the durability, reliability and long-term outlook of Polish-US cooperation”, says PM Donald Tusk.
There is “no better proof of the durability, reliability and long-term outlook of Polish-US cooperation”, says PM Donald Tusk.
The Sullivan Cup is a gruelling biennial contest hosted by the United States to evaluate the best tank crews.
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They will be the first tanks produced in Poland for almost two decades.
The $6.7 billion deal includes manufacturing 61 of the 180 tanks in Poland itself.
“While others make declarations regarding the future, we are acting,” announced Poland’s state-owned defence firm.
The two countries are also hoping to establish a maintenance hub in Poland for repairing German-made Leopard tanks damaged in Ukraine.
Poland is the first European or NATO country – other than the US itself – to operate Abrams tanks.
The government says the acquisition may be the Polish arms industry’s largest contract in 50 years.
Polish media, citing officials, report that the first Polish Leopard tanks are already in Ukraine.
But Germany’s foreign minister says there has not been a specific request to transfer tanks and Berlin “would not stand in the way” if there was.
Mateusz Morawiecki called for German politicians to stop “procrastinating” over providing support to Ukraine.
Several hundred personnel from the Bundeswehr, Germany’s armed forces, will be based in the Lublin region of eastern Poland.
Warsaw wants to “build a broader coalition of countries that could donate heavy, modern equipment” to Ukraine.
$200 million of the costs will be covered by the US itself as part of military aid to Poland.