MSPO 2016: Plenty worth fighting for
Poland’s land programmes have been moving on in fits and starts. The Rosomak 8x8 APC programme is the main flagship armoured vehicle programme but others are at a standstill.
This was evident at MSPO in 2015 where there were numerous Rosomak variants (XP, Rosomak-M and one fitted with a Cockerill XC-8 120HP turret, see above), and the company called Rosomak said it was planning on a completely new Rosomak-2 variant – which shows what an active programme can bring.
Rheinmetall recently secured an upgrade contract for Poland's Leopard 2 main battle tanks and elsewhere, competition is warming up on Poland’s
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