Anders (tank)
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The WPB Anders is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle is designed by OBRUM ( – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the Bumar Group. It is named for Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a politician in the Polish government-in-exile.
fighting vehicles, the first prototype being publicly shown at a defense industry exhibition, MSPO Kielce, in 2010. The vehicle shown was in a fire support vehicle configuration. Armed with a 120mm tank gun the popular media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later the same vehicle was shown in an infantry fighting vehicle configuration with a KTO Rosomak
Hitfist-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants such as command and control, medical evacuation, engineer vehicle or self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.
protection level of 3, this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add on armor system.
History
The vehicle was designed to replace the Polish Army's remaining inventory of obsolescent BMP-1BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1 , meaning "infantry fighting vehicle". The BMP-1 was the world's first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle...
fighting vehicles, the first prototype being publicly shown at a defense industry exhibition, MSPO Kielce, in 2010. The vehicle shown was in a fire support vehicle configuration. Armed with a 120mm tank gun the popular media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later the same vehicle was shown in an infantry fighting vehicle configuration with a KTO Rosomak
KTO Rosomak
The KTO Rosomak is 8x8 multi-role military vehicle produced by...
Hitfist-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants such as command and control, medical evacuation, engineer vehicle or self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.
Technical details
In its basic configuration the vehicle has a STANAG 4569STANAG 4569
NATO AEP-55 STANAG 4569 is a NATO Standardization Agreement covering the standards for the "Protection Levels for Occupants of Logistic and Light Armored Vehicles".The standard covers strikes from Kinetic Energy, artillery, and IED blasts....
protection level of 3, this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add on armor system.
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