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On 4/14/2023 at 11:33 PM, LoooSeR said:

Another pic of Burlak surfaced.

What is Burlak ?

an ERA ?

The purpose of a test is to make a choice not to look at what to fix. 

Interesting article about the K9 based futur HIFV

https://zbiam.pl/demonstrator-polskiego-ciezkiego-bojowego-wozu-piechoty-jeszcze-w-tym-roku/

Even the French regional press is dealing about the Borsuk purchase. 
https://lignesdedefense.blogs.ouest-france.fr/archive/2023/02/28/pologne-une-commande-de-1400-blindes-de-combat-de-l-infanter-23700.html

About the K2 ME seen at IDEX-2023.

https://blablachars.blogspot.com/2023/02/le-k2-entre-les-emirats-et-la-pologne.html?m=1

in French. In a nutshell :

- everybody is talking about the Leopard-2 but K2 is doing its job ;

- Middle-East Export variant ;

- consortium between PGZ and Hyundai Rotem. 
 

I ask myself : did Hyundai cancel the long chassis variant ?

Funny. 

Or, why no one else developed a low profile chassis for such turrets ?

New Eitan with 105mm turret

Hardly. 
thid view is 3 years old. 
Norvegian army juste ended its fleet. 

Nexter seems to understand the interest of media. They made a few videos to show the production. 
In French, the 155mm Katana shell. 

Key points :

- ITAR free ;

- can be fused with foreign 155mm development. 
Available in 2024. 

Interesting article about Nexter ERa developments. 
https://www.forcesoperations.com/de-nouveaux-blindages-reactifs-en-developpement-chez-nexter-arrowtech/

No accurate details, of course, but :
- New ERA available in 2025

- CERA available in 2026 ;

- EPRA available by 2030.

EPRA will be able to react differently according to the attack. 

The perfect Damian’s holiday camp just opened 

https://defence24.pl/sily-zbrojne/rusza-poznanska-akademia-abrams-blaszczak-116-czolgow-trafi-do-polski-przyszlym-roku-foto

The best ever coaxial weapon. 

Does anyone have more details about this plan ?

I don’t have access to the full article. 
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/poland-advances-plans-for-new-armoured-vehicles-from-south-korea/

Definitely. 
Drummond is fair. He reminds us he’s an advisor. 

Drummond, once more at the top edge analysis 

https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1552995957742227456?s=20&t=z5VH7-f-J8TbdSQEdgOcQg

Made my day :

https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/20/australia-almost-no-chance-to-buy-any-submarine-from-current-us-building-program-experts-say

The Huta Stalowa Wola CEO learned the K9 deal by Twitter. He must be very pleased. 
I think we will laugh at will soon. 

Braveheart AS90 turret. 

Is the so called K2PL the same as the one showed few years ago ?

So, I’m waiting 

If Poland wants a tank with a real armour, 6 road wheels will be short. 

Both K2 and K2PL (considering what was shown) are very different. 
Passing from an 6 road wheels chassis to a 7 road wheels one is a challenge. Up-armoring an unarmoured tank is challenging too. Changing the pilot position too, and so on. 
Sharing both the same radio and BMS is a basic. 

I received this.

https://defence24.pl/polityka-obronna/polska-kupi-1000-czolgow-blaszczak-planujemy-pozyskanie-dodatkowych-f-35-lub-f-15-wywiad
Very interesting. 
First delivery of K2 will start this years. 
 

What I don’t understand is how can you switch from the Korean K2 MBT to the PL standard during an upgrade. 

Yes. 
K2 turret flanks are very thin. This is why there’s ERA add on.

The PL standard is solving this point. 

We have to wait the 27 for full detail