Crabs can never be too many: Poland orders additional shipment of Crab Guns
The Polish Armed Forces have decided to buy an additional batch of self-propelled artillery systems.
Here's What We Know
We are talking about 48 Krab self-propelled artillery guns of domestic production. The contract was signed on September 5. It is worth 3,810,000,000 zlotys (about $800,000,000). Apart from the SAU the Polish army will also get 22 command cars, 12 ammunition trucks and two mobile workshops. Deliveries of weapons are to begin in 2025.
On 5 września została zawarta umowa, o wartości 3.81 mld zł, pomiędzyd Agencją Uzbrojenia a HSW S.A. on dostawę 48 haubic #KRAB wraz z 22 wozami dowodzenia, 12 wozami amunicyjnymi i 2 warsztami remontu uzbrojenia, które zostaną dostarczone do ????????Sił Zbrojnych w latach 2025-2027. pic.twitter.com/mcFsjHjBl6
- Krzysztof Płatek (@krzysztof_atek) September 5, 2022
Recall, Krab is a Polish self-propelled artillery unit of 155 mm caliber. It has the turret from the British AS-90 SAU and chassis from the Korean K9 Thunder SAU by Samsung Techwin. Krab can fire six rounds per minute. The SAU crew consists of 5 people.
Source: @krzysztof_atek
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