On the afternoon of the 15 August, the Vistula road was filled with thousands of spectators. They gathered to watch the largest military parade organized in Poland since the fall… Continue reading "The Future Of Polish Armed Forces In Profile: The Armed Forces Day Parade"
This afternoon the Polish Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Blaszczak, signed the framework agreement to deliver more than 1,000 Badger Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) with Huta Stalowa Wola. It marks… Continue reading "Poland Signs Framework Agreement For Delivery of 1,000+ Badger IFVs"
Welcome to Overt Defense’s Weekend Briefing where we round up the week’s most exciting and important defense news. In this weekend’s issue, we cover many topics including General Dynamics winning US… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (4-8 July)"
On 5 July the Polish Ministry of Defense and Huta Stalowa Wola signed a deal on the delivery of 70 ZSSW-30 remote turret systems for the Wolverine wheeled infantry fighting… Continue reading "Poland’s Wolverine To Undergo Modernization with ZSSW-30 Turrets"
The CEO of Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), Sebastian Chwalek, stated that the first four Badger Infantry Fighting Vehicles could be delivered to the Polish Armed Forces by the end of… Continue reading "First IFV Badger To Be Delivered For Polish Armed Forces For Trials This Year"
This week was very busy at Overt Defense. We covered a range of topics, ranging from the conflict in Israel to new technology developments including the palletization of JASSMs and… Continue reading "Weekend Briefing (17-21 May)"
The Polish Remote Turret System ZSSW-30 underwent successful winter trials back in 2020. At the end of April the Huta Stalowa Wola, manufacturer of the ZSSW-30 system, published a video… Continue reading "ZSSW-30 Remote Turret ATGM Launch Trials Successful and Declassified"
It was in the mid-1970s when the Polish People’s Army adopted the newest Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) – a small, tracked vehicle equipped with a 73mm smooth-bore cannon and a… Continue reading "Is The Modernization of Poland’s Ageing BMP-1s A Terrible Idea?"