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Poland Handed Over the First Batch of Repaired Leopard Tanks to Ukraine

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Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 repaired in Poland, October 2023. Photo: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniow
Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 repaired in Poland, October 2023. Photo: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniow

The tanks were repaired at the Bumar-Łabędy plant

As Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa, PGZ) informed on Twitter (X) repair work continues on the next batch of machines.

"This clearly demonstrates that our priority is to provide real assistance to the Ukrainian military on the front line," the statement said.

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PGZ also noted that it is constantly expanding its cooperation in the supply of ammunition and spare parts, as well as equipment maintenance.

Earlier, Berlin reached an agreement with Warsaw to set up a repair centre for Leopard 2 tanks that were damaged on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 repaired in Poland, October 2023. Photo: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniow
Ukrainian Leopard 2A4 repaired in Poland, October 2023. Photo: Polska Grupa Zbrojeniow

In July, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced that a maintenance and repair centre for Leopard 2 tanks received by Ukraine had started operating in Gliwice, Poland, at the Bumar-Łabędy plant.

The centre was to open in late May. Following talks with Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak in April, his German counterpart Boris Pistorius said that both sides had reached the final stage of implementation.

The deployment of a service center for servicing Western armored vehicles in Poland faced several conflicts between the organizers – German arms companies Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Polish Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ).

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