Ukraine will buy 100 Rosomak armored personnel carriers (APC), Mateusz Morawiecki, the Prime Minister of Poland, reports on Twitter.
The purchase will be paid by the United States and European Union. Other details are not disclosed.
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The Rosomak armored personnel carrier is a Polish license-produced version of the Finnish Patria advanced modular vehicle, which is manufactured by Rosomak SA. 690 APCs were ordered by the Polish Ministry of Defense in 2002 in order to modernize the Polish Army fleet. The number was increased to 1000 units in 2013.
The basic (IFV) version is fitted with Italian OTO Melara Hitfist-30P turret. It has the ATK Mk44 Bushmaster II 30-mm autocannon, the UKM-2000C 7.62x51-mm machine gun, a fire-control system with thermographic sight and the Obra laser warning system.
The Posomak-M2 and M3 APCs are equipped the OSS-D 40-mm open turret with the Mk-19 40-mm grenade launcher or the NSW/WKM-B 12.7-mm heavy machine gun.
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