Warsaw: Poland has acquired the first Abrams tanks from the United States for the training of military personnel, the Polish Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.
Last week, the Polish military announced that it was purchasing 116 used Abrams tanks from the US as a remedy for a shortage of armored vehicles that arose after it handed over several hundreds of T-72 tanks to Ukraine.
“The Abrams tanks, which will be used to train Polish soldiers, are already in Poland,” the ministry said in a statement.
In April, the Polish Defence Ministry signed an agreement on the procurement of 250 US-made Abrams tanks of the latest modification M1A2 SEPv3. The tanks are expected to be deployed in the eastern part of the country, primarily in the 18th mechanized division and the 1st tank brigade.
