Poland provided Ukraine with more than 200 T-72 tanks for two brigades

Poland has provided Ukraine with more than 200 T-72 tanks. enough is enough to form two brigades.

He writes about it Polish radio with reference to the IAR news agency.

tanks, in Ukraine add or several dozen infantry fighting vehicles.

So far, Warsaw has transferred 7 billion zlotys to Ukraine. Among the weapons that Ukraine received from Poland are self-propelled howitzers 2C1 “Carnation” and multiple rocket launchers “Hail”. And also – air-to-air missiles for MiG-29 and Su-27 aircraft.

In addition to heavy equipment, these are also drones manufactured by the Polish company WB Electonics, which are used, among other things, for reconnaissance activities.

“Ukrainians themselves boast that they have Polish drones Warmate – a system of barrage ammunition, similar to the American kamikaze drone Switchblade. From the Polish arsenal, Ukrainian defenders also have Piorun portable anti-aircraft missile systems, which, according to unofficial information, have already shot down Russian helicopters. Poland also provides Ukraine with a large amount of ammunition, “the statement said.

The Czech Republic has already handed over post-Soviet T-72 tanks to Ukraine. There are almost 400 units of this equipment in Poland. according to the decisions of the Polish Ministry of Defense in 2019, some of them have been modified, mainly in terms of firepower of these tanks. However, according to the IAR, the Ukrainian army is handing over vehicles from outside modernization programs.

experts said that Russian tanks have a so-called defect of the jumper, which makes them very vulnerable. Any successful blow quickly ignites the ammunition, causing a powerful explosion – and the tower literally breaks.