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Poland awaits first of US M1A1 Abrams in April after delivering Soviet T-72s to Ukraine

MADRID, 8 Mar.

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Poland awaits first of US M1A1 Abrams in April after delivering Soviet T-72s to Ukraine

MADRID, 8 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Polish Defense Minister, Mariusz Blaszczak, announced this Wednesday that they expect the first of the 116 Abrams M1A1 tanks purchased from the United States to compensate for the delivery to Ukraine of more than 250 Soviet T-72 tanks that it had in April. stored.

"Preparations are underway to deliver the first of 116 Abrams tanks ordered for the Polish Army. The first units will be delivered to Poland in April," Blaszczak said on his Twitter account.

At the beginning of January, Poland agreed with the United States to purchase these tanks for a value of 1.4 billion dollars, although since July 2022 it has received about thirty of the 250 M1A2 SEPv3 battle tanks that it agreed to.

"We are strengthening the armored fist of the Polish Army, we are strengthening the Polish Armed Forces to deter the aggressor in a realistic and effective way," the Defense Minister emphasized.

The delivery of the Soviet T-72 to Ukraine has led to Poland negotiating to expand its reserves with several allies, in addition to the United States, or Germany, it has bought hundreds of K2 Black Panther tanks from South Korea, of which it has received a dozen from December 2022.