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Poland Deploys Advanced Korean K2 Tanks on Russian Border:

 

Poland Deploys Advanced Korean K2 Tanks on Russian Border: Why Moscow Should Be Concerned


November-15th-2024

The Polish Army has deployed South Korean K2 Black Panther main battle tanks in Braniewo, a few kilometers from the border with the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad region, according to a statement by press secretary of the 16th Pomeranian Mechanised Division Major Magdalena Koszczynska. The deployment has occurred amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Moscow primarily over the ongoing war in Ukraine, and at a time when the Polish Army is rapidly receiving new batches of K2 tanks after placing a $3.4 billion for 180 of the vehicles in August 2022. The Polish Defence Ministry has planned to acquire close to 1000 K2s, with rapid deliveries having been particularly vital due to the large scale divestment of the country’s older German Leopard 2 and Soviet T-72 tanks which have been sent to Ukraine as aid. The rapid deployment of a very large K2 forces in Eastern Europe, and by a state that has consistently taken a particularly hardline position against Russia, is one of the developments in NATO’s ground forces that is thought to be of greatest concern to security planners in Moscow. 

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