Aika vähän näkyy rintamalinja muuttuneen viikon aikana. Hidasta se on ollut jo aikaisemmin, tuli vain seurattua sotaa niin tiiviisti että jokainen pienikin muutos tuntui merkittävältä. Kesäloman jatkuessa taitaa seuraaminen jäädä minun osalta vähemmälle, ehkä sitten taas tiiviimmin kun työt alkavat.
Puola näkyy tilanneen Yhdysvalloista 116 kpl vanhempia M1 Abramseja, uutinen on eiliseltä:
LÄHDE
Błaszczak: We ordered 116 Abrams in the older version on very preferential terms
As Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak informed, on the occasion of the arrival in Poland of the first 7 Abrams vehicles intended for training, the purchase of 116 additional "older version" tanks for Poland is only the cost of their depreservation and a package of spare parts. after the donation of equipment to Ukraine "- explains the minister.
On July 14, Minister Błaszczak announced that next year deliveries of additional 116 Abrams tanks "older version", as he put it, are to be used by two battalions of the Polish Army. These will be older version vehicles than M1A2 tanks ordered for USD 4.74 billion SEP v3, the latest version currently used by the US Army On the occasion of the delivery to Poland of the first of the 28 M1A2 SEP v2 tanks, which are to be used for training our armored vehicles, the minister clarified the information a bit.
"We ordered 116 Abrams tanks in the older version. These are tanks that come from the warehouses of the United States Army. The first of these tanks will go to the equipment of the Polish Army next year. The point is that they should fill the gaps left by the donation of equipment to Ukraine. These tanks were bought on very preferential terms. In fact, we only pay for their restoration, as they are now preserved, and for the logistics package, spare parts."
According to this short statement, these will be vehicles from US Army warehouses, which means they will probably be M1A2S or M1A2 SEP vehicles quite similar to the latest version ordered and they may potentially be upgraded to it in the future. There is also a risk that they will be the M1A1 FEP (Firepower Enhancement Package), a much older variant, modernized in a similar way to the vehicles withdrawn from service in the Marine Corps. We will probably get to know the details in the coming year.
According to the minister's words, Poland will pay only for the decontamination of the vehicles and restoring them to operational readiness, as well as for the logistics package and spare parts. This does not mean low costs, as they will be counted in tens of millions of dollars. This is certainly good news, as the cost of acquiring the vehicles at the market price would be many times higher.
-
Alaa seuraavan kommentit:
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
@mblaszczak confirms that in the case of purchased 116 used M1 Abrams tanks in the older version (probably M1A1SA), we only pay for their depreservation (and probably inspections and necessary repairs), and for the logistics package.
Tämä näkyy käynnistäneen uuden villin spekulaatiokierroksen heidän PT-91 vaunujen osalta, mutta toistaiseksi moni asiantuntija näkyy toppuuttelevan. Tämä vanhempien Abramsien hankinta tulee heidän mukaan paikkaamaan sitä aukkoa, jonka T-72 vaunujen luovutus ja toisaalta SEPv3 Abramsien pitkä toimitusaika aiheuttaa.
Toisaalta miten tulisi tulkita tällaista viestiä, käännös: It won't be long ...
Viestin kommenteista löytyy tämä, puhutaan ensimmäisistä toimituksista vuonna 2024:
Missään ei siis ole virallisesti sanottu, että PT-91 vaunuja oltaisiin luovuttamassa TAI edes tultaisiin jossain vaiheessa luovuttamaan Ukrainalle. Paras siis pitää maltti matkassa.