KTO Rosomak is a Polish wheeled armored personnel carrier (KTO) produced under the license of the Finnish Patria company since 2003 at the plant in Siemianowice ¦l±skie. The first vehicles entered service in 2005. The basic version of the vehicle is armed with a 30mm ATK Mk44 cannon and a 7.62mm UKM2000C machine gun in the Hitfist 30 turret. The KTO Rosomak is built in an 8x8 all-wheel drive system. It is powered by a Scania D1 12 turbocharged diesel engine with a capacity of 490HP, which allows the Rosomak, weighing about 22 tons, to accelerate to 100 km / h (on the road). The crew consists of 3 people, and the landing force is up to 8 soldiers. Vehicles serving in Afghanistan were very often landed down to 6 soldiers. KTO Rosomak vehicles are used in the 17th Mechanized Brigade from Międzyrzecz and the 12th Mechanized Brigade from Szczecin. On the basis of the Rosomak APC, in 2012 a prototype of the Rak self-propelled mortar was created, which since 2017 has been supplying units of the Polish army. The basic version of the vehicle is also undergoing modernization tests, mainly by: installing the remotely controlled ZSSW-30 turret, adding the Spike LR ATGM or installing new internal communication systems. The Polish Armed Forces (in stock, under repair or on order) have approx. 670 copies of this vehicle.
The Leopard 2 is a modern 3rd generation German Main Battle Tank. The first prototypes of the vehicle were made in 1973, and serial production started in 1979 continues to this day. To date (2018), 3,480 tanks of this type have been produced. The Leopard 2 is powered by the 1500 HP MTU MB 873 Ka 501 engine. The vehicle is armed with a single 120mm Rheinmetall Rh-M-120 gun and two 7.62mm MG3 machine guns.
The Leopard 2 was developed in response to the demand for a new Main Battle Tank announced by Bundeswehr already in the early 1960s. The new vehicle was to replace the Leopard 1 tanks in the West German army. Initially, cooperation with American companies (e.g. Chrysler) was undertaken in a project designated as MBT-70. However, after a few years, the cooperation was terminated and further work was focused only on German companies. Despite a very long process of analytical, study and experimental works lasting almost 15 years, the Leopard 2 introduced to the line in 1979 turned out to be revolutionary and outclassing the then Soviet designs. Many analysts consider it to be the first tank of the third generation in history, including the M1 Abrams, the French Leclerc or the much later Russian T-90 tank. The Leopard 2 is primarily characterized by unprecedented - before 1979 - mobility and maneuverability in tanks of this class, thanks to the use of a powerful 1500 HP engine. It also has very good armor, using composites and SKO (fire control system). It was also armed with the great Rh-M-120 gun, which in the 1980s and 1990s became a standard for many NATO countries. Several versions of the tank were created in the course of serial production Leopard 2, two of which deserve special attention: A 4 and A 6. The A 4, which appeared for the first time in 1985, has a highly advanced and improved over the previous SKO versions, as well as improved turret and front armor hull. It is also the most widely exported version. At the beginning of the 21st century, the A 6 version was created, which mainly received the Rh-M-120 gun with a significantly longer barrel (L / 55), which significantly improved its penetration capacity. The latest development version of the Leopard 2 tank is the A 7 version, which entered the Bundeswehr's equipment in 2014. Due to its very high combat value, the Leopard 2 was exported to many countries, including: Austria, Chile, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Norway or Poland, which has 247 tanks of this type in versions A 4 and A 5.
Dana wz. 1977 is a modern Czech and Slovak self-propelled gun on a wheeled chassis. The first prototypes of this vehicle were made in 1976, and shortly after that, serial production began, which led to the creation of about 670 copies of this car. The vehicle is powered by an engine Tatra T2-930-34 with 345 hp. It is armed with a 152 mm cannon howitzer and a single 12.7 mm DSzKM machine gun.
In the late 1970s, Skoda developed a prototype wheeled self-propelled gun. Thanks to the use of such a chassis, the mobility of the new gun on the road was very high, much greater than that of similar weapons systems on a tracked chassis. It was also decided to lean on the eight-wheeled chassis of the Tatra tractor T-815 VT Kolos - thanks to this, the mobility in the field was also good. After successfully passing the tests Dana wz. 1977 entered service with the Czechoslovak army. It was also exported to Poland, Libya and Georgia. After 1989, two development versions of the Dan self-propelled gun were developed. The first is The ShKH Zuzana, the standard Dana, but armed with a 155 mm cannon howitzer, entered service with the Slovak army in 1998. The Zuzana 2 was also built, in which the 155 mm caliber cannon howitzers were still used, but also the computer-based FCS (fire control system and many other elements of the car were modernized. Zuzana 2 was not entered into serial production).