The Armed Forces Agency signed with the Polish Armed Forces Group Mesko to acquisition hundreds of thousands of intermediate caliber ammunition, including Pilica anti-aircraft kits and 30 mm cannons utilized in KTO Rosomak. The agreement worth nearly PLN 350 million is to be implemented by 2029.
– The contract signed present confirms that the ammunition manufactured in Mesko meets all the requirements of our biggest recipient, the Polish Army. Production for the needs of the Polish Armed Forces is always a precedence for us – said Renata Gruszczyńska, president Man. The Polish Armed Forces Group has late invested a lot in infrastructure and production lines, which, according to Gruszczyńska, allowed crucial increase in production capacity The mansko in the mid-caliber ammunition segment.
The latest order worth nearly PLN 350 million concerns the production of hundreds of thousands of ammunition for the Polish army, including 23 mm APDS-T. The APDS-T subcalibre cartridge (with an anti-tank core stabilized rotatingly with a streaker) is utilized to destruct air targets specified as aircraft and helicopters, as well as water and ground vehicles, armored vehicles and reinforcements and buildings, from a distance of up to 3000 m. The Armed Forces Agency besides ordered Kal ammunition. 23 mm FAPDS-T with a streaker, which has a fragmenting core, and the effect of firing specified a rocket is simply a combination of impact and shrapnel effect. 23 mm APDS-T and FAPDS-T ammunition can be used, among others, by ZUR-23-2SP Jodek fire systems, which are part of the Pilica anti-aircraft system.
The Armed Forces Agency besides ordered Kal ammunition. 30 mm FAPDS-T to WHO IS ROSOMAK. The main weaponry of these wheeled transporters is Bushmaster Mk 44S automatic cannon 30 mm (in the distant control tower strategy ZSSW-30) or Bushmaster Mk 44 cal. 30 mm (in the Hitfist-30P tower).
Let us remind you that last year a fresh building opened at the Mesko plant in Pionki designed, inter alia, for the assembly and elaboration of tank and artillery ammunition. besides in Pionki there will be a mill of modular loads for 155 mm ammunition. It will be the first specified plant in Poland to importantly influence the independency of the national defence manufacture from external supplies.
