Armoured excavator, or p.m. from PS Szczęsniak on MSPO 2024

defence24.pl 9 months ago
[Remember that in the first half of this year, the Armed Forces Agency conducted marketplace consultations on the transportation of up to 220 sets of excavators from 2026 to 35](https://defence24.pl/news/who-supply-armoured-copark-loader). This kind of specialized equipment, unlike civilian excavators or another machines equipped with only the operator's compartment ballistic shields, is adapted (thanks to the armor of both the cab and the propulsion system) to operate on the battlefield and direct support, e.g. motorized sub-chapters. In turn, thanks to the advanced maximum velocity (in the case of the Turkish device it is 77 km/h) of this type, the armored excavator-charger moves itself (e.g. in the vehicle column) and it does not request to usage low chassis kits to transport it.
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