Black Panthers appeared again at the OSPL tank range. About 40 fresh crews of K2GF Black Panther tanks there take the first combat shooting, ending a 10-week course, conducted cyclically in brigades of the 16th Mechanized Division. It is simply a key component of the test of acquired skills not only in the field of hardware handling, but besides in squad work.
First crew course this year K2 tanks conducted in the 9th Braniewska Brigade of the Armored Cavalry and the 20th Bartoszzka Mechanized Brigade is coming to an end. About 40 three-man crews from the 2 brigades of the 16th Mechanized Division after intensive theoretical and applicable training appeared at the Police Training Centre of the Land Forces You want to pass the last part of the course.
– Combat shooting is the culmination of a specialized course for K2 tank crews, i.e. commanders, drivers and gunmen. Soldiers carry out tasks day and night, utilizing both a 120 mm smooth barrel cannon with a charging machine, which can be fired with the latest types of ammunition as well as an on-board device gun," said Captain Karol Frankowski, press spokesperson for the 16th Mechanicalised Division, which is the only 1 in the Polish Army to usage the K2 Black Panther tanks.
South Korean K2GF tanks have been delivered to Poland since 2022 (the first recipient was the 20th Bartoszická Brigade Mechanized). At the end of last year, Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz reported that all machines (180 copies) ordered under the first executive agreement had already reached the Polish army. At the same time, he announced that the implementation of another tranche from the second executive agreement would begin in 2026. Among them will be the first K2 tanks already produced in Poland.
The second executive contract for the transportation of K2 tanks for the Armed Forces of Poland was signed in August 2025. The contract includes 180 K2 copies – including 116 in the GF variant (Gap Filler) produced in South Korea, which will scope Poland from 2026 to 2027. The another 64 will be built in the colonised version of K2PL. The final assembly of 61 tanks will be held (until 2030) at the Mechanical Plant "Bumar-Łabada". The K2PL version will disagree from K2GF, among others, with active tank protection system, anti-drone strategy and reinforced armor.
K2 Black Panther is equipped with a smooth-bore 120 mm cannon, automatic charging strategy and integrated fire control system. The auxiliary armament of the 55-ton car is simply a 7.62 mm device weapon and a large caliber device weapon (WKM) 12.7 mm. The South Korean tank has a 1500 hp diesel engine with automatic transmission, a hydropneumatic suspension strategy (ISU) and a dynamic track tension strategy (DTTS).
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