Germany has notified its first desire to buy Piorun and we should be arrogant of it, due to the fact that it shows how innovation in the Polish defence manufacture affects our perception in the planet and our country's interests," said Deputy Minister of defence Cezary Tomczyk. Piorun anti-aircraft kit has already proven its worth in the war in Ukraine and is present 1 of the export hits of the Polish armory.
The SAFE (Security Action for Europe) programme, which provides for low-interest loans to EU associate States for defence investments, besides opens fresh opportunities for export contracts. A Poland is the biggest beneficiary of SAFE. – Poland is already indicated as a country that will not be the recipient of different technologies, but the donor. We want to sale our products. We want to do everything we can to guarantee that our arms manufacture is competitive with the French, German, Spanish or British industry, and that is what the government is doing," said Deputy Minister of Defence Cezary Tomczyk a fewer days ago.
The Deputy Head of the MON indicated that Polish products specified as vehicles have export possible Baobab overhead mines, Badger infantry wagons, crab cannonhaubice or grotto assault rifles. At the same time, he besides revealed that the German side expressed interest in buying PPZR Piorun, which already has the position of Polish export hit. The provisions are not known, but Deputy Minister Tomczyk pointed out that the case “requires a tighter one”. Currently, the United States, Norway, Georgia, Lithuania, Estonia, Ukraine, Latvia, Moldova and Belgium usage Polish rocket launchers, outside the Polish army. Recently they besides reached Sweden, which ordered last year Lightning worth PLN 1.2 billion.
Portable anti-aircraft rocket set (PPZR) Lightning is simply a construction which was created by the thorough modernization of PPZR Grom (in the equipment of the Polish Army since 1995). Lightning, developed by Polish engineers from Mesko and CRW Telesystem-Mesko, supported by scientists from the Military method Academy, is designed to combat helicopters, aircraft, unmanned aircraft and winged rockets. Bullets (weight of 10.5 kg with a 1,82 kg head) fired from Lightning can scope altitude of 4000 m and harm targets up to 6500 m. They're moving at 560 m/s.
During last year's arms fair in Kielce, Mesko presented a working model of the fresh launcher version. With fresh solutions Lightning 2 missile will have greater range, become more maneuverable and resistant to alleged thermal traps. The fresh tracking head will let the operator to detect the mark with more precision than ever. In turn, an additional thermal sight will let him to usage the set effectively besides at night.