WPB Anders
The WPB Anders (Polish: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders i.e., Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM (Polish: Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the Bumar Group (now Polish Armaments Group). It is named after Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the Polish government-in-exile.
History
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The vehicle was designed to replace the Polish Army's remaining inventory of obsolete BWP-1 fighting vehicles family, the first prototype being publicly shown in 2010, at the MSPO Kielce defense industry exhibition. During its first presentation, the vehicle was shown in its fire support configuration (Polish: wóz wsparcia ogniowego), armed with a 120-mm tank gun. The media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later, the same vehicle was shown configured as an infantry fighting vehicle (Polish: bojowy wóz piechoty) with a KTO Rosomak Hitfist-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants, such as command and control, medical evacuation, combat-engineering and self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.
Technical details
In its basic configuration the vehicle has a STANAG 4569 protection level of 3; this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add-on armor system.
Variants
Developed by OBRUM for Polish Armed Forces as part of the Universal Modular Tracked Platform (UMTP)-family. As of 2016 OBRUM have developed an infantry fighting vehicle based on the Anders chassis, and are furthermore developing versions including engineering vehicles, command and control, ammunition wagons and medical vehicles, etc.[1]
See also
- PT-91 Twardy – (Poland)
- M2 Bradley – (United States)
- AIFV – (United States)
- CV90 – (Sweden)
- Puma – (Germany)
- Warrior – (United Kingdom)
- ASCOD – (Spain)
- Dardo – (Italy)
- Kentaurus – (Greece)
- Tulpar – (Turkey)
- Bionix – (Singapore)
- K21 – (South Korea)
- Type 89 – (Japan)
- T-15 Armata – (Russia)
- VCTP – (Argentina)
- Abhay – (India)
- PL-01 – (Poland)
References
- ^ Turnbull, Grant (September 12, 2016). "MSPO 2016: Universal vehicle prototype advances". Shephard Media. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Further reading
- Altair - Polski czołg lekki (in Polish)
- Altair - Propozycja Bumaru: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders (in Polish)
- Altair - WPB Anders (in Polish)
- Altair - Anders strzela (in Polish)
- Bwp Anders – następca BWP-1 (in Polish)
- W Bumarze-Łabędy nowa odsłona ANDERSA (in Polish)
External links
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- Anders 120mm Light Expeditionary tank technical data sheet - specifications - pictures
- picture of fire support vehicle
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