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Poland to buy 250 US Abrams tanks by AFP Staff Writers Warsaw (AFP) July 14, 2021 Poland on Wednesday announced the purchase of 250 of the latest upgraded version of the Abrams tank from the United States. "Our army will be enriched by a large number of Abrams tanks which are the most advanced in the world," Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, who also heads up the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, told reporters. "If all goes well, deliveries will begin next year," he said. The eastern NATO member's defence ministry said the order was for 250 M1A2 SEPv3 tanks but did not specify the cost. The US and Poland last year signed a defence cooperation agreement and Washington said it would send an extra 1,000 troops on rotation to Poland on top of the 4,500 already deployed there. This is part of a wider NATO response to concerns in the region triggered by Russia's 2014 annexation of territory from neighbouring Ukraine.
$445M sale of heavy military trucks to Kuwait approved by State Dept Washington DC (UPI) Jul 2, 2021 A $445 million sale of heavy tactical vehicles to Kuwait is forthcoming, the State Department's Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week. A DSCA statement on Thursday listed 517 trucks, trailers, missile transporters and similar equipment, principally manufactured by Oshkosh Defense LLC, to sell to Kuwait's military forces. It also specified that between 10 and 125 "embedded U.S. contract representatives" will provide training and other services to Kuwait in a five-year pr ... read more
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