Equipment of the Polish Army

The Polish military continues to use mostly Soviet-era equipment, however since joining NATO in 1999, Poland has been upgrading and modernizing its hardware to NATO standards. The General Staff has been reorganized into a NATO-compatible J/G-1 through J/G-6 structure. Recent modernization projects include the acquisition of (48) F-16 fighter jets from the United States, (128) Leopard 2 MBTs from Germany, ATGM technology from Israel (as well as possible future acquisition of Rafael Python 5 missiles), and (690) Patria AMV AFVs from Finland.

Polish Land Forces (2008 data)^[1]

• 949 MBTs - 128 Leopard 2, 232 PT-91 Twardy, 589 T-72
• 1508 AIFV - 1297 BMP-1, 211 KTO Rosomak (Patria)
• 693 APC
• 40 MRAPs
• 946 artillery pieces
• 145 Army helicopters (32 Mi-24, 37 PZL W-3 Sokol, 46 Mi-2, 17 Mi-8, 13 Mi-17)

Polish Air Forces (2008 data) ^[1]

• Multirole: 48 F-16 C/D
• Fighter: 34 Mig-29A
• Fighter Ground Attack: 48 Su-22M-4 Fitter
• Training: 54 PZL TS-11 Iskra, 36 PZL-130, 8 Mig-29UB
• Transport: 11 CASA C-295M, 5 C-130E (being delivered), 2 An-28, 15 M-28 Bryza, 2 Tu-154, 4 Yak-40
• Helicopters: 66 support (17 PZL W-3 Sokol, 11 Mi-8, 38 Mi-2), 1 utility (Bell 412), 6 training (PZL SW-4)
• Air defence: 625 SAM - 500 SA-3, 75 SA-4, 50 SA-5

Polish Navy (2008 data) ^[1]

• 2 Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates (FFG) - ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko, ORP Generał Kazimierz Pułaski
• 1 small frigate (FF) - ORP Kaszub
• 2 Tarantul class corvettes
• 3 Orkan class (Sassnitz class) corvettes
• 5 submarines - 4 Sokol class (Kobben class submarine), 1 Kilo class
• 20 mine warfare/countermeasures ships
• 8 amphibious ships
• 33 logistics and support ships
• 13 naval fixed wing aircraft (various An-28 variants), 30 naval helicopters

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