Poland signed an agreement with South Korea providing for the creation of a joint Polish-Korean enterprise for the production of K2 tanks. The agreement was concluded between PGZ (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa) and Hyundai Rotem - it was officially signed on February 23, according to the Polish company's Twitter..

The agreement provides not only for the manufacture of K2 tanks in the K2PL version, but also for other vehicles based on this base.. We are also talking about the production of self-propelled artillery installations K9. The process will be deployed in Poznan at the Wojskowe Zaklady Motoryzacyjne plant, on whose territory a service and logistics center for Leopard 2 tanks was opened in 2019.

This decision is a continuation of the active cooperation in the defense sphere between Warsaw and Seoul.. In particular, in August 2022, Poland ordered 180 K2 tanks and 212 K9A1 self-propelled guns from Korea.. The total cost of the transaction was estimated at more than $5.7 billion..

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Note that the agreement covers the possibility of Poland not only to produce 820 tanks in the K2PL version, but also to produce these vehicles for export in the future..

Earlier, the US State Department approved the supply of arms to Poland for $10 billion.. The list of equipment includes HIMARS missile systems.