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Day 4 for Army Recognition editorial team at MSPO 2019, the International Defense Exhibition
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I'm standing right here on PGZ display, which is known as Polish Armament Group, which comprises
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more than 60 companies and is the leading manufacturer of modern army
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This year PGZ has presented a wide range of products in the air, land and navy field
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including ship, drones, weapons, rockets and more. In the field of air defense system, PIT Radar, a subdivision of PGZ, presents the POPRAD
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an air defense system which is in service with the Polish Armed Forces. The system consists of two vehicles, the launcher vehicle and the radar system
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The POPRAD is a self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system designed to destroy air targets
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at low and medium altitudes. The vehicle is armoured with four MANPADS type GROM
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It's similar to the SA-24 from the Russian. The vehicle is armoured with four missiles and four spare part missiles are located in the vehicle
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The MANPADS GROM has a firing range from 500 meters to 5,500 meters, with an altitude from 10 to 3,500 meters
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The BISTRA is the radar used by the POPRAD battery system. It is designed to locate and detect air targets at short range and for support air defense units
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The vehicle is able to detect and track different types of air threats
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as combat aircraft, helicopters, as well as missiles, UAVs and mortar shells
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The vehicle is fitted with a radar antenna mounted on the top of the vehicle
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which has a traverse of 260 degrees and elevation coverage up to 70 degrees
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The radar is able to detect a target at 80 km. Another new product of the Polish pavilion designed and manufactured by the company Rosomak
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is the heavy wheel evacuation and technical rescue vehicle called Ardun. The Ardun is a wheel vehicle based on a truck chassis
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It is designed to perform the task of technical support of subunits equipped with wheel vehicles
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in particular KTO Rosomak and vehicles based on Rosomak chassis. The front of the vehicle has dozer blades
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The crew cabin is protected to offer protection level 2 according to STANAG 4569
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offering mild protection and ballistic protection. The rear of the vehicle is equipped with a crane to perform repair operations
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and also evacuation of vehicles on the battlefield. A very interesting product of the Polish pavilion is the Perun
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an autonomous wheel combat vehicle equipped with a remote controlled weapon station ZSMU-E3
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which is armoured with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun. This unmanned grounded vehicle, UGV, can be controlled from distances from 3 to 5 km
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This UGV has a maximum range of 50 km and an autonomy of 10 hours
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The ZU-23 is one of the most popular Russian-made air defence systems
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Polish defence industry continues to develop and modernise that type of weapons
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At MSBO, the company Zaklamechanika Tarno presents the ZU-23-2CP, a new modernisation variant of the standard 23 mm 2A4 cannons
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This new version is equipped with a new sight to extend the range to 2,500 m
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and also to an altitude of 1,500 m. Polish defence industry design and produce a full range of different types of weapon systems
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including 7.62 mm machine gun, multi-barrel machine gun, heavy machine gun 12.7 mm calibre
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and also different types of sniper rifle, mortar system and pistols. UAVs, unmanned aerial vehicles, are the new threats on the battlefield
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Polish defence industry has also developed and designed specific weapons systems to neutralise UAVs
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This system is equipped with a scope mounted on the top of the weapon system
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and this system is able to neutralise UAVs at a maximum range of 1,000 m
