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Slovakia has signed an agreement with Poland to purchase 30 Rosomak 8x8 armoured vehicles 10507151.

| 2015
Defence & Security News - Slovakia
 
Slovakia has signed an agreement with Poland to purchase 30 Rosomak 8x8 armoured vehicles.
Slovakia plans to buy 30 armored personnel carriers (APC) Rosomak from Poland over the next three years in a deal worth about $32 million, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Friday, July 3, 2015. The agreement was signed during Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's official visit to Poland.
     
Slovakia plans to buy 30 armored personnel carriers (APC) Rosomak from Poland over the next three years in a deal worth about $32 million, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Friday, July 3, 2015. The agreement was signed during Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's official visit to Poland. Scipio 8x8 armoured vehicle based one the Polish Rosomak was showed for the first time during the defense exhibition IDET 2015 in Czech Republic, May 2015.
     
Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz praised the deal as a success of the Polish weapons industry, saying: "We want to promote Rosomaks not only in Europe, but also worldwide."

She added the agreement secured the employment of 3,500 people working at the plant in Siemianowice Slaskie, where the Rosomaks are built.

During the Defense Exhibition IDET 2015 which was held in May 2015, Polish Armament Group has presented the new ‘Scipio’, a cooperation between the Polish and Slovak defence industries based on the 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicle Rosomak.

The Scipio unveiled at IDET 2015 used the chassis of the Polish 8x8 armoured Rosomak fitted with a turret designed and manufactured by the Slovak Company EVPU. The turret is armed with a 30 mm main gun. Both Russian 2A42 30 mm gun or American Mk 44 Bushmaster II 30 mm gun, manufactured by Orbital ATK, can be used as main armament. Secondary armament first consists of PKT 7.62 mm or FN Minimi 7.62 mm machine guns.

At IDET 2015, the Scipio was also armed with two Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) Konkurs mounted to the left side of the turret.

The Polish Rosomak is a local variant of the Finnish Patria Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV). he Rosomak was ordered by the Polish MoD (Ministry of Defence) in 2002 in order to modernize the Polish Army fleet. It is a Polish license-produced version of the Finnish Patria AMV.

The Rosomak has very similar layout of the Finnish AMV. The IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) variant of the Rosomak is fitted with an Italian turret Hitfist-30P. The turret is armed with with a Bushmaster II 30-mm cannon and coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun.

The Rosomak is a combat proven combat vehicle. It has been deployed with the Polish Army during the conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan and during peacekeeping mission in Chad and Central African Republic.
     
Slovakia plans to buy 30 armored personnel carriers (APC) Rosomak from Poland over the next three years in a deal worth about $32 million, Polish Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said on Friday, July 3, 2015. The agreement was signed during Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's official visit to Poland. The Rosomak 8x8 IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) was deployed by the Polish Army during the conflict in Afghanistan.
 

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