Poland orders more "Piorun GROM MANPADS" air defense missiles fired from the shoulder
The Polish Ministry of National Defense has awarded the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) a contract for the delivery of additional 600 Piorun shoulder-fired air defense missile systems as well as 3,500 missiles that will be manufactured by the Polish company Mesko.
According to the head of the Polish Ministry of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak, the first Piorun systems are expected to happen by the end of this year.
“It is a product of Polish technical thought, a weapon produced in our country. It is also a weapon that was tested during the war in Ukraine. Even before the outbreak of the war, we handed over these kits to Ukrainians. It turned out that they were effective… and the Ukrainians used these kits to successfully defend themselves against the Russian invasion. That is why we decided to annex the contract from 2016 and increase the volume of ordering sets for the Polish Army. They will go to the soldiers of the Polish Army later this year, ” said Błaszczak.
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