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The MSBS-7.62N project began in the end of 2015 when Polish Military of Defence announced analytical works for the replacement program of their SVD Dragunov marksman rifle and supplement the bolt-action TRG-22 and Tor sniper rifles currently in service. It was led by the team of Fabryka Broni Łucznik-Radom and Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna (WAT ...
150 TRG M10 were ordered by Polish Land Forces in 2016. [44] WKW Wilk Poland.50 BMG. anti-materiel rifle. WKW Wilk: 80: The nickname "WKW" stands for Wielkokalibrowy Karabin Wyborowy or Large Caliber Sniper Rifle. Its military designation in the Polish army is known as the Tor. Developed by Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów; Unknown number donated ...
The Polish Armed forces currently operate a total of 140 G-class vehicles. [15] The Land forces operate 121 GD 290s and MB290GD WDs. [14] The military police uses 13 GD 290s. [14] Tarpan Honker: 4x4: Honker Skorpion 3 special version: Used by JW komandosów: Polish made off-road vehicles, best variants are powered with Polish Andoria engines ...
2003 – 2004, 2007–2008 – GROM soldiers took part in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They also operated in Iraq after May 2003. 2007 – 2021 – GROM was part of Special Forces in Afghanistan, as Task Force 49, operating in Ghazni Province. [19] 2012 – Protection of Polish and International civilians during the Euro 2012 football tournament. [20]
The WKW Tor or previously WKW Wilk (Wolf) is a modern anti-materiel and/or sniper rifle produced in Poland by the Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów. The abbreviation "WKW" stands for Wielkokalibrowy Karabin Wyborowy or Large Caliber Sniper Rifle. The rifle was initially given the working name Wilk, but after completion of development it was given ...
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland (Polish: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, pronounced [ˈɕiwɨ ˈzbrɔjnɛ ʐɛt͡ʂpɔsˈpɔlitɛj ˈpɔlskʲɛj]; abbreviated SZ RP), also called the Polish Armed Forces and popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland ([ˈvɔj.skɔ ˈpɔl.skjɛ], roughly the "Polish Military"—abbreviated WP), are the national armed forces of the Republic of ...
The current official name Formoza comes from a Polish Navy seamen nickname of unit's training base "Formoza" (from relation between mainland, coast and island like PRC and ROC Taiwan - Formosa) - a former WW2 German torpedo test platform, 500 m away from coast in Gdynia Naval Harbour (Formoza means Formosa in Polish).
Rafał Gan-Ganowicz was born in Wawer-Warsaw on 23 April 1932.His family is descended from Tatars who settled in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 16th century. His father served in the French Foreign Legion for a time, and later traveled to South America for business, investing in a rubber plantation in Brazil and gold mines in Argentina.