According to Jerzy Marek Nowakowski, the former ambassador of Poland to Armenia, the first joint Armenian-Polish military-industrial enterprise “Lyubava-Armenia”, which has been operating in Armenia since 2014, is not ruled out to leave Armenia.

The ambassador said this during a meeting with Armenian journalists at the Center for Eastern European Studies in Poland, “Aravot.am” writes.

The former ambassador noted that he learned about it in a private conversation and does not open many brackets.

The company is engaged in the production of modern multifunctional camouflage technologies, releasing products of military and technical significance: false targets, technical and other tents, helmets, body armor, camouflage nets, etc. In 2017, it became known that the enterprise produces $1.7 million worth of equipment/equipment for the RA Armed Forces.

The military-industrial cooperation between Armenia and Poland intensified after 2011, and in May 2013, information appeared in the media that Armenia was preparing to upgrade its T-72 tanks to the PT-72U level, offered by the Polish company Bumar Łabędy.

According to a report published by the Russian “World Arms Trade Analysis Center” years ago, 84 units of T-72 Armenian tanks will be upgraded to the PT-72U level. The relevant contract with the Polish side was signed in 2012, reports RazmInfo.

According to the contract, 24 out of 84 tanks will be modernized in 2013, and 30 tanks each will be modernized in 2014 and 2015. The total value of the contract is 100 million US dollars.

It should also be noted that according to the estimates of Razm.info, the Armenian army has approximately ~530-540 units of T-72. You can learn more about the “tank balance” problem of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the article.

The interest of the Armenian side in Polish modernization began in 2011, when the Minister of Defense of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan During the “MSPO-2011” military-industrial exhibition, he visited the booth of the Polish company “Bumar Łabędy”, where he was presented with the PT-72U tank.

In the future, steps were taken in the direction of the development of the Armenian-Polish military-technical cooperation. Thus, in July 2013, the Government of Armenia agreed to the recommendations of concluding an agreement “on military-technical cooperation between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Poland”.

The PT-72U tank is an upgrade of the Soviet T-72 tank. It is mainly intended for fighting in urban conditions and in so-called local wars. The Polish tank is equipped with a 1000-horsepower engine (the base T-72 tank has a 780-horsepower engine). The dynamic armor is strengthened, anti-cumulative mesh screens are fixed in the rear parts of the tank tower and hull. Additional anti-mine shields are attached to the floor of the mechanic-driver’s workplace. There is a turret on the tower, on which a 12.7 mm remote-controlled machine gun is mounted. The tank also has cameras that show all sides of the tank.

It should be noted that Poland has rich tank building traditions. During the period of the existence of the Soviet Union and the cooperation of the Warsaw Pact countries, Poland received a license to produce T-72M1 tanks from the USSR and produced them under the name PT-91 Twardy.

In addition, T-55 and T-54 tanks were also produced in Poland under the license of the USSR. Poland also exported these tanks. Currently, Poland is also experimenting with creating its own tank.