Bumar-Labedy is an arms manufacturer based in the Polish part of Upper Silesia. It is a division of the Polish Armaments Group. [1] [2] [3] [4]
In 2010 the firm won the contract to build Hitfist OWS remote-controlled turrets for Polish armored vehicles. [1] [2]
In 2016 the firm was awarded the contract to refit Poland's Leopard 2 tanks. [2]
In 2017 the firm was contracted to refit Poland's T-72 tanks. [5]
The Patria AMV is an 8×8 multi-role military vehicle produced by the Finnish defence industry company Patria.
The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT). Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German army. Various iterations of the Leopard 2 continue to be operated by the armed forces of Germany, as well as 13 other European countries, and several non-European states around the world, including Canada, Chile, Indonesia, and Singapore. Some operating states have licensed the Leopard 2 design for local production and domestic development.
Gliwicki Klub Sportowy Piast Gliwice is a Polish football club based in Gliwice. In the 2018–19 season, Piast won its first Polish championship. As of 2022–23, it competes in the Ekstraklasa, Poland's top division.
The PT-91 Twardy is a Polish main battle tank. A development of the T-72M1, it entered service in 1995. The PT-91 was designed at the OBRUM and is produced by the Bumar Łabędy company, part of the Bumar Group, a Polish technical military consortium. Changes from the T-72M include a new dual-axis stabilized fire-control system, reactive armour, a more powerful engine, transmission and new automatic loader.
The Land Forces are the land forces of the Polish Armed Forces. They currently contain some 62,000 active personnel and form many components of the European Union and NATO deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stretches back a millennium – since the 10th century. Poland's modern army was formed after Poland regained independence following World War I in 1918.
The Rheinmetall Rh-120 is a 120 mm smoothbore tank gun designed and produced in former West Germany by the Rheinmetal-DeTec AG company, it was developed in response to Soviet advances in armour technology and development of new armoured threats. Production began in 1974, with the first version of the gun, known as the L/44 as it was 44 calibres long, used on the German Leopard 2 tank and soon produced under license for the American M1A1 Abrams and other tanks. The 120-millimetre (4.7 in) gun has a length of 5.28 metres (17.3 ft), and the gun system weighs approximately 3,317 kilograms (7,313 lb).
The Grom is a man-portable air-defense system produced in Poland and based on the Soviet man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM) 9K38 Igla. It consists of a 72 mm anti-aircraft missile set with a flight speed of 650 m/s, as well as a single-use launcher, re-usable gripstock and thermal battery coolant assembly electric unit. The full name of the system is PZR Grom, PZR standing for Przeciwlotniczy Zestaw Rakietowy.
The KTO Rosomak is an 8×8 multi-role military vehicle produced by Rosomak S.A. in Siemianowice Śląskie, a Polish Armaments Group company. The vehicle is a licensed variant of the Finnish Patria's armored modular vehicle.
WZT was a Polish post-World War II armoured recovery vehicle series. It consists of five versions. The first two, WZT-1 and WZT-2 were built on T-55/T-55A hull, the WZT-3 was built on T-72M hull, the WZT-3M was built on PT-91 hull and the WZT-4 was built on PT-91M hull for Malaysia.
BWP-2000 is a prototype Polish IFV developed from early 1990s to 1999 but eventually canceled.
The Leopardo 2E or Leopard 2A6E (E stands for España, Spanish for 'Spain') is a variant of the German Leopard 2 main battle tank (specifically the Leopard 2A6 variant), tailored to the requirements of the Spanish army, which acquired it as part of an armament modernization program named Programa Coraza, or Program Cuirass. The acquisition program for the Leopard 2E began in 1994, five years after the cancellation of the Lince tank program that culminated in an agreement to transfer 108 Leopard 2A4s to the Spanish army in 1998 and started the local production of the Leopard 2E in December 2002. Despite postponement of production owing to the 2003 merger between Santa Bárbara Sistemas and General Dynamics, and continued manufacturing issues between 2006 and 2007, 219 Leopard 2Es have been delivered to the Spanish army.
The WPB Anders is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM part of the Bumar Group. It is named after Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the Polish government-in-exile.
Berberys-R is a Polish multispectral camouflage system, reducing visibility in the visible and infrared spectra, to thermal vision, and to radiolocation signatures. It is manufactured by company Miranda sp. z o.o. (Poland). It is offered for individual soldiers, PT-91 and Leopard 2 MBT's, and also for the KTO Rosomak vehicle among others. It is in use by Polish Army units participating in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
This article deals with the history and development of tanks of the Polish army from their first use after World War I, into the interwar period, during World War II, the Cold War and modern era.
Hitfist OWS is a remotely operated turret, for armored vehicles, developed by the Italian Oto Melara and derived from Hitfist.
The Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) is a project by France, Germany and Italy started in 2012, aiming to replace their currently in-service Leclerc, Leopard 2, and Ariete main battle tanks (MBTs). The MGCS is to be built by KMW+Nexter Defense Systems (KNDS), an Amsterdam-based holding company of German and French military vehicle building interests. As of 2018 the first unit was estimated to roll off the assembly line in 2035.
The Leopard 2PL is a main battle tank used by the Polish Armed Forces, and is a modernized version of the older Leopard 2A4 tank, phased out by Germany and first acquired by Poland in the 2000s. The modernisation is currently being carried out in cooperation with Rheinmetall and the Polish Armaments Group.
Challenger 3 (CR3) is a planned fourth generation British main battle tank in development for the British Army. It will be produced by conversion of existing Challenger 2 tanks by the British/German Rheinmetall BAE Systems Land joint venture.
W Łabędach produkowane są załogowe wieże Hitfist 30 mm do bojowej wersji kołowego transportera opancerzonego Rosomak. Firma dostarczyła już ponad 200 takich wież do Rosomaków, które służą m.in. podczas misji w Afganistanie
Według komunikatu UOKiK konsolidacja w ramach PGZ ma objąć łącznie 8 spółek, w tym Mesko z siedzibą w Skarżysku Kamiennej, ZM Bumar-Łabędy i OBRUM Gliwice, Przemysłowe Centrum Optyki, PIT-Radwar, Cenrex i Cenzin z siedzibą w Warszawie oraz poznańską spółkę Stomil-Poznań. Wymienione firmy zajmują się projektowaniem, produkcją oraz serwisowaniem sprzętu wojskowego i uzbrojenia.
Germany's Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and Poland's state-run defense company Bumar-Labedy SA have signed a deal worth €130 million (US $144 million) to modernize the Leopard 2A4 tanks, which are operated by the Polish military, Bumar-Labedy said in a statement.
In April 2017, Ukroboronprom and the Zaklady Mechaniczne "Bumar – Labedy" S.A. started joint T-72 modernization.
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