WPB Anders
| Anders | |
|---|---|
 Anders light tank demonstrator during MSPO exhibition 2010 | |
| Type | fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Production history | |
| Designer | OBRUM |
| Designed | 2008–2011 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 35 t (77,000 lb) |
| Length | 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Height | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Crew | 3 (Commander, gunner and driver) |
| Passengers | 4 (Light Tank) or 8 (IFV) |
Main armament | 120 mm Ruag CTG cannon or 30 × 173 mm ATK Mk44 Bushmaster II gun |
Secondary armament | co-axial 7.62 mm UKM-2000C 12.7 mm WKM-B or 40 mm GA-40 in remote controlled turret |
| Engine | MTU diesel 720 hp (540 kW) |
| Power/weight | 22 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | Torsion bar suspension |
| Maximum speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) |
The WPB Anders (Polish: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders i.e., Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM ( Polish: Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the Bumar Group (now Polish Armaments 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.
History[edit]
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The vehicle was designed to replace the Polish Army's remaining inventory of obsolete BWP-1 fighting vehicles family, the first prototype being publicly shown in 2010, at the MSPO Kielce defense industry exhibition. During its first presentation, the vehicle was shown in its fire support configuration (Polish: wóz wsparcia ogniowego), armed with a 120-mm tank gun. The media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later, the same vehicle was shown configured as an infantry fighting vehicle (Polish: bojowy wóz piechoty) with a KTO Rosomak Hitfist-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants, such as command and control, medical evacuation, combat-engineering and self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.
Technical details[edit]
In its basic configuration the vehicle has a STANAG 4569 protection level of 3; this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add-on armor system.
Variants[edit]
Developed by OBRUM for Polish Armed Forces as part of the Universal Modular Tracked Platform (UMTP)-family. To the date,[when?] OBRUM have been developed infantry fighting vehicle base on Anders chassis, and furthermore developing versions including engineering vehicles, command and control, ammunition wagons and medical vehicles etc.[1]
See also[edit]
- Władysław Anders – Polish general (1892–1970)
- PT-91 Twardy – Polish main battle tank
- M2 Bradley – American infantry fighting vehicle
- AIFV – infantry fighting vehicle family by FMV
- CV90 – Swedish Infantry fighting vehicle
- Puma – German infantry fighting vehicle
- Warrior – British infantry fighting vehicle
- ASCOD – Austro-Spanish armoured fighting vehicle
- Dardo – Italian infantry fighting vehicle
- Kentaurus – Greek infantry fighting vehicle
- Tulpar – Turkish infantry fighting vehicle
- Bionix – Singaporean infantry fighting vehicle
- K21 – South Korean infantry fighting vehicle
- Type 89 – Japanese infantry fighting vehicle
- T-15 Armata – Russian heavy infantry fighting vehicle
- VCTP – Argentine medium tank
- Abhay – Indian Infantry Combat Vehicle
- PL-01 – Polish main battle tank
References[edit]
- ^ Turnbull, Grant (September 12, 2016). "MSPO 2016: Universal vehicle prototype advances". Shephard Media. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
Further reading[edit]
- Altair - Polski czołg lekki (in Polish)
- Altair - Propozycja Bumaru: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders (in Polish)
- Altair - WPB Anders (in Polish)
- Altair - Anders strzela (in Polish)
- Bwp Anders – następca BWP-1 (in Polish)
- W Bumarze-Łabędy nowa odsłona ANDERSA (in Polish)
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