![]() Two types, the Hungarian-designed FUG and the Sovietdesigned BRDM-2, were included in that inventory Poland began using the FUG in 1966 and the BRDM-2 around 1981. Some 685 amphibious reconnaissance vehicles were in use in 1992. Poland's last fifty-eight light amphibious PT-76 tanks were eliminated as obsolete in 1992. Although the Soviet-licensed and Polish-produced T-72 is comparable to top Western tanks in maneuverability and traction, its effective range is less than that of the best German and United States tanks, and night vision is inferior. The Soviet-designed T-55 tanks, introduced in the 1950s, were considered extremely limited against much more sophisticated Western tanks. In 1992 main battle tanks totaled 2,850, of which 2,065 were T-55 and 785 were T-72. In turn, Berlin plans to have about 320 tanks, Paris - 200 or slightly more. ![]() According to the available information, the Polish Army has around 800 tanks, of which about 550 are T-72 and PT-91, and less than 250 - Leopards 2A4 / 2A5 / 2PL. ![]() ![]() It has much larger armored troops, more numerous than the combined forces of Paris and Berlin, but based mostly on older platforms generatively. Poland is in a different situation than Germany and France. ![]()
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