Contract on Rosomak APCs with ZSSW-30 Coming Soon. Passive Radars Procurement by the End of the Year?

The first of the announcements is tied to the agreement on procurement of further Rosomak APCs (in fact, wheeled infantry fighting vehicles), fitted with the ZSSW-30 unmanned turret system. The contract is to be signed next week. Most probably the deal will cover 58 vehicles with a standard body.

In the fourth quarter, the agreement is to be signed regarding another 174 Rosomak APCs, coming in the Rosomak-L extended variant. The newly procured Rosomak carriers will be fitted with the new Scania DC13 engine. The legacy Scania DI12 engine is no longer being manufactured. Let us add that the Polish Armed Forces are currently receiving the first batch of Rosomak APCs outfitted with the ZSSW-30 turret systems. They are existing vehicles, integrated with the new turret systems.

After the turret system passed qualification tests in late 2021, a contract was awarded in 2022 for the delivery of 70 APCs, with a deadline set in 2027. The first APCs from that batch have already been commissioned in the 21st Highland Brigade. It is worth recalling that the Rosomak carrier in the existing variant with the ZSSW-30 turret, passed tests that included the amphibious capability requirement, but the buoyancy reserve proved - in the military’s assessment - too low so that the amphibious requirement was eventually excluded.

Rosomak-L is a variant of the Rosomak platform the length of which went up from 7.8 to 8.4 meters. It also includes other enhancements, including the option of heightening the protection levels offered by the armour. As we can see, some of the enhancements, the new engine included, will also be integrated into the existing Rosomak variant coming off the production line.

Gen. Kuptel also unveiled the fact that the PET/PCL (Passive Emitter Tracking/Passive Coherent Location) system procurement deal is also going to be signed this year. The said system will become a sensor for the Wisła and Narew air defence systems, complementing the active radars.