![]() 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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