New exhibits at the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw

[dewertus]

A few days ago the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw get two "new heavy exhibits", one of them is a gift from King of Nederland, second comes from Polish Army.

 

[lupanzer]

Great photos!...excelent references

Luiz

 

[moon puppy]

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

 

[Sherman 18]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[reconron]

The Centurion tank from the Netherlands could use some rust removal and a bit of new paint over that.
Thanks for sharing Hubert!


Gr,Ron.

 

[jknaus]

Very cool, thanks
James

 

[Adam Baker]

I would almost think mine removal if it were on the front, but definitely not w/ it on the back.

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

 

[phantom II]

Thanks for sharing Hubert

Cheers, Christian B)

 

[moon puppy]

I would almost think mine removal if it were on the front, but definitely not w/ it on the back.

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

In that case, maybe mine layer?

 

[dewertus]

I would almost think mine removal if it were on the front, but definitely not w/ it on the back.

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

In that case, maybe mine layer?

Yes indeed - it's used for laying mine in the ground

 

[Adam Baker]

Ah, that would make a lot of sense, looking at it, and the chute coming out of the back.

I would almost think mine removal if it were on the front, but definitely not w/ it on the back.

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

In that case, maybe mine layer?

Yes indeed - it's used for laying mine in the ground

 

[dewertus]

Ah, that would make a lot of sense, looking at it, and the chute coming out of the back.

I would almost think mine removal if it were on the front, but definitely not w/ it on the back.

I know that ain't no plow, what's that thing on the back?

In that case, maybe mine layer?

Yes indeed - it's used for laying mine in the ground

This is a quite rare vehicle:

(SUM "Kalina" for Samobieżny Ustawiacz Min - lit. Self propelled Minelayer) is a tracked minelayer developed from SPG-1M specifically for the rapid laying of surface and buried anti-tank mines. The SUM minelayer has a crew of two. The minelaying system is carried at the rear of the vehicle with mines being automatically fed into the system from two magazines carried within the armoured superstructure; each magazine can hold up to 125 anti-tank mines of the TM-62M or TM-62M Wierzba type. The mine magazines are replenished or replaced using a K10 crane mounted at the rear of the vehicle which has a lifting capacity of 2,800 kg. The mine magazines can also be reloaded manually while the magazines are inside the vehicle. Supervision of the laying process can be carried out using a rear-mounted video camera connected to a monitoring screen inside the vehicle. The monitoring screen is located over a control panel used to control the minelaying operations. Provision is made for operations under NBC conditions by an air filtration system and a GO-27 or Polish-produced Tafios detection device.When burying mines the vehicle can travel at a speed between 6 and 10 km/h. When laying surface mines the speed range is from 6 to 20 km/h. It is possible to lay mines in water up to 900 mm deep at a speed of 6 km/h.The vehicle is armed with a 12.7 mm NSW machine gun; 902A smoke grenade launchers are also provided. (WIKI)