Ukraine to buy 100 Rosomak armored vehicles from Poland

WARSAW, Poland — Ukraine will acquire 100 eight-wheel-drive Rosomak armored modular vehicles from Poland for its armed forces, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced during a visit to the Polish plant that makes the vehicles.

“The Ukrainian Army will buy from us 100 units of the Rosomak, which is produced in Siemianowice Śląskie. Rosomaks are top-shelf combat vehicles,” Morawiecki said in a Facebook post on April 1.

Ukraine will pay for the vehicles with the use of the funds it has obtained from the European Union and the United States, according to the prime minister. Poland has been calling on its Western partners to further increase the funding to support Ukraine’s combat against the Russian invasion, Morawiecki said.

The value of the order was not disclosed by the politician.

The factory in Siemianowice Śląskie is operated by local company Rosomak S.A., a subsidiary of Poland’s state-run defense giant PGZ. The group produces the Rosomak under a license from Finland’s Patria. Since 2004, about 900 vehicles in different variants have rolled out of the Polish plant.

In its combat version, the Rosomak can accommodate a crew of three, plus eight troops. The vehicle has a maximum speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), according to data from PGZ.

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

波兰华沙——波兰总理马特乌什·莫拉维茨基在参观生产罗索马克装甲模块化车辆的波兰工厂时宣布，乌克兰将从波兰采购 100 辆八轮驱动的罗索马克装甲模块化车辆供其武装部队使用。

“乌克兰军队将从我们这里购买100辆罗索马克装甲车，该车在西里西亚谢米亚诺维采生产。罗索马克是顶级​​的作战车辆，”莫拉维茨基于4月1日在Facebook上发帖说。

据总理称，乌克兰将利用从欧盟和美国获得的资金支付这些车辆的费用。莫拉维茨基表示，波兰一直在呼吁其西方伙伴进一步增加资金，以支持乌克兰对抗俄罗斯入侵。

这位政治家并未透露订单金额。

位于西里西亚省谢米亚诺维采的这家工厂由当地公司Rosomak SA运营，该公司是波兰国有国防巨头PGZ的子公司。该集团根据芬兰Patria公司的许可生产Rosomak装甲车。自2004年以来，这家波兰工厂已生产了约900辆不同型号的装甲车。

战斗版的“罗索马克”装甲车可容纳三名乘员和八名士兵。根据PGZ的数据，该车最高时速为100公里/小时（62英里/小时）。

Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。