{"id":80946,"date":"2026-07-11T01:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/80946\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T01:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:29:12","slug":"bae-systems-explores-production-of-m88a2-armored-recovery-vehicle-in-poland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/80946\/","title":{"rendered":"BAE Systems Explores Production of M88A2 Armored Recovery Vehicle in Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/dronefront.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#13;<br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WhatsAppVideo2026-05-15at09.23.58.gif\" alt=\"The Drone Front\" width=\"1280\" height=\"539\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAE Systems is exploring potential cooperation with Polish defense firms to maintain, repair, and possibly manufacture the M88A2 Armored Recovery Vehicle in Poland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The collaboration would aim to strengthen support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2022\/11\/23\/poland-combat-recovery-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Polish Army\u2019s M88A2 fleet<\/a>, which provides heavy recovery capabilities for armored vehicles, including the M1 Abrams main battle tank. The M88A2 can maneuver and recover stranded armored vehicles weighing up to 70 tons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BAE signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with PGZ Capital Group companies, Wojskowe Zak\u0142ady Motoryzacyjne S.A. (WZM) and H.CEGIELSKI-POZNA\u0143 SA (HCP), which specialize in tracked armored vehicle sustainment and manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement builds on a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2025\/05\/05\/poland-hercules-armored-recovery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">licensing agreement in 2025<\/a> between BAE Systems and WZM, which focused on M88A2 maintenance, repair, overhaul, and sustainment, while adding HCP\u2019s manufacturing expertise to the collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBy integrating our global expertise with the support and manufacturing capabilities of WZM and HCP, we are not just providing equipment; we are investing in Polish defence and local industrial growth,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baesystems.com\/en-us\/article\/bae-systems-signs-agreement-with-wzm-and-hcp-in-poland-for-armoured-recovery-vehicles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">said<\/a> Dean Medland, VP of Sustainment &amp; International at BAE Systems.<\/p>\n<p>BAE Systems in Poland<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Medland said the agreement is \u201ca testament to how BAE Systems does business: prioritising the needs of our allies through strong local strategic relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, BAE Systems and state-owned defense group PGZ teamed up to establish a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2025\/09\/15\/pgz-bae-155mm-artillery-poland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">155mm artillery ammunition factory in Poland<\/a>, aiming to produce up to 180,000 shells that will arm the Polish military\u2019s K9 and Krab self-propelled howitzers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative received a <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefensepost.com\/2026\/06\/02\/pgz-bae-award-ammunition-collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">British-Polish Collaboration Award<\/a> from the British Embassy in Warsaw and the British Polish Chamber of Commerce in May 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; BAE Systems is exploring potential cooperation with Polish defense firms to maintain, repair, and possibly manufacture&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[21224],"tags":[21234,8160,24826,5,6],"class_list":["post-80946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bae","tag-bae","tag-bae-systems","tag-poland","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116898756256236726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}