Hyundai Rotem Delivers First K2 Tank to Poland... Arrival Welcome Ceremony Held

Polish President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration Chief Attend
Undergo Inspection Process Before Military Deployment

[Asia Economy Reporter Han Ye-ju] A ceremony was held in Poland to welcome the first shipment of the initial batch of K2 tanks.

Hyundai Rotem announced on the 7th that on the 6th (local time), a 'Poland K2 Tank Arrival Welcome Ceremony' was held in Gdynia, Poland. Gdynia is a port city on the northernmost Baltic coast of Poland, located about 300 km north of the capital, Warsaw.

The event commemorating the first delivery of the K2 tanks was attended by Polish political and military figures including President Andrzej Sebastian Duda, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak, and Sebastian Chwałek, Chairman of the state-owned defense group PGZ, as well as Korean public and private officials such as Ahn Dong-hwan, Administrator of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Yoo Dong-jun, Director of the Defense Ministry’s Force Resource Management Office, Ambassador Lim Hoon-min to Poland, and Hyundai Rotem President Lee Yong-bae.

The K2 tanks that arrived on this day are part of the initial batch of 10 units that were first shipped from Hyundai Rotem’s Changwon plant in Gyeongnam last October, arriving in Poland about 50 days after the shipment ceremony.

After undergoing local acceptance inspections and other required procedures, the K2 tanks are expected to be officially delivered and deployed in active service within Polish military units.

Previously, Hyundai Rotem signed a basic contract with the Polish Armaments Agency in July for the urgent supply of K2 tanks and the export of Poland-specific K2 tanks. In August, an export execution contract was signed for the first batch of 180 K2 tanks, marking the first-ever export of a Korean-made tank.

Tank training for the Polish military to operate the K2 tanks locally has recently been conducted in Korea. The remaining tanks beyond the initial batch are scheduled to be delivered sequentially to Poland by 2025.

A Hyundai Rotem official stated, "We will continue to do our best to ensure stable delivery of the follow-up batches of Poland’s K2 tanks," adding, "We will also focus our capabilities on continuous performance improvement research and development so that the K2 tanks can faithfully serve as a shield for maintaining international peace."

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