WPB Anders

Anders
Anders light tank demonstrator during MSPO exhibition 2010
Type	fighting vehicle
Place of origin	Poland
Production history
Designer	OBRUM
Designed	2008-2011
Specifications
Weight	35 t (77,000 lb)
Length	6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Width	3.2 m (10 ft)
Height	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Crew	3 (Commander, gunner and driver)
Passengers	4 (Light Tank) or 8 (IFV)

Main armament	120mm Ruag CTG cannon or 30 x 173 mm ATK Mk44 Bushmaster II gun
Secondary armament	co-axial 7.62mm UKM-2000C 12.7mm WKM-B or 40mm GA-40 in remote controlled turret
Engine	MTU diesel 720 hp (540 kW)
Power/weight	22 hp/tonne
Suspension	Torsion bar suspension
Speed	80 km/h (50 mph)

The WPB Anders (Polish: Wielozadaniowa Platforma Bojowa Anders i.e. Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM ( Polish: Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń Mechanicznych – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the Bumar Group (now Polish Armaments Group). It is named after Władysław Anders, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the Polish government-in-exile.

History

Anders light tank demonstrator on MSPO 2010

Anders light tank prototype on MSPO 2010

The vehicle was designed to replace the Polish Army's remaining inventory of obsolete BWP-1 fighting vehicles family, the first prototype being publicly shown in 2010, at the MSPO Kielce defense industry exhibition. During its first presentation, the vehicle was shown in its fire support configuration (Polish: wóz wsparcia ogniowego), armed with a 120mm tank gun. The media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later, the same vehicle was shown configured as an infantry fighting vehicle (Polish: bojowy wóz piechoty) with a KTO Rosomak Hitfist-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants, such as command and control, medical evacuation, combat-engineering and self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.

Technical details

In its basic configuration the vehicle has a STANAG 4569 protection level of 3 - this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add-on armor system.

Variants

Anders infantry fighting vehicle prototype on MSPO 2011

Developed by OBRUM for Polish Armed Forces as part of the Universal Modular Tracked Platform (UMTP)-family. To the date, OBRUM have been developed infantry fighting vehicle base on Anders chassis, and furthermore developing versions including engineering vehicles, command and control, ammunition wagons and medical vehicles etc.^[1]

References

↑ Turnbull, Grant (September 12, 2016). "MSPO 2016: Universal vehicle prototype advances". Shephard Media. Retrieved September 12, 2016.

External links

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Polish armoured fighting vehicles after World War II

Main battle tanks	Leopard 2 A4/A5 PT-91 Twardy T-72M1 T-55AM Merida T-55 T-54 T-34-85

Light tanks	PT-76 T-70

Infantry fighting vehicles	KBWP Rosomak BWP-2 BWP-1

Armoured personnel carriers	KTO Rosomak KTO Ryś SPG Kalina Opal MT-LB OT-62 TOPAS OT-64 SKOT

Armored cars	AMZ Dzik BRDM-2M96/M96i/M96ik/M97/M98 BRDM-2

MRAPs	Cougar H MaxxPro MaxxPro Dash M-ATV

Four-wheel drive vehicles	Honker HMMWV Mercedes G Land Rover Defender UAZ-469

Self-propelled guns	Krab Dana wz. 77 2S1 Goździk 2S7 Pion ASU-85 ASU-57

Rocket artillery	WR-40 Langusta RM-70/85 BM-21 Grad BM-24 BM-14

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	PZA Loara ZSU-23-4MP Biała Hibneryt ZSU-23-4 ZSU-57-2

Self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems	Poprad 9K33M3 Osa-P 2K12M Kub-M S-125 Newa SC S-200 Wega C 2K11M Krug-M 9K31 Strela-1 9K35 Strela-10

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