Poland reinforced the border with Kaliningrad region with 28 K2 tanks

Poland has reinforced the border with the Kaliningrad region by deploying 28 South Korean K2 tanks in the border region. About it on August 25 said Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh, Minister of National Defense of the Republic.

"The first Korean tanks from the contract signed on August 1, 2025 for the new K2 and K2PL are already in Poland. 28 K2 tanks reached Poland and reinforced the 16th Mechanized Division," he wrote on his Facebook page. Twitter).

Kosinyak-Kamysh explained that the transferred armored vehicles entered service with the sixteenth mechanized division, which is stationed directly near the border with the Russian Federation. The combat vehicles arrived as part of a large-scale defense agreement signed by Warsaw and Seoul last year. The head of the ministry also added that in subsequent planned shipments under this contract, tanks in a special K2PL modification will be supplied to the country, which will partially use Polish components in their production.

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