WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has signed an agreement to purchase anti-tank grenade launchers from Sweden’s Saab for around 6.5 billion zlotys (1.51 billion euros), the Polish minister announced Defense Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.
Poland will devote nearly 4% of its gross domestic product (GDP) to defense this year, in the context of the war between Russia and Ukraine.
“The Polish armed forces will receive anti-tank grenade launchers produced in Sweden, and we are allocating about 6.5 billion zlotys for this purpose,” Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said at a press conference, adding that this armament had made proof of its effectiveness in Ukraine.
The agreement concerns the Carl-Gustaf M4 grenade launcher, intended to combat all types of modern combat vehicles.
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The Polish Defense Minister added that the contract provided for several thousand grenade launchers and several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition.
(Reporting by Alan Charlish and Karol Badohal; French version by Alban Kacher, edited by Sophie Louet)
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