Military Review | PL-01 Concept Tank | The Tank Of The Future

The PL-01 concept tank is being jointly developed by Obrum of Poland and BAE Systems of the United Kingdom. Development commenced in 2013. Mock up of the new tank was first publicly revealed during the same year. Currently this tank is only a technology demonstrator. A fully functional prototype should be completed in 2016. This tank is aimed to meet a possible requirement of the Polish Army. Some sources report that this tank might enter service in 2018. Currently Polish Army operate about 900 main battle tanks, including PT-91 Twardy and Leopard 2. Also there are about 400 T-72 MBTs in storage. Once in production the PL-01 will be also proposed for export customers.

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Place of origin: Poland
Weight 30,000 kg (standard layout)
35,000 kg (with additional armour panels)
Length 7 m
Width 3.8 m
Height 2.8 m
Crew 3

Variants:
In addition to its direct fire support role, the vehicle can be also configured as a command vehicle, armoured vehicle repair, or mine clearance vehicle
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