Piorun, Baobab-Ok… France may purchase navy tools made in Poland | EUROtoday

On Mar 22, 2025

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Un (little) no extra to European protection? On the sidelines of the E5 Summit E5 of the French, German, Italian, Polish and British French Defense Ministers on March 12 in Paris, Sébastien Lecornu had demonstrated France’s curiosity in two Polish methods: the Piorun and the Baobab-Ok.

The first is a Manpads (Air-Air-Defense System), a conveyable anti-aircraft protection system. Poland has transferred a big a part of its inventory to Ukraine, which has made good use of it in opposition to helicopters and Russian floor assault planes. The missile flies at a pace of 560 m/s can attain a goal as much as 6,500 m and 4,000 m above sea degree.

France has the MBDA Mistral Sol-Air Mistral missile whose pace (930 m/s), vary (8,000 m) and most interception altitude (6,000 m), are larger. But the mistral has been drawn from a 22 kg tripod, to which the 20 kg of the launcher have to be added. Somewhat cumbersome in comparison with a missile pulled from the shoulder. Integrating the piorun may give extra mobility and suppleness of employment to a French anti -aircraft protection decreased to its congruent portion because the finish of the Cold War.

BAOBAB-Ok, the mines disperser

Baobab-k is a mines disperser. On a truck body, small sq. launchers obtain 600 mines, that are ejected and despatched from 60 to 180 m within the desired course. In a couple of minutes, a 1,800 m lengthy mines area takes form. On board, two crew members are maneuvering, with actual -time cartography of the mines posed. In quick, the automobile, of which 24 copies had been ordered by the Polish military, presents an plain asset in counter-mobility within the face of an adversary with armored means.

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Here once more, the Ukrainian battle highlighted the predominant position of mines. The Ukrainian military’s counter-offensive in the summertime of 2023 caught in mines fields, slowing down the motion of tanks and infantry armored automobiles. Aware of its shortcomings, the Army needs to reinvest this key section of the warfare of the long run. Genius sappers have a dozen Minautor Mines dispersers, however they appear to be saved for a number of years.

Ukraine has change into probably the most undermined nation on the earth. NGOs argue that it could take ten years to fully outhand the nation. Located utilizing drones, the placement of mines just isn’t all the time mapped, making their neutralization tougher. In addition to the mines in opposition to automobiles, anti -personnel mines are additionally returning. Recently, Baltic and Poland international locations have introduced that they withdraw from the Ottawa Convention, which prohibits the sort of weapons.

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