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OSU-35K MSPO 2023
The OSU-35K (Polish: Okrętowy System Uzbrojenia 35 mm - 35 mm Naval Weapon System) is a Polish naval remote weapon station and a close-in weapon system manufactured by PIT-Radwar. Armed with a 35 mm Oerlikon KDA autocannon, it is meant to defend surface combatants against various types of maneuvering aerial targets such as anti-ship missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, conventional and rotary-wing aircraft, It can also engage surface and coastal targets. It is in service with the Polish Navy on the ''Kormoran II''-class (Project 258) minehunters and is planned to equip the ''Wicher''-class (Project 106) frigates. Development The development of the OSU-35K began in 2012 when the Naval High Command submitted a proposal to develop a naval weapon system armed with the KDA autocannon to the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). On December 19, 2012, NCBR signed an agreement with the consortium consisting of the Military University of Technology (leader), P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kormoran 2-class Minehunter
The Kormoran II (Cormorant class), formally Project 258, is a class of mine hunting vessels dedicated for the Polish Navy. The 2011 Defense Budget included a single vessel of this class. It was launched on 4 September 2015 and was predicted to enter service late 2016. Two more ships have been planned. Ships are built by Remontowa Shipbuilding Gdańsk and Naval Shipyard Gdynia consortium. It will be armed with a 35mm OSU-35K naval weapon station. Construction Project 258 vessels are long and wide. The draft is and the displacement is 830 tons. Contrary to previous construction concepts of this type, the hull was made of non-magnetic steel instead of plastic. The advantage of the steel hull was, among other things, lower operating costs and higher fire resistance. The hull itself is divided into 33 sections. The ship's superstructure has two floors in the fore section and one floor in the stern. The main deck has full bulwark. When constructing the ship, efforts were made to l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesko
MESKO is a Polish defense technology company established in 1922, operating from August 25, 1924 as ''Państwowa Fabryka Amunicji'' (National Ammunition Factory), then ''Zakłady Metalowe MESKO SA'' (Metal Factory MESKO SA). At present the company produces various munitions with headquarters in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland. In the past, the factory was a manufacturer of home appliances, as in the communist period it belonged to the " Predom" union of industries. Currently part of the Polish Armaments Group (''Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa'') concern, previously to the Bumar group. Current products * Grom – Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) * Piorun – MANPADS * SPIKE-LR – Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) * NLPR-70 – Unguided rocket In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ZU-23-2
The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for ''Zenitnaya Ustanovka'' (Russian: Зенитная Установка) – anti-aircraft mount. The GRAU index is 2A13. Development history The ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s. It was designed to engage low-flying targets at a range of 2.5 km as well as armoured vehicles at a range of two kilometres and for direct defence of troops and strategic locations against air assault usually conducted by helicopters and low-flying airplanes. In 1955, KBP presented the single-barrel ZU-1 and the twin-barrel ZU-14. While the former was eventually dropped, the ZU-14 was selected and, after some modifications, entered series production. In the Soviet Union, some 140,000 units were produced. The ZU-23 has also been produced under licence by Bulgaria, Poland, Egypt and the People's Republic of China. Development of this weapon into a self-propelled anti-aircraft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ORP Kaszub (1987)
ORP ''Kaszub'' is a corvette of the Polish Navy, in service since 1987, the sole ship of the Project 620 class. She was the first ocean-going warship built in Poland. As of 2012 she is in active service.''The Military Balance 2008'', International Institute for Strategic Studies Construction and career The work on her design began in 1971, but the construction of the first ship started only in 1984, being laid down at Gdańsk Shipyard, Stocznia Północna (Northern Shipyard), Gdańsk on 9 June 1984. ''Kaszub'' was launched on 11 May 1986, but was found to have a warped hull and propeller shafts, which required repair. When the ship was commissioned on 15 March 1987, ''Kaszub'' was not fitted with much of the planned armament, with a 9K33 Osa (NATO codename SA-N-4 ''Gecko'') surface-to-air A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ustka
Ustka (, , ) is a spa town in the Middle Pomerania region of northern Poland with 17,100 inhabitants (2001). It is part of Słupsk County in Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located on the Slovincian Coast on the Baltic Sea. It is a port town and popular summer seaside resort of Poland. History The first settlers arrived at present-day Ustka as early as the 9th century, and established a fishing settlement with the original name of ''Ujść''.Alicja Deck-Partyka, Poland, a Unique Country & Its People'' Authorhouse - 2006, p. 135. Accessed 2008-29-04. In the 10th century, it became part of the emerging country of Poland under its first ruler Mieszko I. The first historic records mention the village under the names of ''Ujść'' or ''Ujście'' in 1310. The area at the mouth of the river Słupia was ceded to the nearby city of Słupsk in 1337 with the purpose of building a fishing harbour and a commercial port there to the Baltic Sea. According to documents in 1355 a church was bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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ORP may refer to: * Operational Ration Pack, UK military * Operational Readiness Plan * Operational Readiness Platform (ORP) * Orpington railway station, Bromley, England * O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis * Oxidation reduction potential in chemistry * , a Polish Navy The Polish Navy (; often abbreviated to ) is the Navy, naval military branch , branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The Polish Navy consists of 46 ships and about 12,000 commissioned and enlisted personnel. The traditional ship prefix in the Polish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów (; ) is a Polish defense manufacturing company. Based in the city of Tarnów, the company produces handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles and anti-air guns. It is part of the Bumar-Labedy corporation, itself a division of the state-controlled Polish Armaments Group. History Initially founded during World War I in 1917 as a local train repair workshop, in the interwar period the company was part of the Polish State Railways. After the company's equipment was confiscated, dismantled and sent to Germany during World War II, the factory was rebuilt as a train repair workshop, but in 1951 it was turned into a defence contractor producing guns, firearms and machine tools. Warsaw Pact years From 1951 the company license-built M1939 37 mm automatic air defense guns and Nudelman N-37 aircraft cannons used in LiM-2 and MiG-17 fighters. While Poland was still in the Warsaw Pact, other types of Soviet-designed military equipment were also introduced: 57 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Naval Academy
The "Battle of Westerplatte, Heroes of Westerplatte" Polish Naval Academy (PNA) is a naval university supervised by the Ministry of National Defence (Poland), Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Poland, with a history, uninterrupted by World War II, dating back to 1922. The Polish Naval Academy educates Officer Cadet, officer-cadets, Officer (armed forces), commissioned officers, and civilian undergraduate degree, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as doctorate, doctoral students. It also offers opportunities for professional development in specialized courses and postgraduate programs. Pursuant to international agreements, the Polish Naval Academy trains officers for navies of countries in Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and the Far East. International exchanges augment the knowledge of Polish Naval Academy staff and enable students to attend lectures by some of the best experts from leading academic centers in the world. History Temporary Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consortium
A consortium () is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. Consortia are generally nonprofit with a goal to help its members improve their competitiveness in the specific field. is a Latin word meaning " partnership", "association", or "society", and derives from ("shared in property"), itself from ("together") and ("fate"). Examples Educational The Universities' consortium is established to share research laboratories and equipment facilities, exchange faculty and students, provide programs abroad, and form specialized research centers and admissions offices.Wallace Lang D (1975). "The consortium in higher education". ''Journal of Educational Administration'', 13(2), 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009730 Generally, it includes a corporate identity, voluntary membership of in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Centre For Research And Development
The National Centre for Research and Development (NCRD, Polish: Narodowe Centrum Badań i Rozwoju) is an implementing agency in Poland, as it is understood according to the Act on Public Finance of 27 August 2009, established to carry out tasks within the state policies on science, innovation, as well as science and technology. Organisation The Centre's mission is to support Polish companies and science units in developing their abilities to create and make use of solutions based on research results. The above is done for the benefit of the society and to provide a developmental impulse to the Polish economy. Summary The chief aim of the Centre is to support the creation of innovative solutions and technologies that increase the competitiveness and innovation of the Polish economy. The NCRD is to strengthen the collaboration between business and academia, leading both to a greater engagement of entrepreneurs in research funding, as well as to a more effective commercializatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
