Bumar-Łabędy is a Polish manufacturer of

military vehicle A military vehicle is any vehicle for land-based military transport and activity, including combat vehicles, both specifically designed for or significantly used by military. Most military vehicles require Off-road vehicle, off-road capabilities ...

s and

construction equipment Heavy equipment, heavy machinery, earthmovers, construction vehicles, or construction equipment, refers to heavy-duty vehicles specially designed to execute construction tasks, most frequently involving earthwork operations or other large con ...

, based in

Gliwice Gliwice (; , ) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder River, Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capital ...

Upper Silesia Upper Silesia ( ; ; ; ; Silesian German: ; ) is the southeastern part of the historical and geographical region of Silesia, located today mostly in Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic. The area is predominantly known for its heav ...

. It is a division of the

Polish Armaments Group The Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa or PGZ SA ( English: ''Polish Armaments Group'') is a holding company established by the Polish government in 2013 to unite Polish state owned defence industry companies. Headquartered in Radom, the group is Poland's ...

History

Zakłady Mechaniczne "BUMAR-ŁABĘDY" S.A. based in Gliwice are one of the companies belonging to Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. They are an entity classified as an enterprise of strategic importance for the country's defense. The company specializes in the production, renovation and modernization of armored equipment. In 2010 the firm won the contract to build

Hitfist OWS Hitfist OWS is a remotely operated turret, for armored vehicles, developed by the Italian Oto Melara and derived from Hitfist. The turrets are designed to mount a main armament of an autocannon of 25 or 30 mm caliber. The main armament may m ...

remote-controlled turrets for Polish armored vehicles. In 2016 the firm was awarded the contract to refit Poland's

Leopard 2 The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT). Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s, the tank entered service in 1979 and replaced the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West German army. Various iterat ...

tanks. In 2017 the firm was contracted to refit Poland's

T-72 The T-72 is a family of Soviet Union, Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1973. The T-72 was a development based on the T-64 using thought and design of the previous Object 167M. About 25,000 T-72 tanks have been built, and refu ...

tanks.

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