The WPB Anders ( i.e., Anders Multirole Combat Platform) is a family of medium, tracked combat vehicles. The vehicle was designed by OBRUM ( – Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) part of the ''Bumar Group'' (now Polish Armaments Group). It is named after

Władysław Anders Władysław Albert Anders (11 August 1892 – 12 May 1970) was a Polish military officer and politician, and prominent member of the Polish government-in-exile in London. Born in Krośniewice-Błonie, then part of the Russian Empire, he serv ...

, a general of the Polish Army during World War II and later a member of the

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History

The vehicle was designed to replace the Polish Army's remaining inventory of obsolete BWP-1 fighting vehicles family, the first prototype being publicly shown in 2010, at the MSPO Kielce defense industry exhibition. During its first presentation, the vehicle was shown in its fire support configuration (), armed with a 120-mm

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. The media referred to this vehicle as a "light tank". Later, the same vehicle was shown configured as an infantry fighting vehicle () with a

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-30P turret. A more advanced IFV prototype is expected to be shown at the 2011 MSPO Kielce exhibition. Further variants, such as command and control, medical evacuation, combat-engineering and self-propelled anti-aircraft gun are also planned.

Technical details

In its basic configuration the vehicle has a

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protection level of 3; this can be increased to level 5 with a planned add-on armor system.

Variants

Developed by OBRUM for

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as part of the Universal Modular Tracked Platform (UMTP)-family. As of 2016 OBRUM have developed an infantry fighting vehicle based on the Anders chassis, and are furthermore developing versions including engineering vehicles, command and control, ammunition wagons and medical vehicles, etc.

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* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110103060207/http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ZugokHYUDUyEz2yxWzEWeQ?feat=embedwebsite picture of fire support vehicle {{ModernPOLAFVsNav , style= wide Tanks of the post–Cold War period Light tanks of Poland Autoloaders Armoured fighting vehicles of the post–Cold War period Tracked infantry fighting vehicles Infantry fighting vehicles of Poland

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