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On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the 9th "Braniewska" Armoured Cavalry Brigade, part of the 16th Mechanized Division, received the first K2 Black Panther tanks in the GF version, which will replace the PT-91 Twardy tanks.
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On Thursday, November 14, 2024, the 9th "Braniewska" Armoured Cavalry Brigade, part of the 16th Mechanized Division, received the first K2 Black Panther tanks in the GF version, which will replace the PT-91 Twardy tanks.
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Polish Bayraktar TB2's
Fun Fact: The Turkish and Polish aviation partnership/friendship is not new; we have deep bonds and roots. I'm not exaggerating, but did you know that the foundation of Bayraktar was laid by the Poles?
The story starts in 1936, when Turkish MOD ordered 40 P.24 fighter aircraft produced by Polish state owned PZL aircraft factory.
Besides those 40 fighters, Turkey produced 20 more planes under license. They were built in TOMTAS factory in Kayseri (central Turkey). This were the first fighters produced/assembled in Turkey. P.24 was a quite a successful design, with a top speed of 410 km/h, two 20mm cannons and two 7,9mm guns.
After the WWII broke out, a number of Polish aviation engineers escaped the Nazi and Soviet occupation and moved to Britain. During the Battle of Britain, Polish and Turkish officials agreed on sending a group of aviation engineers to Turkey. In May 1941 the group reached Ankara and helped to create THK Aircraft Factory - Türk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi. Their first design was THK 1 Transport glider. A single prototype was made. The glider had 26 m wingspan, 12.6 m length and was capable of carrying 10 soldiers with 2 crew and equipment.
The next one was THK 2 aerobatic trainer aircraft. It was a streamlined low-wing monoplane with an elliptic wing. The plane had good flying characteristics and entered the service as an advanced trainer in Turkish Air Force.
Their other design was THK 5 twin-engine light passenger aircraft, renamed as MKEK-5. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction. Interestingly it was also the first Turkish airplane exported abroad: One plane in air ambulance configuration was sold to Denmark.
Finally, THK 11 was constructed. It was a cantilever monoplane with twin boom and a pusher propeller configuration. An unorthodox deign, was intended as a touring plane. Some decades later, the same aerodynamic configuration will become a standard one for drones, including TB2.
THK 11 was the last design of the Polish engineers’ team in Turkey, the group left the country in 1946, and the factory was later taken over by the Turkish state-owned corporation MKEK ( company that produces 155mm shells & cluster ammo for Ukraine today) . Between 1941 and 1946, the factory was managed by Jerzy Wędrychowski and Selahattin Beler.
Polish engineers: Stanisław Rogalski, Leszek Dulęba, Józef Dziewoński, Józef Lekszycki, Jerzy Lewczuk, and Jerzy Teisseyre, before 1939 worked together in the RWD aviation works, renowned for their RWD-6 and RWD-9 planes, winners of the Challenge International de Tourisme.
I’m sharing what happened during that time under this thread; My English is improving compared to the posts from that time, sorry for any old spelling mistakes.
Fun Fact: The Turkish and Polish aviation partnership/friendship is not new; we have deep bonds and roots. I'm not exaggerating, but did you know that the foundation of Bayraktar was laid by the Poles?
The story starts in 1936, when Turkish MOD ordered 40 P.24 fighter aircraft produced by Polish state owned PZL aircraft factory.
Besides those 40 fighters, Turkey produced 20 more planes under license. They were built in TOMTAS factory in Kayseri (central Turkey). This were the first fighters produced/assembled in Turkey. P.24 was a quite a successful design, with a top speed of 410 km/h, two 20mm cannons and two 7,9mm guns.
After the WWII broke out, a number of Polish aviation engineers escaped the Nazi and Soviet occupation and moved to Britain. During the Battle of Britain, Polish and Turkish officials agreed on sending a group of aviation engineers to Turkey. In May 1941 the group reached Ankara and helped to create THK Aircraft Factory - Türk Hava Kurumu Ucak Fabrikasi. Their first design was THK 1 Transport glider. A single prototype was made. The glider had 26 m wingspan, 12.6 m length and was capable of carrying 10 soldiers with 2 crew and equipment.
The next one was THK 2 aerobatic trainer aircraft. It was a streamlined low-wing monoplane with an elliptic wing. The plane had good flying characteristics and entered the service as an advanced trainer in Turkish Air Force.
Their other design was THK 5 twin-engine light passenger aircraft, renamed as MKEK-5. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction. Interestingly it was also the first Turkish airplane exported abroad: One plane in air ambulance configuration was sold to Denmark.
Finally, THK 11 was constructed. It was a cantilever monoplane with twin boom and a pusher propeller configuration. An unorthodox deign, was intended as a touring plane. Some decades later, the same aerodynamic configuration will become a standard one for drones, including TB2.
THK 11 was the last design of the Polish engineers’ team in Turkey, the group left the country in 1946, and the factory was later taken over by the Turkish state-owned corporation MKEK ( company that produces 155mm shells & cluster ammo for Ukraine today) . Between 1941 and 1946, the factory was managed by Jerzy Wędrychowski and Selahattin Beler.
Polish engineers: Stanisław Rogalski, Leszek Dulęba, Józef Dziewoński, Józef Lekszycki, Jerzy Lewczuk, and Jerzy Teisseyre, before 1939 worked together in the RWD aviation works, renowned for their RWD-6 and RWD-9 planes, winners of the Challenge International de Tourisme.
I’m sharing what happened during that time under this thread; My English is improving compared to the posts from that time, sorry for any old spelling mistakes.
Few photo's of Turkey's pre-second world war preparations.
I'm thinking to share photo's of Turkish army during the second world war but I want to explain the situation before posting. For maybe little understandability about the situation before 40s in Turkey♥.
1937 Turkish army Thrace (Bulgarian -Greek border area) Maneuvers
↓↓↓ Second from left Atatürk (1st President of Turkey & first Marshal (Turkish Army) ), far right İsmet İnönü (1st Prime Minister of Turkey & Chief of Staff of the Army a Turkish war of indepence) They wear Medal of Independence (Turkey)...
I'm thinking to share photo's of Turkish army during the second world war but I want to explain the situation before posting. For maybe little understandability about the situation before 40s in Turkey♥.
1937 Turkish army Thrace (Bulgarian -Greek border area) Maneuvers
↓↓↓ Second from left Atatürk (1st President of Turkey & first Marshal (Turkish Army) ), far right İsmet İnönü (1st Prime Minister of Turkey & Chief of Staff of the Army a Turkish war of indepence) They wear Medal of Independence (Turkey)...
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M1A1FEP tanks from 1st Tank Battalion, 19th "Lubelska" Mechanized Brigade, Poland, November 2024
The 19th "Lubelska" Mechanized Brigade is the second unit equipped with M1A1FEP tanks (the 1st "Warszawska" Armoured Brigade was the first to receive M1A1FEP tanks)
The 19th "Lubelska" Mechanized Brigade is the second unit equipped with M1A1FEP tanks (the 1st "Warszawska" Armoured Brigade was the first to receive M1A1FEP tanks)
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