Frag Out! Magazine
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Story and photos: Jarosław Wolski with the foreign entities. The Poles also had to pay the OEMs for the modifications.No wonder then, that a process was launched to find a complementary system that could be used alongside the Hitfist-30P turret. ZSSW-30/RTCS-30 is born Initially, the proposal to adopt the Hitfist-OWS turret within the industry was not approved. It would entail a set of problems identical to the ones associated with Hitfist- 30P. A decision was made to develop a new turret system domestically, with numerous components of that turret being imported. The military defined its requirements as early as in March 2011, within the document entitled „WZTT na zdalnie sterowany system wieżowy z wyrzutnią przeciwpancernych pocisków kierowanych Spike (ZSSW Z PPK SPIKE) zintegrowany z KTO AMV 8x8 Rosomak" [Initial Tactical and Technical Requirements concerning a remote control turret system with Spike anti-tank guided missile launcher (RCTS with Spike ATGM), integrated on the 8x8 AMV Rosomak APC]. A decade later we may conclude that the requirements were prospective, and, more importantly, feasible. Two groups of Polish businesses expressed their willingness to act as the bidders. The first consortium was formed by PCO, ZM Tarnów, ZM Łabędy, OBRUM, OBR SM, WZM [Military Automotive Works], and WAT [Military University of Technology]. The "Bumar Łabędy" proposal assumed that the turret would come in the form of a closed system, where the turret structure would protect the primary components. The commander's sight was to come ANALYSIS