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of an artillery reconnaissance vehicle - AWR. Qualification/state tests of the design have been successfully finalized. Talks are in progress, regarding the crews/instructor training program, so that training on AWR can be carried out by the user autonomous- ly, as the vehicles are delivered. The contractor is ready to sign the agreement regarding the series AWR deliveries by the end of this year. The turret system of the Rak mortar features a 120 mm auto- matic mortar, with a 3,000 mm long barrel. The mortar offers a rate of fire of up to 8 rounds per minute. The vehicle is capable of firing the projectiles straight ahead too. The mortar system has a two-person crew and offers a maximum range of up to 10 kilom- eters. Thanks to its modular design, the mortar may be integrated onto any carrier of proper payload capacity. Currently, HSW S.A. is delivering mortars based on the Rosomak APC. However, the company also offers the option of integrating the system on a tracked platform - as presented during MSPO 2021. BAOBAB Other systems should also be listed, alongside those that are already series manufactured and operated by the Polish military. The first one is the Baobab-K scattered minelaying platform (Po- jazd Minowania Narzutowego - PMN). It premiered during MSPO 2021. The works on the platform design is carried out by a con- sortium of domestic defense companies, formed by: Jelcz Sp. z o.o., BELMA S.A., Military Institute of Engineering Technology (WITI), and, finally, HSW S.A., acting as the leader. The relevant contract was signed by and between the consortium, and the Ar- mament Inspectorate, back in December 2018. The agreement assumes that a prototype would be manufactured, and technical documentation for the prototype would be developed. Further- more, the contractor is also working on a test program that would confirm the compliance of the product, with the requirements set by the MoD. The platform design assumes that it would be possi- ble to integrate it (along with the mine launchers, and the control system) onto any medium-sized all-terrain truck. Because Jelcz Sp. z o.o. is one of the businesses involved in the project (and this company is owned by HSW S.A.), the 6x6 and 8x8 Jelcz trucks will probably act as the primary carrier for the system in question. Depending on the variant, the system may carry 4 to 6 launchers, with MN123 mines (each of the "cassettes" may accommodate up to 5 mines). It is expected that up to 75 systems may be pro- cured, to meet the needs of the Polish Armed Forces, and their engineering units. The Baobab-K solution would act as a com- plementary measure, alongside the Kroton minelaying vehicles, based on the MTLB-U tracked platforms. ZSSW-30 Another program that is rapidly approaching the production launch is the ZSSW-30 unmanned turret development project. Similarly, as in the case of the Baobab-K system, the ZSSW-30 turret has been designed, in its entirety, by the Polish defense industry. The project in question also envisages the involvement of the HSW S.A., partnering up with the WB Group's WB Electron- ics. The turret features a 30 mm automatic cannon with a dual ammunition feed, and a 7.62 mm GPMG, as well as a dual Spike 30 www.fragoutmag.com