Frag Out! Magazine
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5% each. Warmate TL is a tube-launched variant of the popular WB's UAV - it is used as extra equipment for the Rosomak AWR reconnaissance platform which is a part of the Rak self-propelled mortars module. The WB Group also offers a range of various commu- nications systems. The concept and element of the national battlefield communications system were unveiled last year. You can find a detailed discussion of those in the previous issue of the Frag Out! maga- zine (FO#42). The WB Group also remains the sole supplier of com- mand vehicles for the Polish Armed Forces. These are the most advanced, ICT- and C2-wise, vehicles, opera- ted by the Polish military. The above refers to all com- mand and command-staff vehicles for the Rocket and Artillery Component. Furthermore, the WB Group has delivered wheeled platform command vehicles for the Army, Military Police, and allied commands of multinational brigades, along with command/ICT systems/vehicles developed by the WB Group for the Polish Armed Forces (Kroton, Zawilec, Kroton-Bis - the latter would be used by the Abrams MBT units), in which FONET digital communications platform serves as the basis for the ICT system and was cer- tified for data processing up to the NATO Secret level. The manufacturing of weapons systems and the components that are a part of those systems are also among the WB Group's specialties. This is best illustrated by the cooperation established by and between the WB Group, HSW S.A., and PCO S.A., in the area related to the manufacturing of the ZSSW- 30 turret system. The aforesaid turret is being com- missioned in the Polish Armed Forces, as the primary armament of the new generation Borsuk IFV (a sli- ghtly modified variant), and the new variants of the Rosomak APC. In late 2023, the first out of 70 ordered ZSSW-30 turrets from the first tranche were delivered to the end customer. The WB Group claims that its manufacturing capacity is greater, allowing the company to deliver compo- nents for exponentially more systems, compared to the quantity ordered by the Polish Armed Forces in the first lot. The manufacturing of the ZSSW-30 components ma- kes it possible to implement new AI-powered recon- naissance solutions that have been developed at the WB Group for quite some time now. The above refers to the unique, advanced EyeQ system developed for the wheeled APC and the Land version of the IFV. That makes it easier to detect potential targets and clas- sify them threat level-wise, and priority. That, in turn, shortens the reaction times significantly and also increases the level of crew and vehicle safety. The system is also coupled with the vehicle's FCS, and thus the development of firing solutions happens in real-time, whereas rangefinding can be done without the use of a laser. Thus, the target is not warned abo- ut detection, and it cannot undertake any evasive and defensive reactions. ANALYSIS