On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the first batch of M1A2SEPv3 Abrams tanks (System Enhanced Package version 3) was transferred from the Abrams Academy at the Land Forces Training Center (CSWL) in Poznań to the barracks of the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade, which is part of the 18th Mechanized Division.
Photo: 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade
In connection with this event, the 1st Warsaw Armored Brigade published a short video on its social media showing the unloading of the new military equipment. The tanks arrived on tank and heavy tracked equipment transport platforms codenamed “Jak,” which consist of the armored Jelcz C882.62 8×8 tractor unit and the ST775-20W low-loader trailer with enhanced mobility, manufactured by Demarko. Although no official details about the delivery have been released, the video footage shows four units of the latest production version of the Abrams tank.
As mentioned, the tanks were delivered from the Abrams Academy at the Land Forces Training Center in Poznań, where crews undergo training.
Two sea shipments of M1A2SEPv3 Abrams tanks from the United States arrived in Poland this year: 28 tanks were delivered on January 18, and another 19 units on May 9, a total of 47 out of the 250 ordered. The remaining 203 units are scheduled for delivery by the end of next year.
Upon arrival in the country, the tanks are first sent to the Abrams Regional Competence Center, located at Wojskowe Zakłady Motoryzacyjne (WZM, Military Automotive Works), where they undergo a process known as deprocessing — an extended zero-level inspection following long-term sea transport.
Pierwsze czołgi Abrams M1A2 #SEPv3 dotarły do stolicy, do @1WBPanc 🫡
Historię tworzą chwile takie jak te🫵🏼#WojskoPolskie #JEDYNApancerna #Abrams #Warszawa pic.twitter.com/hA01d2DMMi
— 1. Warszawska Brygada Pancerna (@1WBPanc) July 10, 2025
In the meantime, on March 11 of this year, the British company Pearson Engineering announced that it had received an order from Poland, of undisclosed value, for the delivery of 99 modules for mounting SLICE engineering equipment, intended for the tanks mentioned above.
Additionally, the Polish defense industry recently concluded a new agreement directly related to the operation of Abrams tanks in the Polish Armed Forces. On May 13, the aforementioned WZM signed a strategic partnership agreement with the American company General Dynamics Land Systems, which is the manufacturer and integrator of the tanks.
As for modern tanks, the Polish Armed Forces currently operate:
- 163 out of 366 Abrams tanks (including all 116 M1A1FEPs);
- 119 out of 180 K2GF Heuk-Pyo (Black Panther) tanks, with a new contract expected to be signed in the coming weeks for an additional 180 tanks, including 60 K2PLs and 81 support vehicles (out of a total of 1,000 planned under the framework agreement);
- 233 Leopard 2 tanks, including 105 Leopard 2A5s, as well as Leopard 2A4s being upgraded to the Leopard 2PL/M1 standard—82 units have been delivered so far out of 128 planned for modernization (under an agreement with an option for 14 more, though an equal number has been transferred to war-torn Ukraine).
#AbramsNaDziś od #JEDYNApancerna
🆕 #SEPv3 pic.twitter.com/Qr0YeunOBg
— 1. Warszawska Brygada Pancerna (@1WBPanc) July 11, 2025