On Wednesday, January 21, 2026, the 3rd Regional Logistics Base in Kraków (3. RBLog) published a notice announcing the launch of a tender procedure, conducted under a restricted procedure, for the delivery of another batch of multifunctional truck-mounted excavators.
The Szczęśniak Pojazdy Specjalne UDS 214.3 multifunctional excavator mounted on a Scania XT P460 B8X8HZ truck chassis with an 8×8 drivetrain / Photos: Jakub Link-Lenczowski, MILMAG
The deadline for submitting requests to participate in the tender is February 20, 2026, at 7:00 a.m. The evaluation criteria will be price (80%) and additional features (20%). The contract will be valid for six months from the date of its conclusion, but no later than November 30, 2026.
The subject of the procurement is seven truck-mounted excavators, with an option for three additional units, which will be subject to quality assurance conducted in accordance with AQAP 2131, Edition C, Version 1.
Delivery locations for the base order: two units to the 18th Engineer Regiment in Nisko, two units to the 16th Engineer Regiment in Orzysz, and three units to the 2nd Engineer Regiment in Inowrocław.
Delivery locations for the optional order: one unit to the 3rd Engineer Battalion in Nisko, one unit to the 4th Engineer Battalion in Głogów, and one unit to the 5th Engineer Regiment in Szczecin–Podjuchy.
Analysis
Since the end of 2024, the company Szczęśniak Pojazdy Specjalne has been delivering UDS 214.3 multifunctional excavators mounted on Scania XT P460 B8X8HZ truck chassis with an 8×8 drivetrain to the Polish Armed Forces. These deliveries are being carried out under a tender announced on February 8, 2024, for 36 new truck-mounted excavators for engineer units for the years 2024–2027. The new excavators are replacing K-407C machines mounted on Star 266M chassis, which are a modernized version of the K-407B on the Star 266 chassis, whose working equipment is powered by the SW-266 engine. Notably, in January 2025 another tender was announced in this matter, this time for 12 excavators under the base order and six under an optional order.
UDS 214.3
Chassis performance characteristics:
- Scania P460 chassis with an 8×8 drivetrain (the Polish Armed Forces will receive 320 CD-10S fuel tanker–distributor vehicles);
- engine rated at 338 kW (460 hp), providing a maximum on-road speed of up to 90 km/h;
- crew cab (1+1) with space for gas masks, backpacks, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, personal protective equipment, and mounts for personal weapons;
- Opticruise automatic transmission, 12+2;
- four extendable hydraulic stabilizers;
- dimensions: length 11,100 mm, width 2,550 mm, weight 28,000 kg (without additional equipment).
Superstructure performance characteristics:
- UDS 214.3 excavator manufactured by the Slovak company CSM Industry s.r.o.;
- enclosed, ergonomic single-operator cab;
- extendable telescopic boom with a maximum reach of 10,060 mm;
- boom operation and lifting capacity: 7,000 kg (boom retracted), 2,600 kg (boom extended);
- maximum continuous operating cycle of the excavator (at an average lifting force of 85 kN) is 4 hours (with a 30-minute break between cycles);
- boom head allowing 360° rotation of the working attachment;
- ability to mount alternative working attachments on the head, including a pavement-breaking bucket, grading and profiling bucket, cutting blade, rock or log grapples, and an asphalt cutter;
- storage compartments in the superstructure for engineer equipment, anti-skid chains, and other gear, with the ability to secure and transport camouflage netting;
- a device enabling removal of the spare wheel from the superstructure.
According to the manufacturer, the excavator’s multifunctionality combined with the high mobility of the chassis allows the vehicle to be used efficiently and effectively by engineer units of the Polish Armed Forces to carry out tasks related to ensuring freedom of movement for troops. These include the construction of fortifications and storage facilities, breaching engineer obstacles, road reconstruction and repair, as well as rescue missions – capabilities that are particularly important in the context of strengthening defensive potential and maintaining effective, safe, and modern equipment within NATO structures.
