Equipment
The Polish Land Forces operate mainly upgraded Soviet era equipment. However rapid modernization and downsizing of the Polish Land Forces is underway, replacing its extensive Soviet weaponry with fewer units of modern Western weaponry. The Polish Land Forces operate some 900 MBTs, mainly composed of the PT-91 Twardy and the Leopard 2, (Soviet T-72 are being withdrawn from service, only 379 will remain in storage until 2018). In addition there are over 1,600 IFV's and over 140 helicopters.
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