The U.S. Offered Poland 250 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers For Just $1

The armored vehicles are currently in Europe.

The United States has offered Poland just $1 to buy 250 used Stryker armored vehicles. The decision could come next year if Poland's security situation does not dramatically deteriorate.

Warsaw is preparing to accept the deal once the logistics are worked out, according to Breaking Defense, citing Polish Deputy Prime Minister and National Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz.

According to him, under the proposed plan, Stryker armored vehicles currently in Europe would be transferred to Poland rather than sent back to the United States after troop reductions on the continent.

The General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces has already approved the deal.

"After a preliminary analysis, we agreed that the military will check their technical condition and assess their suitability for our armed forces - whether this equipment is suitable for training, operational operations or whether we really need such equipment..." - Kosiniak-Kamysh stressed.

Despite the cheapness of the offer, analysts note that such a broad gesture could be a cat in a bag, as the U.S. armored vehicles, which have not been used by Poland before, will require repair, modernization and preparation of the entire support base and training system.

They could be costly to repair, and outsourcing repairs to foreign companies would further increase costs.

Another point is the impact on the domestic MIC, as the government prioritizes domestic production as part of its arms supply agreements.

The Stryker armored vehicles will take up space on the Polish Army's needs list allocated for Rosomak BMPs and potential future armored personnel carriers, limiting the need for domestic orders. The army currently has more than 900 Rosomak BMPs, which are produced domestically in a modified version with the ZSSW-30 turret.

In response, Kosiniak-Kamyszyniak parried that the more weapons Poland has, the better, and the experience of Polish fighters on foreign military equipment would be another bonus.

According to the resource, the Polish Army is currently experiencing a serious shortage of modern armored vehicles.

General Wieslaw Kukula, chief of the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, said that a decision on the deal with the Americans should be made in the second half of next year if the security situation does not dramatically deteriorate.

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