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Polish Armaments Group
The Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa or PGZ SA ( English: ''Polish Armaments Group'') is a holding company established by the Polish government in 2013 to unite Polish state owned defence industry companies. Headquartered in Radom, the group is Poland's largest and one of Europe's major arms manufacturers comprising over 50 subsidiaries. In 2023, PGZ was ranked 64th on the list of 100 largest arms companies in the world in terms of revenue, published by SIPRI. History The conglomerate was founded in 2013. In 2015, the process of consolidation of the Polish state-owned arms manufacturers was completed when eight companies previously controlled by Polski Holding Obronny were acquired by the PGZ SA. In 2024, PGZ SA signed a PLN11 billion (US$2.7 billion) contract with Poland's Ministry of National Defence to produce 300,000 155 mm artillery shells. Structure The Group comprises over 50 companies and holds shares in 32 others active in defense, shipbuilding, new technologies industrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Joint Stock Company
A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's capital stock, stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their share (finance), shares (certificates of ownership). Shareholders are able to transfer their shares to others without any effects to the Perpetual succession, continued existence of the company. In modern-day corporate law, the existence of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (business), incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders are liable for the company's debts only to the value of the money they have invested in the company). Therefore, joint-stock companies are commonly known as corporations or limited company, limited companies. Some jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions still provide the possibility of registering joint-stock companies without limited liability. In the Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ministry Of National Defence (Poland)
The Ministry of National Defence ( Polish: ''Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej'' '', MON'' ) is a office of government in Poland headed by the Minister of National Defence. It is responsible for the organisation and management of the Polish Armed Forces. During the Second Polish Republic and World War II it was called the Ministry of Military Affairs (''Ministerstwo Spraw Wojskowych''). Ministry budget for 2022 was 140 billion PLN. History The beginning of the Ministry of Defence's operations is connected with the 1775 establishment of the Military Department within the Permanent Council. In 1789, the Military Commission of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was established, and from the Constitution of 3 May 1791 was under the Guardians of the Laws. Between 1793-94, the department was restored in the Supreme National Council. When Warsaw became part of the Kingdom of Prussia after the Third Partition of Poland in 1795), the Prussian Ministry of War headquarters was moved in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Arkadiusz Siwko
Arkadiusz () is a masculine Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Arkadiusz Aleksander (born 1980), Polish football player * Arkadiusz Bachur (1961–1995), Polish equestrian * Arkadiusz Baran (born 1979), Polish football player * Arkadiusz Bazak (born 1939), Polish actor * Arkadiusz Bieńkowski (1938–2007), Polish footballer * Arkadiusz Bilski (born 1973), Polish football player * Arkadiusz Bąk (born 1974), Polish footballer * Arkadiusz Czarnecki (born 1987), Polish footballer * Arkadiusz Czartoryski (born 1966), Polish politician * Arkadiusz Gardzielewski (born 1986), Polish long-distance runner * Arkadiusz Gmur (born 1966), Polish footballer * Arkadiusz Godel (born 1952), Polish fencer * Arkadiusz Gołaś (1981–2005), Polish volleyball player * Arkadiusz Głowacki (born 1979), Polish footballer * Arkadiusz Jakubik (born 1969), Polish actor * Arkadiusz Janiak (born 1963), Polish sprinter * Arkadiusz Jędrych (born 1992), Polish footballer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wojciech Dąbrowski
Wojciech () is a Polish name, equivalent to Czech Vojtěch , Slovak Vojtech, and German Woitke. The name is formed from two Slavic roots: * ''wój'' (Slavic: ''voj''), a root pertaining to war. It also forms words like ''wojownik'' ("warrior") and ''wojna'' ("war"). * ''ciech'' (from an earlier form, ''tech''), meaning "joy". The resulting combination means "he who enjoys war" or "joyous warrior". Its Polish diminutive forms include ''Wojtek'' , ''Wojtuś'' , ''Wojtas'', ''Wojcio'', ''Wojteczek'', ''Wojcieszek'', ''Wojtaszka'', ''Wojtaszek'', ''Wojan'' (noted already in 1136), ''Wojko'', and variants noted as early as 1400, including ''Woytko'', ''Woythko'', and ''Voytko''. The feminine form is Wojciecha (). Related names in South Slavic languages include ''Vojko'', ''Vojislav'', and ''Vojteh''. The name has been rendered into German in several different variations, including: ''Woitke'', ''Witke'', ''Voitke'', ''Voytke'', ''Woytke'', ''Vogtke'', ''Woytegk'', ''Woytek'', ''Wogtk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Infantry Fighting Vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle and armoured personnel carrier used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct fire, direct-fire support. The 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe defines an infantry fighting vehicle as "an armoured combat vehicle which is designed and equipped primarily to transport a combat infantry squad, and which is armed with an integral or organic cannon of at least 20 millimeters calibre and sometimes an antitank missile launcher". IFVs often serve both as the principal weapons system and as the mode of transport for a mechanized infantry unit. Infantry fighting vehicles are distinct from general armoured personnel carrier, armored personnel carriers (APCs), which are transport vehicles armed only for self-defense and not specifically engineered to fight on their own. IFVs are designed to be more mobile than tanks and are equipped wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ground Support Equipment
Ground support equipment (GSE) is the support equipment found at an airport, usually on the apron, the servicing area by the terminal. This equipment is used to service the aircraft between flights. As the name suggests, ground support equipment is there to support the operations of aircraft whilst on the ground. The role of this equipment generally involves ground power operations, aircraft mobility, and cargo/passenger loading operations. Many airlines subcontract ground handling to an airport or a handling agent, or even to another airline. Ground handling addresses the many service requirements of a passenger aircraft between the time it arrives at a terminal gate and the time it departs for its next flight. Speed, efficiency, and accuracy are important in ground handling services in order to minimize the turnaround time (the time during which the aircraft remains parked at the gate). Small airlines sometimes subcontract maintenance to a larger carrier, as it may be a bett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów
Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów (; ) is a Polish defense manufacturing company. Based in the city of Tarnów, the company produces handguns, assault rifles, sniper rifles and anti-air guns. It is part of the Bumar-Labedy corporation, itself a division of the state-controlled Polish Armaments Group. History Initially founded during World War I in 1917 as a local train repair workshop, in the interwar period the company was part of the Polish State Railways. After the company's equipment was confiscated, dismantled and sent to Germany during World War II, the factory was rebuilt as a train repair workshop, but in 1951 it was turned into a defence contractor producing guns, firearms and machine tools. Warsaw Pact years From 1951 the company license-built M1939 37 mm automatic air defense guns and Nudelman N-37 aircraft cannons used in LiM-2 and MiG-17 fighters. While Poland was still in the Warsaw Pact, other types of Soviet-designed military equipment were also introduced: 57 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maskpol
Maskpol (full name ''Przedsiębiorstwo Sprzętu Ochronnego "Maskpol" S.A.'' (English language, English: ''Security Equipment Company Maskpol" S.A.'')) is a Polish company operating in the armament industry. The company is headquartered in the village of Konieczki, Silesian Voivodeship, Konieczki, in the Silesian Voivodeship, Silesian province, Kłobuck County, Kłobuck county. The company was founded in the 1960s as ''Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego "PZL Warszawa II"'' in Złochowice. Currently, it has the form of a joint-stock company and is part of the Polish Armaments Group. Products The main area of activity is the production of soldier equipment such as Gas mask, gas masks, combat helmet, Bulletproof vest, bulletproof vests, filter clothing, protective clothing and contamination elimination devices, as well as other equipment for uniformed services, such as Baton (law enforcement), assault batons, Shield, shields, Caltrop, caltrops. Maskpol also conducts research and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mesko
MESKO is a Polish defense technology company established in 1922, operating from August 25, 1924 as ''Państwowa Fabryka Amunicji'' (National Ammunition Factory), then ''Zakłady Metalowe MESKO SA'' (Metal Factory MESKO SA). At present the company produces various munitions with headquarters in Skarżysko-Kamienna, Poland. In the past, the factory was a manufacturer of home appliances, as in the communist period it belonged to the " Predom" union of industries. Currently part of the Polish Armaments Group (''Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa'') concern, previously to the Bumar group. Current products * Grom – Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) * Piorun – MANPADS * SPIKE-LR – Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) * NLPR-70 – Unguided rocket In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine. Though used primarily as medium- and long-range artillery systems, historically rockets have also seen considerab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
FB "Łucznik" Radom
Fabryka Broni "Łucznik" – Radom (), commonly known as FB Radom or simply Łucznik, is a Polish defence industry enterprise from Radom that produces firearms. The enterprise is part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa. In the past, the factory also produced non-military equipment, most notably sewing machines and typewriters, but those branches were deemed unprofitable and dropped in 2000. History The company was founded in the Second Polish Republic to produce firearms for the Polish Armed Forces. In 1925, the main building, steel hardening shop, power plant, boiler room, woodshop, bath, and the workers’ houses were erected. On 31 December 1927, production was launched when, by an act signed by then Director of the plant Msc.Eng. Kazimierz Ołdakowski, the plant was officially taken over from the local government and became part of the Państwowe Wytwórnie Uzbrojenia concern. Ołdakowski insisted that his workers received free health care. He also arranged for child care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
BELMA
BELMA is a Polish defence company located in Białe Błota, in the vicinity of Bydgoszcz. It is one of the oldest industrial plants in Poland. Belma's business began in 1868 as a locksmith company. Its primary responsibility today is the production and design of land mines for the Polish Army. BELMA is the only manufacturer of anti-tank mines in Poland. Since 2010, BELMA has been a member of Division ''Ammunition'' of the Polish Armaments Group-Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ SA). History Prussian times The beginnings of the company date back to 1868, when Carl Fiebrandt established a locksmith's workshop in Bromberg (as Bydgoszcz was called) at then "4 Bahnhoffstraße" (today's 11 Dworcowa Street). Initially, Fiebrandt's workshop dealt with the repair and production of agricultural machinery but expanded in the 1870s to the manufacturing of safety devices for railway traffic. In 1875, the factory moved to the suburban village of Okole (now a district of Bydgoszcz), at tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jelcz
Jelcz (pronounced like ''Yelch'' after the town of the same name) is a Polish manufacturer of trucks, buses, trolleybuses and different types of dedicated chassis. Since 2013, the company has been part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa and focuses on manufacturing off-road military vehicles. History In 1952, a decision was made to use a former German armaments factory in Jelcz-Laskowice near Wrocław for production in western Poland. A company called Zakłady Budowy Nadwozi Samochodowych (Automobile Chassis Works) was established. After the factory was rebuilt, the company started to develop and build bus bodies for Lublin and Star trucks, including buses such as the Jelcz PR110D. In 1974, the Polish expedition to Lhotse used a Jelcz 316 car to travel from Warsaw to Nepal. In 1975, the expedition of the Wrocław Mountain Club to Broad Peak Central, in Pakistan, used a Jelcz 315-M car to travel from Wrocław to Islamabad, driving up to 9,000 km between 2 and 21 May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
