 the polish military continues to use mostly soviet-era equipment; however, since joining nato in 1999, poland has been upgrading and modernizing its hardware to nato standards. the general staff has been reorganized into a nato-compatible j/g-1 through j/g-6 structure. recent modernization projects include the acquisition of (48) f-16 fighter jets from the united states, (128) leopard 2 mbts from germany, atgm technology from israel (as well as possible future acquisition of rafael python 5 missiles), and (690) patria amv afvs from finland. == polish land forces (2013 data)the military balance 2008,international institute for strategic studies.  ==  * 950 mbts - 128 leopard 2, 233 pt-91 twardy, 690 t-72 * 1510 aifv - 1291 bmp-1, 212 kto rosomak (patria) * 693 apc * 40 mraps * 950 artillery pieces * 145 army helicopters (32 mi-24, 37 pzl w-3 sokol, 46 mi-2, 17 mi-8, 13 mi-17) == polish air forces (2013 data) ==  * multirole: 48 f-16 c/d * fighter: 34 mig-29a * fighter ground attack: 48 su-22m-4 fitter * training: 54 pzl ts-11 iskra, 36 pzl-130, 8 mig-29ub * transport: 11 casa c-295m, 5 c-130e (being delivered), 2 an-28, 15 m-28 bryza, 1 tu-154, 4 yak-40 * helicopters: 66 support (17 pzl w-3 sokol, 11 mi-8, 38 mi-2), 1 utility (bell 412), 6 training (pzl sw-4) * air defence: 625 sam - 500 sa-3, 75 sa-4, 50 sa-5 == polish navy (2013 data) ==  * 2 oliver hazard perry class frigates (ffg) - orp generaÅ tadeusz koÅciuszko, orp generaÅ kazimierz puÅaski * 1 small frigate (ff) - orp kaszub * 2 tarantul class corvettes * 3 orkan class (sassnitz class) corvettes * 5 submarines - 4 sokol class (kobben class submarine), 1 kilo class * 20 mine warfare/countermeasures ships * 8 amphibious ships * 33 logistics and support ships * 13 naval fixed wing aircraft (various an-28 variants), 30 naval helicopters == gallery == image:polish leopard2a4.jpg|leopard 2a4 of the polish army image:polish army in iraq.jpg|polish hmmwv in iraq |pza loara spaag of the polish land forces image:hibneryt 453 5180.jpg|polish zu-23-2 mounted on star truck image:rm 70 mrl.jpg|rm-85 or the unarmored version of rm-70 image:krzesiny 11rb.jpg|polish air force f-16c block 52+ image:mi24 700px.jpg|mil mi-24 helicopter of the polish land forces image:krzesiny 120rb.jpg|pzl sw-4 #0203 of polish air forc
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