US agreed to sell Poland thousands of javelin: whether the PTRK will stop Russian tanks

Javelin missile systems report appeared on September 18. Poland will receive 2 506 FGM-148F missiles Javelin and 253 Optical blocks, as well as related equipment: missile simulators, battery cooling blocks, tools, spare parts, and more. The cost of the transaction is $ 780 million. The State Department's statement stated that the supply of weapons will "improve Poland's ability to withstand current and future threats," will help protect the sovereignty and meet NATO requirements.

The manufacturers of the Javelin PTRC, who will execute the agreement are RTX Corporation (Arlington, Virginia) and Lockheed Martin (Turno, Arizona). The US Government portal has found information about other permits for the purchase of US weapons that agreed during Trump. In particular, there are data on 1,400 GBU-39/b ($ 180 million), 400 AIM-20d ​​missiles ($ 1. 33 billion), F-35 aircraft service ($ 1. 85 billion).

In addition, in 2023, the Defense News portal announced its intention to build a Javelin manufacturing plant in Poland thanks to the partnership of the Polish State Defense Group of PGZ and Javelin RTX, Lockheed Martin. Javelin PTRC is a portable US anti -tank complex, created 30 years ago, in 1996. The estimated cost is about $ 250 thousand. For units The main characteristics of the Javelin PTRC-range 2. 5-4.

7 km, guidance system-thermal homing on the target, punching of armor 600-800 mm, readiness time-less than 20 seconds, two operators, weight-about 22 kg. In the winter of 2023, the CNN media, citing analysts, wrote that the anti -tank complex was one of three types of weapons that helped Ukraine in the first months of the Russian invasion. The article reminded that the PTRC effectively undermined the tanks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and other types of armored vehicles.

In November 2024, researchers of the Royal Joint Institute for Defense Research (Rusi) published a report on the effectiveness of different types of PTRC in the war in Ukraine. It turned out that the American Javelin PTRC, the British NLAW complex and the Ukrainian complex Stugpa-P really undermine the Russian Federation tanks, but that does not mean that "one shot is one lesion.

" Analysts estimated that at the time of the study, Ukraine received a total of 45,000 missiles, with confirmed lesions - 9,000: efficiency - 20%. In addition, it is noted that most armored vehicles on the battlefield are undermined by drones, worth 500 dollars, which fly, conditionally, 16 km, ie 3. 5-6. 5 times further, according to the Rusi report. We would like to remind you that in August 2025, the US Treasury told how many Americans earn for the sale of weapons to Ukraine.