Poland Receives Dozens of South Korean K2 Tanks and K9 Howitzers for Division Facing Kaliningrad

Poland’s Armament Agency said on 9 November 2026 that the country’s final South Korean heavy equipment shipment of the year had arrived, carrying dozens of K2 tanks and K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers for the 16th Mechanized Division. The agency gave no exact breakdown of the vehicles in the shipment. The equipment was supplied under the $6.5 billion K2 contract signed in August 2025 and the $2.6 billion K9 contract signed in December 2023. The K2s are Hyundai Rotem’s K2GF version, which Poland is receiving ahead of deliveries of the customised K2PL configuration.