Poland says goodbye to Honker, hello to Navara
The Polish Army is to procure several hundred Nissan Navara 4x4 all-terrain, tactical vehicles in its Mustang programme, following five unsuccessful attempts to implement it.
The selection of the Nissan Navara as the future all-terrain, tactical vehicle of the Polish Army was announced on 13 March by the 2nd Regional Logistic Base (2 Regionalna Baza Logistyczna) in Warsaw, after an open tender procedure.
‘The era of Honker vehicles in the Polish Armed Forces came to an end,’ Polish Minister of Defence Mariusz Blaszczak commented on social media.
‘We finalised the tender for procurement of new all-terrain, tactical vehicles for our
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