SPG Kalina

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PlaceoforiginPoland
UsedbyPoland
Massaround 30,000 kg
SPG Kalina
SUM Kalina
SUM Kalina
TypeArmored personnel carrier
Place of originPoland
Service history
Used byPoland
Specifications
Massaround 30,000 kg
Length10.41 m
Width2.87 m
Height3.35 m

Main
armament
12.7mm NSVT machine-gun
EngineS12K diesel
780 hp
SuspensionTorsion bar
Maximum speed65 km/h

The SPG Kalina (Polish: Specjalne Podwozie Gąsiennicowe; SPG - lit. Special-purpose Tracked Chassis; Kalina is Polish for guelder rose) is a heavy, multi-purpose armoured personnel carrier designed at the OBRUM (OBRUM stands for Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy Urządzeń MechanicznychPolish for Research and Development Centre for Mechanical Appliances) and is produced by the Bumar Łabędy company[1] - part of Polish military consortium - Bumar Group. SPG is a development of the joint Poland, Soviet Union and East Germany transporter called MT-S, developed in the late 1980s.

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