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Polish Armed Forces Selling Out Antiquated Arms to Western Collectors
25 April 2001
Warsaw Gazeta Wyborcza
Poland has become a major Central European arms exporter. Collectors in the West are purchasing arms for their museums from the Polish Armed Forces on a huge scale.
"From the point of view of our clients, the fact that the Polish Armed Forces has antiquated equipment is an asset," explains Marian Luczak, director of the Special Trade Department at the Military Property Agency [AMW]. The army hands over used arms to the AMW to sell. The money thus earned is used for... (GunPolicy.org)