“Very important news for Polish security: The State Department has approved the sale of 250 Abrams tanks, in the most modern M1A2 SEPv3 version,” Mariusz Błaszczak wrote on Twitter.
“It’s an enormously important boost to our defence capabilities and one of the more significant arms contracts in Poland's history,” he added.
Warsaw signalled its intention to buy 250 American tanks last year.
The first shipment is expected to arrive later this year, officials said.
The deal includes a training and logistics package as well as simulators, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
Introduced between 2019 and 2020, the "third-generation" Abrams tanks are designed to work with Himars rocket launchers and F-35 fighter jets, and can fire programmable ammunition, according to IAR.
The tanks are manufactured by US defence contractor General Dynamics at its plant in Lima, Ohio, Poland's PAP news agency reported.
In 2020, Poland signed a USD 4.6 billion deal to buy 32 F-35A combat aircraft from the United States.
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Source: IAR, PAP