Commanders!
As every year, we’ll be celebrating the Polish Independence Day in the near future and we’d like to tell you more about the new content we’ve prepared for you, including a new skin for BWP-2000 called Raven.
This time, the skin as well as the camouflage and decals we have for you are based on vehicles and insignia used by the Polish 20th Mechanized Brigade, as seen during the 2016 BALTOPS NATO exercises in northern Poland. Of course, the brigade is not using the BWP-2000 IFV – nobody is in fact, that vehicle remained a prototype only. That is why we took inspiration from the brigade’s BWP-1 IFVs (which is the Polish variant of the Soviet BMP-1).
The vehicle features standard Polish camouflage (which itself is a variant of the NATO three-tone camouflage with a distinctive shade of red-brown), covered by sand color to better blend in the coastal environment.
The vehicle also features the unit’s insignia such as a raven holding a ring, and the tactical emblems of the 20th Brigade. The brigade’s full name is 20th Mechanized Brigade “Bartoszycka” bearing the name of Lithuanian Field Hetman Wincenty Korwin Gosiewski, a notable 17th century Polish-Lithuanian nobleman and warrior who fought in several battles and was a staunch royalist.
The brigade is stationed in Bartoszyce (north-eastern Poland) and while it was founded in 1994, it carries on the tradition of two notable Polish units, the 2nd Lithuanian-Belarusian Division (1918-1920) and the 20th Infantry Division (1920-1939). It was formed as a part of an initiative to guard Poland from any attacks from the east. Its crest features a Maltese cross but the vehicles bear an emblem of a raven holding a golden ring, derived from the Ślepowron coat of arms of its patron.
The unit is equipped not only with BWP-1s but, more recently, was one of the first to receive the K2 Black Panther Main Battle Tanks.
Aside from the skin, we’ll also be adding the Polish (Baltic) camouflage that is built around the same concept – basic Polish camouflage pattern covered partially by the sand color used during the BALTOPS exercises.
And, as usual, we’ll be adding three decals:
- Emblem of the 20th Brigade (the Maltese Cross mentioned above)
- 20th Brigade Raven emblem (heraldic form)
- 20th Brigade Raven emblem (tactical form)
As well as the Ślepowron banner as a flag.
And that’s it, commanders. The skin will be available alongside the abovementioned camouflage and decals in November. We hope you’ll like it and, as always:
See you on the battlefield!
