Editing BRDM-2 (section)

===Poland===
[[File:BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" Kraków.jpg|thumb|Two BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" armoured scout cars on a military parade in Kraków, 17 May 2008]]

Poland bought 450 BRDM-2 armoured scout cars, 418 9P133 "Malyutka" and 9P148 "Konkurs" [[tank destroyer]]s and 32 BRDM-2RS NBC reconnaissance vehicles in 1965. Later, Poland obtained some 9P31 [[Surface-to-air missile]] launchers. In 2004, the Polish Army operated 600 BRDM-2 armoured scout cars and vehicles based on it. Currently, the Polish Army operates 200 BRDM-2''s'', 120 BRDM-2''s'' modernized to BRDM-2M-96, BRDM-2M-96i, BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" and BRDM-2M-98 "Żbik-A" level, 12 BRDM-2''s'' modernized to BRDM-2M-96ik "Szakal" level, 100 9P133 "Malyutka" and 18 9P148 "Konkurs" tank destroyers, 12 BRDM-2RS NBC reconnaissance vehicles, an unknown number of 9K31 Strela-1 self-propelled surface-to-air missile launchers as well as BRDM-2 R-1A and BRDM-2 R-5 command vehicles.<ref name="Militarium.net 2">[http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411 2] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510082127/http://www.militarium.net/viewart.php?aid=411 |date=10 May 2011 }}. Militarium.net (18 August 2008). Retrieved on 21 September 2011.</ref> Also one BRDM-2 was modernized to BRDM-2M-96ik "Szakal Plus" level.<ref name="Militarium.net"/> All modernizations, conversions and serious repairs of Polish BRDM-2s are done by WZM in [[Siemianowice Śląskie]]. Modernized BRDM-2 armoured scout cars will serve with the Polish Army for at least a couple of years. The 9P133 "Malyutka" and 9P148 "Konkurs" tank destroyers, which are the basic equipment of anti-tank subunits of motorized brigades, are considered obsolete and therefore are to be replaced with ATGM launchers based on lighter vehicles, like the [[HMMWV]], or heavier vehicles like the KTO Ryś APC or [[KTO Rosomak]] [[Patria AMV|AMV]].<ref name="Militarium.net"/>

For MSPO 2002, two Polish BRDM-2M-96i were converted into a fire unit and command vehicle with a radar of the German Rheinmetall Defence Electronics [[ASRAD-R]] missile air defense system. The system won the "Defender" award at that year's event.<ref name="Kolbenschmidt Pierburg AG">[http://www.kspg-ag.de/pdfdoc/newsline_4_2001.pdf Newsline 4/2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511145951/http://www.kspg-ag.de/pdfdoc/newsline_4_2001.pdf |date=11 May 2011 }}. (PDF). Retrieved on 21 September 2011.</ref>

Polish BRDM-2M-96ik "Szakal" was shown at the Land Combat Expo 2004.<ref name="armyrecognition.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/Amerique_du_nord/Etats_Unis/Combat_Land_Expo_2003/Land_Combat_Expo_2004_pictures/Land_Combat_Expo_2004_Pictures_gallery.htm|title=Land Combat Expo 2004 Pictures picture photo image Military Exhibition of latest high military technology Patrick Henry village Heidelberg Germany United States Army salon militaire sur les dernières technologies militaires de l'arme américaine Heidelberg Allemagne|author=Army Recognition Alain Servaes|access-date=4 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105192238/http://www.armyrecognition.com/Amerique_du_nord/Etats_Unis/Combat_Land_Expo_2003/Land_Combat_Expo_2004_pictures/Land_Combat_Expo_2004_Pictures_gallery.htm|archive-date=5 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" armoured scout cars took part in a military parade in Kraków on 17 May 2008. Seven BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" armoured scout cars and six 9P148 "Konkurs" tank destroyers took part in a [[military parade]] in Warsaw on the Polish Army Day, 15 August 2008.<ref name="MON">[http://www.mon.gov.pl/pl/artykul/5427 MON] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080814030327/http://www.mon.gov.pl/pl/artykul/5427 |date=14 August 2008 }}. MON. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.</ref>

BRDM-2, BRDM-2M-96 and BRDM-2M-96i armoured cars were used by Polish units of [[SFOR]]. Polish [[Kosovo Force|KFOR]] units also use BRDM-2M-96 armoured scout cars and BRDM-2RS NBC reconnaissance vehicles. Polish Forces in Iraq operated 12 BRDM-2M-96ik "Szakal" and 14 BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B".<ref name="Militarium.net"/> 10 BRDM-2M-96ik were used by Polish forces of [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]].<ref name="Altair">[http://www.altair.com.pl/czasopisma-artykuly-274 Altair – R-wto 03/2007 – Kołowa aberracja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217014822/http://www.altair.com.pl/czasopisma-artykuly-274 |date=17 February 2012 }}. Altair.com.pl. Retrieved on 21 September 2011.</ref> However, these are now back in Poland, as are the 12 vehicles used in Iraq.