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[Musashi]

Sharpsooters, 17th "Wielkopolska" Mechanized Brigade, Poland, September 2020

I loved the fact sharpshooters from this particular brigade won a sniper competition a few years ago, making all special forces units, like GROM, Formoza, JWK, etc. flabbergasted. The latter had a real WTF moment and must have felt embarrassed.

 

[Conhoon]

I loved the fact sharpshooters from this particular brigade won a sniper competition a few years ago, making all special forces units, like GROM, Formoza, JWK, etc. flabbergasted. The latter had a real WTF moment and must have felt embarrassed.

From what I remember, 17 Wielkopolska Brygada Zmechanizowana (17th "Wielkopolska" Mechanized Brigade) was the first regular forces unit in which sharpshooters courses were organized. The last photos are from the preparations for the next "Long Shot" competition, which will take place in September this year.

 

[Conhoon]

15th "Giżycka" Mechanized Brigade, Poland, September 2020

 

[Conhoon]

21st Podhale Rifles Brigade, Poland, September 2020

 

[Conhoon]

21st Podhale Rifles Brigade, Poland, September 2020

 

[Conhoon]

2nd Anti-Aircraft Battery, 21st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Squadron, 21st Podhale Rifles Brigade, Poland, September 2020

 

[Conhoon]

23rd Tactic Air Base, Poland, August/September 2020

 

[BravoZulu]

Poland acquires Rosomak-S vehicles

 

[Conhoon]

Polish Leopard 2PL

 

[uktabber]

Q: Where does Poland get it parts for all of the Soviet era aircraft and equipt that you retain!! Is everyone getting it from Russia??

 

[Conhoon]

Q: Where does Poland get it parts for all of the Soviet era aircraft and equipt that you retain!! Is everyone getting it from Russia??

No. We produce some of them ourselves (under a license purchased in the 1980s or introduce our own solutions), many are purchased from private companies from Ukraine, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others.

In Poland, many companies supply components for servicing aircraft of Russian (Soviet) origin. The service and repairs of MiG-29 fighters are carried out by companies belonging to the Polish Armaments Group. In addition, repairs of significant parts of MiG-29 are carried out independently in Poland, including Klimow RD-33 engines used for their propulsion (by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No. 4).

 

[Musashi]

No. We produce some of them ourselves (under a license purchased in the 1980s or introduce our own solutions), many are purchased from private companies from Ukraine, Belarus, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and others.

In Poland, many companies supply components for servicing aircraft of Russian (Soviet) origin. The service and repairs of MiG-29 fighters are carried out by companies belonging to the Polish Armaments Group. In addition, repairs of significant parts of MiG-29 are carried out independently in Poland, including Klimow RD-33 engines used for their propulsion (by Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No. 4).

They are unable to do service many spare parts, as they don't have this capability.
For example, a Polish company misdesigned an ejection seat for the MiG-29. A part that was supposed to break off did not break off when a parachute was deployed and a pilot was killed after he ejected. The company was sued and the lost the case in the court. The designer was prosecuted.
Polish MiG-29s were grounded for many months numerous times. Sometimes, it lasted for 12 months or longer.
MiG-29s were the primary planes deployed during the Baltic Air Policing M in the past. The main reason was, they are not so sensitive to dirt like F16s. In case of the latter, an engine inlet is positioned very close to the ground, so sucks in rubbish/undesirable objects from the ground. In order to make F16s operational, the runway surface has to be perfectly clean and it requires a special U.S.-made hoover. The Polish Air Force considered bringing the hoover to the Baltics a kind of a logistical problem or maybe an insufficient number of them was bought in the U.S.A. to make F16s operational in too many bases in one go.
MiG-29s don't have this problem, but they have not been deployed in the Baltics past January 2015. Make an intelligent judgement about why this policy has changed.

 

[Hiryu2.0]

Polish Leopard 2PL

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I have a question. What are your experiences with ex-German Leopards? How well does the cooperation with Rheinmetall work?

 

[Conhoon]

They are unable to do service many spare parts, as they don't have this capability.
For example, a Polish company misdesigned an ejection seat for the MiG-29. A part that was supposed to break off did not break off when a parachute was deployed and a pilot was killed after he ejected. The company was sued and the lost the case in the court. The designer was prosecuted.
Polish MiG-29s were grounded for many months numerous times. Sometimes, it lasted for 12 months or longer.
MiG-29s were the primary planes deployed during the Baltic Air Policing M in the past. The main reason was, they are not so sensitive to dirt like F16s. In case of the latter, an engine inlet is positioned very close to the ground, so sucks in rubbish/undesirable objects from the ground. In order to make F16s operational, the runway surface has to be perfectly clean and it requires a special U.S.-made hoover. The Polish Air Force considered bringing the hoover to the Baltics a kind of a logistical problem or maybe an insufficient number of them was bought in the U.S.A. to make F16s operational in too many bases in one go.
MiG-29s don't have this problem, but they have not been deployed in the Baltics past January 2015. Make an intelligent judgement about why this policy has changed.

The problem is:
1. Lack of an adequate number of aircraft (successors of the Mig-29 and Su-22)
2. Lack of an appropriate supply system with spare parts (this does not apply only to MiG-29 and Su-22)
This is where breakdowns and accidents result.

The biggest problem is:
3. Lack of a generational replacement plan for machines with the development of a maintenance and repair plan. If we do not deal with it ourselves, we will either pay much more than now, or it will be worse.

 

[Conhoon]

I have a question. What are your experiences with ex-German Leopards? How well does the cooperation with Rheinmetall work?

The contract of Leo 4PL was poorly prepared by the Polish side, so the framework for the repair of the delivered tanks has not been clearly defined (too much focus has been placed on the modernization area), for which we will have to pay a lot. The German party stated that since the contract does not clearly define what the renovation is to include, any unclear situations will require an additional payment by the contracting authority. From the technical side, apart from the fact that we have a delay of several months due to negotiations - there is no information about defects.

 

[Coffee]

I have a question. What are your experiences with ex-German Leopards? How well does the cooperation with Rheinmetall work?

Article for you, its in PL but with google translate it shouldnt be a problem. All issues with modernizations are on both sides, PL and Rheinmetall , KMW said in beginning(2015) that this amount of work cant be done in such short time(original time table), for this amount of money, but who would listen?

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[Hiryu2.0]

THX!!!!!
The comments also helped a lot. (I'm writing about whether Lynx was really the best for Hungary)

 

[Conhoon]

Polish F-16 (from 2nd Tactic Aviation Wing) at "Astral Knight 2020" exercise, September 2020

 

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