Revolution in the Army: Poland creates the largest land in Europe - the media

Warsaw begins the largest re -equipment in the last 50 years due to Russia's threats. The military has already placed orders for 1000 tanks from South Korea and 250 new Abrams from the United States, notes the British edition of The Telegraph. The Polish authorities are determined to create the largest land troops in Europe against the background of constant military threats of Russia. About it writes the British newspaper The Telegraph.

Warsaw in 2023 will spend 4% of GDP on defense, which is twice as much as the NATO block requires. Poland has begun a modification of the Armed Forces with a large number of equipment of the USSR, part of the agreements for the supply of new equipment to the Poles before the Great War in Ukraine, said the newspaper. The full -scale invasion of Putin into Ukraine has accelerated the process and led to the signing of many new contracts.

It is very important for Poland to create a strong army faster to keep any potential aggressor from attacks, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaschak said. The material states that Poland has placed orders for 1000 K2 tanks from South Korea and 250 new M1A2 SEP V3 Abrams from the United States. Poland will turn into the owner of the largest tank group in Europe. There are only 227 tanks in the UK.

Artillery will be reinforced by 600 South Korean 155-mm K9 Thunder, 18 Himars installations of 9,000 missiles and 288 K239 Chunmoo systems from South Korea. More than 1,000 Borsuk Bersuk fighting vehicles will be used in the fronts, and 96 AH-64e Apache helicopters from the US and 48 FA-50 aircraft from South Korea will be performed by the Borsuk Bersuk, and the AH-64E APache helicopters will be performed.

All this will be supported by plans to double the number of the Polish army to 300 thousand people, which will turn Poland into the largest military state of Europe in terms of living force. The military command is negotiating with the United Kingdom on the construction of a large weapon plant. His task will include assistance in the production and repair of equipment and weapons for Ukraine, the newspaper said.

Captain Marek Adamyak from the 11th Artillery Regiment of Poland in a conversation with The Telegraph said his unit in mid-December 2022 received 24 self-propelled howitsa K9 of South Korean production capable of impressing targets up to 34 miles. "We can better maneuver, shoot from anywhere. There is no place from where we will not be able to shoot. We had a lot of old artillery, but now we got a very new weapon," he said. Poland plans to spend more than $ 100 billion on weapons by 2035.

The country's defense budget in 2023 will be a record $ 21. 7 billion. Defense expert and Vice president of RES PUBLICA-VISEGRAD INSIGHT Magdalen Yakubovskaya in communication with journalists says that this level of expenditures is not devoid of risk. "I am afraid that all these expenses can devastate the budget unless it is managed. The public does not know that may have to reduce some civilian projects. We had stable economic growth over the last few years, but now we are close to recession .

If we do not raise the economy of EU money (from the recovery fund after the pandemic) that we still do not have, the situation can become critical, "she said. In order to help Poland, the US Congress in 2022 approved a $ 288. 6 million military funding to protect against increasing threats from Russia. Inflation in Poland is now at 17%, so it can be difficult for the country to provide such a high defense budget.