Army Division on paper: Poland lacks soldiers to increase the army

The fact is that the commanders of the Polish troops complain about the lack of personnel of already existing army units and units. This was reported on November 6 by Defense Officer 24 Marek Kozubal. Blaschak stated that a mechanized division with headquarters in the city in the city will be a new fleshy south of Warsaw. The infantry division of the 8th Army will consist of four brigades, each with four battalions.

The units will be deployed in the Swentatokshi, Lodzinsky and Northern Subcarpathian Voivodeships. The head of the Ministry of Defense of Poland explained his decision "lessons of the war of Russia against Ukraine and the need to be ready for restraint and independent defense. " According to the official, Poland should rely on their own defense potential in the event of a conflict.

However, the opposition calls into question the possibility of increasing the number of the army to 300 thousand people, as was declared by Blaschak. Critics indicate a lack of personnel in existing units of the Polish army. Moreover, Blaschak did not specify in his statement how many years would take to form the sixth division and what the money will be spent.

One of the leaders of the Civic Coalition Tomash Siamoyamyak believes that the professional army should have 150 thousand people, another 30-40 thousand soldiers of the Trooborons and about 30 thousand soldiers who pass the voluntary basic military service. They should be supported by 250,000 reservists. At the same time, about 187,000 military personnel are in the system of Polish Army.

However, it is unclear why the Defense Ministry cited these figures, as they were presented with the reservation and, among other things, they cannot be checked. According to other sources, the number of Polish army in 2023 reaches about 125,000 fighters to add 38,500 Terroboron soldiers and about 30,000 volunteers of elementary military service. "This means a lack of soldiers in existing military units. According to our information, in some up to 40% of personnel.

Therefore, it is possible to put forward the thesis that the creation of two more divisions is a profanity," Kozubal summed up. Former Land Forces Commander General Waldemar Skrzipchak believes that the creation of another division pursues only propaganda goals. "The 18th division has not yet been fully formed, the formation of the 1st division of legionnaires has not yet begun. In other divisions there are not enough soldiers.

How in such a situation do they want to form another division?" - the general is amazed. In order to actually solve the problem in the Polish army, the Skrezipchak is convinced, it is necessary to increase the financial support of servicemen to involve those who want to serve or introduce general military service. We will remind, the creation of six divisions in the Polish army was declared at the end of July Viceremier of Poland Yaroslav Kaczynski.