We strengthen the potential, we rise readiness – announced on the social media 1st Mazurska Brigade of Artillery, informing about the reception of further elements of the modern shock-opportunity strategy Gladius. It is primarily created by unmanned Moose aircraft, circulating ammunition and unmanned platform launcher integrated into the 4x4 Waran vehicle.
December is simply a hot time for artillerymen from Eel for the supply of fresh equipment. Soldiers from 1 The Mazury Artillery Brigade, subordinate 16th Mechanized Division, in fresh weeks They picked up the self-propelled boom 155 mm K9 (last of the first batch 212 copies ordered for the Polish army) and average rescue and firefighting vehicle.
They've late accepted another modern launcher. Unmanned Gladius impact and control system. “We carry out tasks consistently. Another launchers of the modern unmanned shock-optimal Gladius strategy went to the 1st Artillery Brigade," the unit stated on its Facebook page.
Gladius is based on 2 basic elements. The first is exploratory drone FT5 Moose, which reaches a ceiling of up to 5 km and can fly about 180 km from the operator, remaining in the air for 10 hours. The unmanned man, equipped with a modern optoelectronic head, COMINT/ELINT sensors or SAR radar, allows reflection under different conditions. erstwhile FT5 performs its task, BSP-U enters the action.
BSP-U is simply a alleged effector, a kind of circular ammunition that has 1 electrical motor and a single push propeller. The combat device, with a scope of about 100 km, moves at a velocity of 120 km/h and is equipped with a five-kilogram fracturing or cumulative head.
For training tasks, a training version of BSP-UT is used, in which the imitation head is mounted. specified a drone, unlike BSP-U, is simply a multi-use device. The Gladius strategy uses a universal launcher mounted on 4x4 Waran vehiclefrom which FT5 and BSP-U/UT start. Unmanned shall be placed on it utilizing the HDS lift.
Gladius has been utilized in the Polish army since December 2022. Then to soldiers of the 18th Artillery Regiment of fresh Dęby the first elements of this system. This was the consequence of the signing of a contract worth PLN 2 billion by the Armed Forces Agency and the WB Group for the acquisition of 4 battery modules.
The first was full delivered to 18 Artillery Brigades in December 2024. The second module for 1 MBA was besides started. The battery module consists of, among others, carts, command wagons, ammunition trucks, maintenance vehicles, another vehicles, FT5 Moose drones and BSP-U supplies.
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