International AWL ground

As part of the exercises, Polish and French students trained to overcome engineering dams, fight in trenches, usage of drones in reconnaissance and combat activities, as well as tasks related to the elimination of contaminations. All trainings had their finals during the last 2 days of the joint training. Then tactical tasks were put before the subjects: on the 1 hand, an attack on the forces of the opponent in the trenches, on the another hand, a defence against attacking the opposing party.

– All of us were divided into 2 groups: blue and red, while the groups were Polish-French, so as to guarantee the exchange of experience and cooperation between uniforms from both countries – explains Colonel Tomasz Szulc from the AWL Command Department. He explains that 1 of the groups was tasked with offensive actions, attacking enemy positions, storming trenches utilizing unmanned weapons systems and laser firing simulator.

– We added a chemical episode to it, so there was a contamination. In turn, the second group had to defend themselves utilizing the trench strategy and for them we besides predicted additional episodes, specified as permeation, rallying and aerial reconnaissance utilizing unmanned weapons systems," said Colonel Szulc.

The officer emphasizes that specified global training has invaluable value for the subjects. They let you to establish contacts, exchange experiences, familiarize yourself with procedures, techniques and equipment utilized in another armies. – Guests from France, for example, did not usage the strategy LSS (Laser Shooting Simulator), whose Polish website uses regularly. For them, this is simply a novelty, from where they first trained from its usage – says the officer.

In turn, he adds, our subjects could, for example, look at French fighting procedures in trenches and command rules. – We operate on the basis of Polish and American procedures, which our guests in turn met. The exchange of experiences between practitioners was an crucial added value for each nation, says Colonel Szulc.

He adds that instructors have been selected to let joint cooperation as much as possible. "So it happened that, for example, Poles were led by an American teacher and French Poles. After the training was completed, we conducted the alleged after action review, alleged after action review, and thus a discussion of all joint exercises, during which all participants of the training appreciated the engagement of students and cadets and expressed their desire to proceed cooperation in the future, the officer concludes.

International exercises of infantry men lasted a week. Then, as part of the cooperation and invitation by the French university, the AWL students will leave for the exercises in French Guiana.