We want not only to draw the right conclusions from the war in Ukraine and implement them into our army, but besides to know how this kind of troops are changing with our allies and how manufacture responds to war experiences and what it has to offer," said Colonel Wojciech Dalka of the Board of Rocket and Artillery Forces at the global Artillery Conference.
By the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Board of rocket Forces and the Artillery of the General Command of the Armed Forces types organized an global conference each year, around the 4 December Artillery Day. Representatives of this kind of military could discuss the challenges they face with colleagues from another armies, representatives of manufacture and the planet of discipline and manufacture experts. Unfortunately, due to the epidemic, and later the armed aggression of Russia to Ukraine, the conference has not been organised for the last 4 years. This year, ZWRiA again invited a group of specialists to the Polish artillery capital, the Toruń Artillery and Armoury Training Centre for the global Artillery Conference.
The subject that dominated the two-day event ended present was the war in Ukraine, and more specifically the conclusions and experiences it brought about, including the principles and conditions of artillery use. As Colonel Wojciech Dalka, head of the military equipment and improvement branch of the ZWRiA explained, in the context of the ongoing conflict behind our east border, it is very crucial not only to draw the right conclusions, but besides to implement them properly. 1 of the threads that Colonel Dalka pointed out was circulating ammunition. – We see how frequently drones are utilized as a substitute for precision artillery ammunition. Whether this is the right direction or the future – we request to think about it very carefully – he emphasized.
Another crucial subject in the discussion was dialog with industry. “We request to know what the arms manufacture has to offer, how it implements conclusions and experiences from Ukraine to its products, how it implements the latest technological achievements, specified as artificial intelligence,” said Colonel Dalka. It is precisely the ability of manufacture to rapidly adapt conclusions and experiences to the solutions offered to the military that has been considered crucial in cooperation with the armed forces. – Ukraine shows that fresh equipment, or its improved version, must scope our hands within a fewer months of reporting the applicable needs, changes or modifications, alternatively than in respective years. Industrial reactivity is far besides low – said 1 of the commanders.
The representatives of industry, who appeared rather numerously at the conference, argued that they were aware of the challenges posed by the current geopolitical situation and the conclusions and experiences of Ukraine. The PIT-Radwar typical announced, for example, that the company is working on a modernization package for artillery radar Liwiec (basic equipment of this kind in the Polish Army), the Mesko typical reported work on Polish precision ammunition (missile and artillery), and the delegation from WITU spoke about fresh Polish anti-tank missiles Moscow.
The subject which could not be missed was besides the issue of insufficient production capacity, to the needs of the military. Unfortunately, the most circumstantial representatives of abroad companies were here. Lockheed Martin's typical declared that his company would shortly triple, up to 6,000 copies a year, the production of Javelin anti-tank missiles. At the same time, he betrayed that 1 of the countries where it is to be produced is Poland, and its production is to be handled by PGZ.
