The 155 mm Polish artillery projectile exceeded 30 kilometres in the Ustka scope on 2 September, maintaining unchangeable parameters. PGO and WITU plan commercialization in 2027, and declared PGO capacity reaches 100,000 cast bodies per year. This is simply a step towards the ammunition sovereignty of Poland, although the series production has yet to move.
Four attempts, most crucial in the mouth
The 155 mm Polish ammunition task entered a decisive phase. The Corps developed by PGO in cooperation with the Military method Institute of Armed Forces passed 4 ground trials in respective locations. The most crucial test was held on September 2 at the Central Air Force Police in Ustka.
A series of shots were carried out from a 155 mm self-propelled barrel. PGO administered after the testthat the missiles have exceeded 30 kilometres of scope at advanced velocity and unchangeable force parameters. Subsequent shots were to confirm the repeatability of the plan in the Hollow Base variant, i.e. with a bottom depth.
Several twelve WITU employees, representatives of the Navy and entities curious in the project, including Niewiadów Polish Military Group, participated in the trial. The earlier stages included investigation on fragmentation in Zielonka, shooting from a ballistic cannon in Stalowa Wola and checking the strength of the bodies with a reinforced propelling charge in Niewiadów.
100,000 corps a year
The PGO estimates the capacity to produce cast bodies at around 100,000 pieces per year. That's the number of bodies, not complete bullets ready to deliver to the military. The full chain besides includes explosives, fuse, propellants, assembly, quality control and logistics. The success of 1 link only matters erstwhile the others grow with it.
The company assumes that commercialisation of the solution will be possible in 2027. The earlier agenda provided for the completion of full body validation in the last 4th of 2026 and the start of preserial production in early 2027. These deadlines are ambitious. The State should support them, but it should besides ruthlessly account for the execution.
The blind prepares parallel lines for 155 and 120 mm ammunition. A list of foundry competences of PGO, investigation facilities of WITU and the ability to elaborate and assemble can give Poland its own product according to NATO requirements. The condition is the efficient integration of industry, unchangeable military orders and secured access to natural materials.
Haubica without a spare is an costly exhibit
Poland has expanded barrel artillery around Krabs and Korean K9. Each of these platforms needs large and regularly renewed ammunition supplies. The war in Ukraine reminded Europe of the brutal truth: in a long conflict, the usage of missiles counts faster than the manufacture can supplement them.
Purchases of finished ammunition abroad are needed erstwhile warehouses request to be filled immediately. However, they cannot replace national capacities. A country dependent on the license, components and decision of a abroad supplier loses its freedom erstwhile supplies become most needed. Poland must besides allocate production and warehouses wisely, taking into account the scope of Russian means of destruction.
Industrial sovereignty requires procurement
The plan itself does not yet make a lasting defence capacity. Plants request many years of contracts to invest in machines, people, laboratories, and supplies of materials. The military must in turn get the product tested, safe and repetitive. A patriotic description does not release the maker from quality. She should be more responsible.
The PGO announced the presentation of the task at the global Defence manufacture Salon in Kielce on 8-11 September 2026. The fair will be an chance to show progress, but a real measurement of success will stay a serial transportation to the Armed Forces of Poland. Poland does not request another prototype for the cabinet. It needs full warehouses and factories capable of working besides during the crisis.
For the Polish economy, the task means orders, jobs and maintenance of metallurgical skills in the country. For the military, it means a shorter supply chain. For the state it means more freedom to decide. Trials in Ustka are so a reason for careful pride, and the beginning of the most hard part of the task: the transition from successful shots to mass, reliable production.
Source: PGO, a communication dated September 4, 2026; PGO, Test study in the Mouth; Bankier.pl."
Source: Bankier.pl
