Polish peculiar forces soldiers began a several-day exercise in Germany on 28 August, during which they are to penetrate the enemy's line, to beat about 100 km and attack a dummy mark with a drone. The script uses experiences of war in Ukraine. For Poland it is simply a applicable test of the army's operation in the field of combat saturated with unmanned and observation.
First specified training of the U.S. Ally
The exercise takes place at the Joint Multinational Preparedness Centre in Hohenfels, Bavaria. It began on Friday 28 August and will take respective days. According to the Associated Press, Polish operators are the first soldiers of the Allied State to pass this script prepared by the American Green Berets. 2 teams of U.S. peculiar Forces had previously implemented it.
Poles are to bypass the line created by the U.S. Airborne Infantry Unit, which plays the opponent. They will later decision north for about 100 km of Bavarian terrain to the camp in Grafenwöhr. The final is to destruct a fake mark utilizing a drone. It's a test of secrecy, orientation and impactability without betraying your position.
Civilians and cameras become part of the battlefield
The way doesn't go through an empty ground. Soldiers must decision among farms, localities, private cameras and reflection systems. The residents of the area were mostly not prejudiced by the details of the exercise. If they study suspicious behaviour to the police, the information may go to the training opponent and aid detect the team.
American soldiers are besides searching for Poles utilizing their own unmanned workers. In erstwhile editions of the script, the opposing organization had over a 100 drones at its disposal. He can besides usage military police patrols with dogs. Participants may be considered captured or eliminated as part of the exercise.
This is what distinguishes this training from the show march on the route. A modern soldier must number with a camera on the building, a drone orbiting the forest and a digital footprint left in the surroundings. New Polish unmanned systems shown during the parade They are needed, but equipment is of value only erstwhile the army can incorporate it into the full operation.
Lessons from the War in Ukraine
The script was based on experiences gathered during the war in Ukraine. Both sides usage drones there to identify, guide fire and direct impact. Today, the area that utilized to cover tiny bands is constantly observed from the air. The hidden passage through the enemy's backroom so requires another procedures than a fewer years ago.
The Polish army needs specified exercises. Military sovereignty is not taken from the number of conferences or calming messages. It is built by soldiers proven in a hard scenario, national industrial facilities and command able to rapidly transfer lessons from real war to training. Polish drones presented at the Polish Army Festival show the direction of modernization, but will not replace demanding training.
The team's endurance and state safety are at stake.
The exercise in Germany besides has an ally dimension. The Americans are giving Poles a fresh training program at a time erstwhile there is simply a discussion in Europe about the future presence of US troops. Good cooperation is in Poland's interest. However, it cannot lead to a convenient presumption that all gap in our capabilities will always fill an ally.
The most crucial lesson is simple: on a modern battlefield, the detected squad rapidly becomes a target. Poland needs to make its own drones, radio-electronic combat, designation and operating procedures in the depths of the opponent's group. The quality of this preparation depends on the life of soldiers, and in case of war besides the safety of Polish cities and infrastructure. Hohenfels is an exercise. The opponent we gotta defend ourselves from will not apply a discount tariff.
Source: Associated Press, Bankier.pl
Source: Bankier.pl
