Baobab-K, K9, Legwan, Pilica, Kroton... At the Armed Forces Exhibition at the Kielce Fair, the Polish army boasts of modern equipment which it already has or will shortly receive. Apart from the dense equipment parked along the fair halls, there are drones, handguns or simulators waiting for visitors. And hundreds of soldiers talking about the service.
The Armed Forces Exhibition at the global Defence manufacture Exhibition has already become a tradition. The Polish Army prepared for the 26th time a presentation of weapons: military equipment, digital technology, educational programs. This year, the slogan of the exhibition organized by the Armed Forces Support Office is "Modern Armed Forces make a strong and safe future".
On nearly 10 1000 m2 of exhibition space you can see not only static expositions of vehicles, weapons, fittings or technologies utilized by Polish soldiers. fresh is the presentation of equipment and armaments for land, air and sea domains (every another day). This part was prepared by the command under the operational command of the RSZ. Visitors will besides be able to see demonstrations of training, e.g. in the field of medicine in the work of crews. Additionally, on 5 September the achievements of soldiers of Polish military contingents from missions and operations outside the country will be presented.
Implementation: Jakub Zagalski, Aleksander Kruk
The most spectacular part of the Armed Forces Exhibition was organized outside. The military brought to Kielce, among others, the K9 cannonhaubice, the vehicle of the Aeromobile troops Kafar Aero, the anti-aircraft artillery-racite Pilica strategy on the Jelcz platform, the capable of being spread by the Bystra radio-location station and the self-propelled anti-aircraft Poprad rocket set on the Żubr vehicle. Guests of the Kielecki salon will besides see the Baobab-K overhead mine vehicle – the first serial copy from the organization of 24 ordered to be sent to the Polish Army from 2026 to 2028.
At the exhibition we will besides find the Kroton command vehicle (on the Rosomak wheel platform), the light reconnaissance vehicle of the Legwan, LOTR (a light armored reconnaissance transporter), BWR (a combat reconnaissance vehicle) or the bridge accompanying the MS-20 vehicle. In addition, visitors can see how MMSD (mobile modular command post), APIS-2 (container human decontamination kit) and Kosodrzewin (a set of tools for mechanizing work in building overpasses and bridges).
There could besides be drones in Kielce. At the Military Inspectorate of Unmanned Armoured Systems you can look closely at a variety of unmanned airmen, specified as Bayraktar TB2, FlyEye, Orbiter, RQ-21A or marine (AUV Hugin MW, AUV Gavia, Silly).
Their weapons are besides presented by territorial defence troops – from MSBS Grot, through sharpshooting and sniper rifles (TOR, BOR, SAKO), to the universal device weapon UKM-2000 and grenade launchers (Carl Gustaf, M72 EC MK1). The exhibition besides abounds in all kinds of simulators, including snowball shooters, a flight simulator with an open parachute bowl, a forklift or a virtual welding discipline simulator.
The chance to present itself was besides not missed by military academies (WAT, LAW, AMW, AszWoj), office of the Cyberspace defence Army, Center for Veteran Activities outside the State Borders, Central Military Library or Central Military Recruitment Center.
