Euro MP Michał Dworczyk in the program “Without Doctrine” warns that the Polish armory inactive produces not adequate artillery ammunition. After more than 4 years of war, yearly production managed to increase from 5 to 25,000 rounds. For comparison, in Ukraine, 4-5 1000 pieces a day came down during the hottest period of fighting.
Numbers that do not fill in with needs
The erstwhile Deputy Minister of National Defence, and present the Euro MP, described the scale of the problem with a simple statement. yearly home production increased 5 times, from 5 to 25 1000 rounds. Meanwhile, the front in Ukraine at the highest minute absorbed 4-5 1000 pieces each day. "This shows the level of drama" – Dworczyk said. In his view, the year-round achievements of Polish plants correspond to only a fewer days of truly intense artillery fighting. Although 5 times the increase sounds like a success, the starting point was so low that even it does not bring Poland closer to the needs of real conflict.
Simplest countermeasure yet in deficit
Dworzyk pointed out the paradox of this situation. The artillery rocket called the simplest combat agent, yet its production remains a narrow throat. He described the shortcomings in this area as “our condition”, dating back to years of negligence and postponement of decisions. He recalled that even a privately run mill in Ukraine could produce over 1 million missiles a year in about 15 months. This message exposes the distance between authoritative declarations and real generation capacity on the Vistula River. This gap is not due to the deficiency of technology, but to slow decisions, orders and consequences of their implementation.
Billions spent, modest effect
The scale of the investment does not translate straight into the number of ready-made missiles. According to the Euro MP, Poland produces just over 6 1000 rounds of 155 mm ammunition a year, although the Polish Armed Forces Group spent over PLN 13 billion for this purpose. specified an investment-to-result relation raises questions about the management of the full programme. Dworczyk puts it in a broader image of delays, which are highly hard to catch up with in the course of a abroad war. Each lost year means a shallower warehouse than the safety of the state requires. The discrepancy between expenditure and production becomes an argument in the arms supervision dispute.
Four years of lost time
The jump from 5 to 25,000 rounds looks awesome only on paper, due to the fact that the base was highly low. Dworzyk points out that the expansion of power lasted more than 4 years, even though the war was going on just beyond the east border. During this time orders grew faster than the ability to execute them and subsequent deadlines were postponed. The politician combines this with a deficiency of a coherent industrial policy that would let fresh lines to be launched without a multiannual delay. Without specified a strategy even large money turns into a slow, years-old effect.
Europe pursues its own backlog
The problem does not end at the borders of Poland. The full of Europe is just rebuilding an manufacture that has been shrinking with decreasing orders for decades and believing in lasting peace. The war across the east border has shown that modern conflicts proceed to settle with artillery, not just precision systems. NATO countries declare to increase stocks, but building fresh facilities and training crews require years alternatively than months. If production does not accelerate, allied aid to Kiev will stay a hostage of empty warehouses and deterrence will lose credibility. The words of the Court sound little like an accusation in this context, and more like a bill that sooner or later will should be paid.
Source: WP News
