The movie arm of “Polish Armed Forces” – ArmouredTV – is rapidly developing. Our YouTube channel already has almost 50,000 subscribers – within 365 days its number has increased by 140%! We've got millions of hits, and our reporters have noticed jurors of prestigious competitions. Which films were the most popular in the past year?
In early 2024, Eve Korsak and Alexander Kruk were honored main prize in the “Cumulusy” competition in the “Film” category for the coverage entitled ‘F-16: the character test is carried out in the air’. Published 3 months earlier, the paper tells about the service of pilots of 31 Tactical Air Base in Krzesiny and their preparations for the Baltic Air Police mission on F-16 aircraft. And the award of the Aviatornia and Air Sports Promotion Foundation, as the organizers say, is intended to "enslave, support and advance aviation athletes, add religion and hope to dreamers, engage fans and enthusiasts of aviation, and integrate the full aviation environment in Poland".
A fewer months later, in October, Armed tv study on selection for Formosa There he is. at the top of the Grand Video Awards, organized by the manufacture portal and monthly press. The paper was 1 of 47 award nominees and the 3 best in the category of "Publicist". The discrimination is even greater due to the fact that more than 400 works were submitted to the competition this year. We did not stand on the podium, but we are glad to be among the most creative web creators!
This nomination does not surprise us that since the publication in July last year the movie about Formosa remained the most watched production on Armed ChannelTV. What another materials were included in TOP 10 – 10 most popular in 2024? Read below.
1. "Selection to an elite military unit FORMOZA", publication on July 17, 2024, over 400,000 views
The film's creators show what the selection for Formosa, a peculiar naval unit, looks like. In this unique paper they present the recruitment process, so everyone will learn what physical and intellectual challenges are waiting for candidates for specialists. The movie besides includes talks with selection participants and instructors, experienced operators of Formozy.
Authors: Ewa Korsak, Magdalena Kowalska-Sendek, Paweł Sobkowicz and Aleksander Kruk.
2. “GROM in Jordan”, publication September 9, 2024, almost 400,000 views
For the first time, the GROM Military Unit showed journalists how her soldiers train abroad. Our reporters accompanied specialists in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan. Thanks to them, you can see the roar of military engines of vehicles muddy with desert silence, and hot sand floats in the air to flunk all inch of the Hummer in a moment. Which is how GROM starts its patrol in the vast desert.
Authors: Ewa Korsak and Michał Niwicz.
3. "Twelve of the newest aircraft" , publication on January 3, 2024, over 160 1000 views
At the turn of 2023 and 2024 the first phase of acceptance of 12 FA-50 aircraft in Polish air force ended. The pilots presented them on the plate of the 23rd Tactical Aviation Base. And the film's creators perpetuated this historical minute and showed long military preparations to adopt machines.
Authors: Aleksander Kruk and Ewa Korsak.
4. "New uniforms under the 18th Division view", publication on March 4, 2024, over 160 1000 views
Will steel helmets always be history? It all points to this due to the fact that the military has begun preparing to get fresh individual equipment for soldiers. The movie tells about tests of prototype uniforming, in various versions of camouflage, as well as helmets and ballistic-tactic vests. Soldiers from the 18th Mechanized Division are liable for this task.
Authors: Magdalena Miernicka and Paweł Sobkowicz.
5. “First lobsters-K in the Polish Army”, publication February 15, 2024, over 160 1000 views
The material shows the procedures in the 3rd Rocket Squadron of the 18th Artillery Regiment, related to the introduction of 15 copies of the lobster-K system, embedded on the Jelcz chassis, and the Korean Hanwha Aerospace launcher. Hardware operators tell the Armed tv reporters about preparation for exercises during which lobsters are to open fire.
Film authors: Magdalena Miernicka, Paweł Sobkowicz.
6. "Mjr dir. Arkadiusz Kups: Fight is not a sport", publication on March 27, 2024, almost 160 1000 views
- I'm sorry. Soldiers request to know how to usage a knife, a firearm and a weapon in short-distance combat. How to usage a helmet or vest to defend yourself – says Major Rez. Arkadiusz Kups, creator of Combat 56 combat system. Under his direction, soldiers from the reconnaissance divisions of the 9th Armored Cavalry Brigade were trained in Braniewo.
Film authors: Magdalena Kowalska-Sendek, Aleksander Kruk.
7. "Soyusznicza prze przewisłę", publication on March 5, 2024, almost 120 1000 views
The material talks about the exercises “Dragon ‘24’, an integral part of NATO’s largest since the 1990s “Steadfast Defender’24” maneuvers. He talks about how soldiers of respective Alliance armies reached Kozzenev in the Pomeranian state to cross the Vistula River and then proceed to Orisz for a joint defence operation.
Film authors: Paweł Sobkowicz, Magdalena Miernicka, Michał Niwicz.
8. "First behind Apache's rudders", publication on June 18, 2024, almost 110 1000 views
“We had to learn a lot from the beginning due to the fact that Apache is simply a unique machine, and it is hard to compare it to those we have flown on so far,” they study to the tv Armed Journalists AH-64 chopper pilots who returned from training at the American base in Alabama. They had to cope, among others, with the operation of monocular and complex systems, thanks to which Apache is not equal.
Film authors: Ewa Korsak, Aleksander Kruk.
9. “AW-149 – Air cavalry power!”, publication on February 2, 2024, over 90 1000 views
In this movie we take viewers aboard the newest chopper of the Polish armed forces – AW149. About the weaponry, not only the 1 mounted on the suspension, about sensors, digital avionics and what the crew does, says Captain Pil. Miłosz Tomaszkiewicz, head of the 7th Air Division training unit, pilot AW149.
Film authors: Ewa Korsak, Aleksander Kruk.
10. “SA-35, i.e. fresh from PGZ”, publication on September 6, 2024, over 70 1000 views
One of our relationships with the global Defence manufacture Salon. Its hero is SA-35 – a 35 mm cannon of PIT-Radwar production, embedded on the 3rd generation Jelcza chassis. This is 1 of the fresh Polish Armed Forces Group. It was created for the needs of, among others, the Vistula and Narew systems. It is intended to enable a dynamic change of position and neutralise aircraft, helicopters or unmanned aircraft.
Film authors: Magdalena Miernicka, Paweł Sobkowicz.
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It's our TOP10, but the production with very advanced ratings is many. Among them are films: ‘F-35 without secrets’, “Grot A3 – Will the soldiers like it?”, “Evacue in the Silesian Site”, "Abramsy in Action, or American Tank Test of 1st Brigade" is “Dragon ‘24’ is power! Feel free to watch.
