"Soldiers patrolling the area are now even better prepared to guarantee effective safety and deter possible threats," the division's communication states.
Soldiers of the 18th Mechanized Division have been guarding the Polish border with Belarus for months. Migrants' attempts in illegal crossing continue. Smooth-bore weapons and rubber bullets represent a lesser threat of fatal injury to those attempting to illegally breach the border. There are now about 5 1000 people on the border soldiers Polish Army.
New equipment and infrastructure
Last November the Forsal.pl portal informed about the order of thousands of puff jackets for soldiers 18. The Mechanized Division, and now it has reported that it is increasingly possible to observe military users utilizing them. The Polish army besides invests in border infrastructure. In order to facilitate patrolling built peculiar footbridges. The 5,5 metre wall was besides reinforced. The area is additionally patrolled from the air by unmanned drones.
More changes. Border soldiers can feel better and safer
The conditions under which border soldiers are stationed and serving have besides improved. fresh residential containers, gym tents and laundry containers appeared. Modular wooden posts are placed in hard places where the container truck cannot be delivered.
Another change is the creation of the Border Protection Component, which includes border protection battalions. They were converted due to the situation at the border. Initially, they were to be battalions of the Light Infantry of the Territorial defence Army.
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