Polish Army Photos

[A Can of Man]

Nice!
Never heard of that secret operation in Iraq pre-1991.

 

[FULLMETALJACKET]

Must of been a well kept secret then.

 

[Venom PL]

Polish soldiers in Afghanistan

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[Venom PL]

Polish PT-91 Tanks during exercise:

Unit – Unknown
Location - Unknown

 

[The Other Guy]

Tanks.....

(You're Welcome)

 

[A Can of Man]

*Slap*
The cleanup is going to be a b*tch!

 

[Venom PL]

PKW Orlik 2 - part 1

Polish MiG-29's from PKW Orlik 2 during "Air Policing mission" in Lithuania.

Soldiers loading R-60 Short-range Air to Air Missile

Polish Mig's with Lithuanian L-39 Albatros jet trainer.

 

[Venom PL]

PKW Orlik 2 - part 2

Polish troops take over Baltic Air-policing mission
2008-03-12 Change of military units on Baltic air policing mission ceremony will be held in Lithuanian Air Force Aviation Base (Siauliai) on March 14. Royal Norwegian Air Force troops currently in charge of the mission will hand over responsibility to the Polish contingent.


This is the second time Polish Air Force will be conducting Baltic air policing mission. Polish troops have already been deployed to the mission from January to March in 2006.


The change ceremony will be attended by the Lithuanian National Defence Vice-Minister Antanas Valys, Ambassador Extraordinary and. Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to Lithuania Steinar Gil, Ambassador Extraordinary and. Plenipotentiary of Poland to Lithuania H.E. Janusz Skolimowski, Commander of Lithuanian Land Force Brig. Gen. Vytautas Zukas, representatives of Norwegian and Polish air forces, leadership of Lithuanian Air Force and Aviation Base, representatives of Siauliai city and district, and other guests.


100 troops serving in the Polish contingent will guard Baltic airspace with four Mig-29 fighters.


After a three and a half months’ period the mission will be passed over to Germany which will be the country’s second time too.


From 2004 to 2006 the Baltic Air-policing mission was held by Belgian, Danish, British, Dutch, German, American and Polish soldiers on a three-month rotation basis. Forces of Turkey, Spain, Belgium and France were in charge of mission on a four-month rotation basis from spring 2006, and troops of Romania were responsible for he mission for three months, Portuguese for one and a half months, and Norwegians – for three months.

 

[The Other Guy]

MiG 29s are so pretty...

 

[A Can of Man]

I agree... a real good lookin' bird.

 

[Venom PL]

Soldiers from "Formoza" (Polish Navy special forces) performing an attack demonstration on ORP "Grom" missile ship in Gdynia 10.05.2008.

Notice that they are carrying 7,62mm AKMS rifles - they are using them only for show-offs.
Formoza's standard assault rifle is Heckler & Koch G36KV.

Notice RBS-15 Mk. II long range fire-and-forget anti-ship missile containers.

AK-630M naval six-barreled 30mm Gatling gun.

 

[Venom PL]

PZL W-3WARM Anakonda

 

[Venom PL]

 

[The Other Guy]

neat looking helicopter... like the paint scheme.

 

[deadbeans]

amazing photos... i can't wait doing that stuff too..

 

[Team Infidel]

more good photos.........

 

[Venom PL]

09.05.2008

Another four F-16's block 52+ arrived to Poland (Krzesiny Air Base), so now we have 41 of them.

 

[Venom PL]

and a little curiosity....

Sabaton "40 to 1" - I like Sabaton especially "Panzer Battalion" and "Purple Heart" but I've never heard that song before.
Lyrics - http://www.justsomelyrics.com/2377052/Sabaton-40:1-Lyrics

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40:1 is about Battle of Wizna (sometimes referred to as the Polish Thermopylae) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wizna

 

[5.56X45mm]

Kick ass band... never heard of them but I like their music.

 

[Del Boy]

Great airfield pics. The Polish pilots were famed here for their performance in the Battle of Britain.