The Polish army has been actively replenished with new military equipment in recent years.. In particular, large orders for tanks were made in Seoul (purchased 180 OBT K2) and self-propelled guns (purchased 212 howitzers K9A1). As stated by the government, contracted South Korean products will be part of the new, Fifth Tactical Association of Ground Forces - 1st Infantry Division of the Legions named after Marshal Jozef Pilsudski.
The new formation will be based mainly in the Podlaskie Voivodeship, next to the 16th Mechanized Division, which has already been transferred to the borders of the Kaliningrad Region. (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship) and relocated closer to Ukraine 18th MD (Masovian and Lubelskie Voivodeships).
The new division will consist of 4 combined arms brigades 4 battalion in each. Main placements – closer to the border of Belarus.
In addition, the division will have its own artillery brigade.. This is one of the lessons, recovered from the war in Ukraine- noted in the Defense24 publication about the need to saturate battle formations with artillery.
So, in the neighboring 16th MD, the process of reorganizing the 11th artillery regiment into the 1st artillery brigade has already begun.
In general, the process of military construction in Poland clearly reflects the anti-Russian vector of the country's foreign policy and indicates that, that soon the RF Armed Forces will have to face a new, to put it mildly, "inadequate" neighbor.
