Too bad they didn't turn the turret right and fire with whatever the had inside.
Posted on 08/15/2014 11:08:14 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
Poland put on its biggest military parade in years Friday to mark its annual armed forces holiday, with the president saying the violence in Ukraine shows that conflict is still a "brutal reality" in Eastern Europe and Poland must be able to defend itself.
Fighter jets and military helicopters flew over Warsaw as tanks rolled through the capital. More than 1,000 Polish soldiers marched, joined by dozens of U.S. and Canadian troops who are in Poland for NATO exercises.
The parade came on the Aug. 15 holiday that honors a stunning Polish victory against Russian Bolsheviks in 1920.
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Benjamin Netanyahu calls Poland “Israel’s Best Friend in Europe.”
Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna.
President Komorowski gave a speech that was all about Russia and what they’re doing in the Ukraine.
And unlike in 1939, this time Poland would probably have air superiority due to NATO.
Thats right, they are severely short of equipment.
And the military establishment is small. I don’t know to what degree they are able to mobilize even with obsolete equipment.
They have just two brigades with Leopard 2 series and perhaps 50-70 more or less modern fighters.
Even Ukraine is far more formidable, on paper.
Their local allies (Lithuiania, Latvia, Estonia) are much worse equipped.
Too bad they didn't turn the turret right and fire with whatever the had inside.
Interesting that even the Leopard crews are using the old Soviet style tank helmet.
I guess they like it better than the German ones.
The Russian military is no match for NATO.
Sure are.
Poland went centuries being top dog too. The Hussars of course are famous and rightly so. Nobody will forget the siege of Vienna and King Sobieski (spelling) rolling in and beating back the moslem hordes.
Poland has been on the side of freedom for a very long time, and I wish them well.
Majority of Nato countries are cowards or would not contribute. The handful of one that likely would be Canada, France, UK, and perhaps maybe Germany. I left the US out because all bets are off with the monkey in the whitehouse.
I can identify everything pictured here, but the one that threw me for a bit were the modified MT-LB’s.
Turns out they are actually rapid minelaying vehicles, those rocket launcher tubes are for discharging a pattern of mines.
Clever idea.
They look like GROM.
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Obama would lead from behind and do what the UK told him to do just like when NATO bombed Libya. In case of a real war, we would quickly discover that Obama is not really running this nation. These kinds of decision are above his pay grade.
Such "paraders" in front of the Russian embassy in Warsaw...
Lord, thank You I lived to this day.
The military parade video link
Awesome!
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