On 11 and 12 March, the commanders of the self-propelled and rocket artillery squadrons of the 23rd Artillery Regiment assessed the level of training of their subordinate soldiers. During the Fire Direction Training conducted at OSPWL Świętoszów, the artillerymen carried out tactical and firing tasks.
The soldiers of the 3rd Rocket Artillery Squadron (3 dar) were the first to move to the designated area, where they prepared all elements of combat support. After the squadron command post staff had planned and organized the operations, the firing units began carrying out their tasks.
The squadron commander, Lieutenant Colonel Remigiusz Zieliński, prepared a series of tasks for the crews of 122-millimetre WR-40 Langusta launchers, to be carried out both during the day and at night. The Fire Direction Training codenamed Zawieja-14 made it possible to assess the training of the crew members before the squadron’s most important training-ground test—the tactical and special exercise codenamed Piorun-14, conducted by the commander of the 23rd Artillery Regiment.
At the same time, soldiers of the 1st Self-Propelled Artillery Squadron (1das), commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Jarosław Radzimierski, carried out firing tasks. As part of the Fire Direction Training codenamed Grzmot-14, the crews of 152-millimetre Dana self-propelled howitzers carried out live-fire tasks from concealed firing positions. The results achieved during the firing also confirmed that the soldiers were well prepared for the next stages of training.
Training on the training ground provides a unique opportunity to comprehensively test new equipment under combat conditions. On 12 March, after training the operators of the “Fly Eye” unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the first flights were conducted. The new reconnaissance asset will serve the artillerymen, among other things, to determine target coordinates, cooperate with artillery systems (as a means of fire reconnaissance), and observe the battlefield, enabling a more accurate assessment of the completion of firing tasks.
The training day concluded with a ceremonial assembly marking the 15th anniversary of Poland’s accession to NATO. During the assembly, attended by representatives of the Bolesławiec and Głogów branches of the Association of Polish Artillerymen, the commander of the 23rd Artillery Regiment, Colonel Andrzej Lorenc, recalled the chronology of Poland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty and its significance for the military and our country. He also summarized the results of the training to date, thanking the soldiers for their commitment and training achievements.
(information: Captain Remigiusz Kwieciński, part-time press officer of the 23rd Silesian Artillery Regiment/ii)