Operation of an ambushed platoon

It is already tomorrow, on Friday, that the premises of Targi Kielce will be the venue for the final rehearsal of a dynamic presentation. To follow the tradition, visitors to MSPO are offered a unique opportunity to watch military equipment in operation. This year it has been prepared by the 17th Wielkopolska Mechanized Brigade, with Major Grzegorz Kaliciak – commander of the legendary defence of the City Hall in Karbala, Iraq, in 2004, five years later chosen in a popular vote organized by “Polska Zbrojna” magazine as the “Soldier of the Year” – being in charge of the event.

Soldiers of the “seventeen”, with equipment that has seen service in Afghanistan – armoured personnel carriers ROSOMAK – will show the operation of an ambushed platoon, helicopters Mi-24 providing fire support to the assaulted patrol (Close Air Support - CAS), evacuation of a wounded soldier from the battlefield (MEDEVAC) with a Mi-17 helicopter, as well as a reconnaissance of the ambush area for explosive ordnance disposal. The demonstrations are being carried out in conditions imitating the real battlefield, with special simulators being used.