Pols Airmed Forces
| Airmed Forces o the Republic o Poland | |
|---|---|
| Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej | |
     Seembols o the Pols Airmed Forces. During the existence of the Pols Fowk's Airmy, thay are identical tae the seembols above but with the crouns remuived. | |
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| Motto | God, Honor, Fatherland (Bóg, Honor, Ojczyzna) |
| Foondit | 1918 |
| Current furm | Januar 1990 |
| Service branches | Pols Laund Forces Pols Air Forces Pols Navy Pols Special Forces Pols Territorial Defence Forces |
| Heidquarters | Warsaw |
| Leadership | |
| President Supreme Commander |  Andrzej Duda |
| Meenister o Naitional Defence |  Mariusz Błaszczak |
| Chief o the General Staff |  LTG Rajmund Andrzejczak |
| Manpower | |
| Militar age | 18 years o age |
| Conscription | Nae (syne January 2009) |
| Available for militar service | 18,830,448, age 15–49 (2015 est.) |
| Fit for militar service | 15,583,917, age 15–49 (2015 est.) |
| Reachin militar age annually | 1,000,000 (2015 est.) |
| Active personnel | 120,800 (2018)[1] (ranked 42nd) |
| Reserve personnel | 75,400 Border Gairds and Police Prevention forces[2] |
| Deployed personnel | 1,175 (2019)[2] |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | PLN 45.379 billion ($12 billion) (2019)[3] |
| Percent o GDP | 2.01% (2019)[3] |
| Industry | |
| Domestic suppliers | Polish Defence Holding WZM S.A. PZL-Świdnik HSW S.A. OBRUM |
| Relatit airticles | |
| History | Leet o Pols wars Timeline o the Pols Airmy |
| Ranks | Pols Airmed Forces rank insignia |
The Airmed Forces o the Republic o Poland (Pols: Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, abbreviatit SZ RP; popularly cried Wojsko Polskie in Poland, abbreviatit WP—roughly, the "Pols Militar") are the naitional airmed forces o the Republic o Poland. The name haes been uised syne the early 19th century, but can an aw be applied tae earlier periods.
The Airmed Forces o the Republic of Poland are the Wojska Lądowe (Pols Laund Forces), Marynarka Wojenna (Pols Navy), Siły Powietrzne (Pols Air Forces), Wojska Specjalne (Pols Special Forces) an Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej (Pols Territorial Defence Force) which are unner the command o the Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Meenistry o Naitional Defence o Poland).
Frae 2002 until 2014, Pols militar forces were pairt of the Coalition Forces that pairticipatit in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan led bi NATO. Poland's contreibution tae ISAF wis the kintra's lairgest, syne its entrance intae NATO.
Pols forces an aw tuik pairt in the Iraq War. Frae 2003 tae 2008, Pols militar forces commanded the Multinaitional Diveesion (MND-CS) locatit in the South-Central Occupation Zone o Iraq. The division wis made up of troops frae 23 nations an totaled as mony as 8,500 sodgers.
Citations
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- IISS (2019). The Military Balance 2019. Routledge. ISBN 978-1857439885.
- Rafał Domisiewicz, Consolidating the Security Sector in Post-Conflict States: Polish Lessons from Iraq, Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Andrew A. Michta, Red Eagle: The Army in Polish Politics 1944–1988, Hoover Press, 1990.
- Ministry of National Defence, Defence Strategy of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw, 2009.
Further reading
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Remigiusz Wilk, "Work in Progress", Jane's Defence Weekly, 20 August 2012, and Jane's Interview, same issue
Freemit airtins
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Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Military of Poland. |
- Official website of the Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej
- Official website of the Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego
- Official website of the Dowództwo Operacyjne Sił Zbrojnych
- Official website of the Żandarmeria Wojskowa Archived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Pictures from Iraq of Polish Army
- All change as Poland boosts military spending Archived 2019-03-15 at the Wayback Machine via http://www.worldreview.info Archived 2019-09-13 at the Wayback Machine
- Polish forces in the West (historical account of Polish operations in Western Europe) Archived 2016-02-08 at the Wayback Machine