Polish Armed Forces Day: Warsaw Military Parade Photos
Editorial photos from the Polish Armed Forces Day – known also as the Feast of the Polish Armed Forces
is a national holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in Poland, commemorating the anniversary of the 1920 victory over Soviet Russia at the Battle of Warsaw during the Polish–Soviet War.
Not a staged military fantasy, but a real public display of force, memory and timing. Soldiers, allied troops, Rosomak vehicles, Leopard tanks, aircraft and special units moved through the city while Europe was already watching the war in Ukraine. That is what gives these images weight: they are not generic army photos. They carry a specific place, date, political tension and historical echo. Poland was showing hardware, but also reminding everyone why military symbols still matter here.
Armed Forces Day [Poland]. [2015, March 6]. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10:34, April 2, 2015, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Armed_Forces_Day_(Poland)&oldid=650193751 )) event in Warsaw on 2014. 1200 Polish soldiers and over 90 foreign soldiers took part in the parade, over 120 military vehicles, more than 50 aircraft machines
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The gallery includes Polish military convoy scenes, GROM special forces in Mercedes-Benz vehicles, Dana 152 gun howitzers, Rosomak wheeled armored vehicles, Hibneryt 3 anti-aircraft guns, Leopard 2 tank transport, Military Police, PZL M28 Skytruck, C-130 Hercules, F-16 Fighting Falcon, mobile assault bridge systems, air defense radar, drones on Humvee and the historic Polish 7TP tank. It is a specific Warsaw parade record, not generic military stock – and more.