US HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (file photo)
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Warsaw will deploy the first American MLRS HIMARS in the city of Olsztan, which is located on the border with the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation. The installations will receive the 16th mechanized division, said on Friday, March 17, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak.
The head of the department recalled that Poland ordered the HIMARS MLRS back in 2019, transmits Portal Samorzadowy. In addition, the division will receive K2 tanks and K9 artillery mounts purchased from South Korea.
“The 16th mechanized division is getting stronger every day […] The task of the Polish authorities is to strengthen our armed forces,” Blaszczak said.
The media previously wrote about the rearmament of the Polish army. It was noted that Warsaw would spend 4% of its GDP on defense, including purchasing a thousand tanks from South Korea and 250 Abrams. Other armaments include Borsuk infantry fighting vehicles, AH-64 Apache helicopters, 155mm K-9 self-propelled guns and FA-50 aircraft.
Earlier it was reported that the US approved a possible sale to Poland AGM-114R2 Hellfire missiles and related equipment. Before Warsaw asked the States 18 installations, 468 charging modules, 45 ATACMS missiles and more than a thousand different HIMARS MLRS units.
