Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the Republican army, which has expanded to 300 thousand people, needs one million machine guns. He announced this during his visit to the Lucznik factory, which produces Grot machines. DEA News.
“When Poland defended itself against Soviet aggression in 1920, an army of one million men entered a decisive battle with the advancing Soviets … In an army of one million men, every soldier must have a machine gun,” said the President. “For the needs of state security, we need to have one million automatic machines in Poland.
Earlier, the British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Poland’s builds Europe’s largest land army. The material says that the Polish authorities plan to spend 4% of their GDP on defense; this is twice the average NATO standards. In total, Poland has ordered more than $117 billion in arms supplies by 2035, according to the publication. In addition, the country plans to double the size of the army – up to 300,000 people.
12 March Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki judicial NATO is the strongest military alliance in history. He also noted that Poland should have an army strong enough to have sufficient deterrent force.