Poland's GROM Supports USMC HIRAIN on BALTOPS 25

Polish JW GROM defend a USMC HIMARS during BALTOPS 25, Poland, 19 June [USMC: LCpl Van Hoang]

Operators from Poland’s elite Jednostka Wojskowa GROM last week supported a USMC HIRAIN live fire during BALTOPS (Baltic Operations) 25.

BALTOPS 25, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, provides an unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.

A USMC M142 HIMARS is loaded onto a C-130 Hercules at Klaipėda in Lithuania during BALTOPS 25
[USMC: LCpl Van Hoang]

Last week at Klaipėda in Lithuania a US Marine Corps M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, was loaded onto a USMC C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft to conduct a HIRAIN (HIMARS Rapid Infiltration) in Poland during Exercise BALTOPS 25. After landing, Polish Army vehicles convoyed to a firing position with the M142 HIMARS and Polish JW (Jednostka Wojskowa) GROM (THUNDER) defended the launcher during a rocket live-fire training mission.

Polish vehicles convoy to a firing position with a USMC M142 HIMARS during BALTOPS 25 in Poland
[USMC: LCpl Van Hoang]

Polish GROM Defenture GRF / VECTOR, armed with a 40mm automatic grenade launcher, defending a USMC HIMARS during a HIRAIN on BALTOPS 25 in Poland [USMC: LCpl Van Hoang]

The sand coloured vehicle used by GROM was a Defenture GRF / VECTOR and the green vehicle in front of this in the convoy photo was an AP (Auto Podlasie) AERO.