On Tuesday, January 27, 2026, the press service of the 1st Masurian Artillery Brigade (1. MBA), part of the 16th Mechanized Division, announced on social media that additional elements of the battery fire modules (BMO) of the Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System, namely further ammunition vehicles, had been delivered to the unit.
Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System Ammunition Vehicle / Photos: 1. MBA
Deliveries of the first elements of the Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System reached the 1st Masurian Artillery Brigade in the fall of 2024. These included launchers, command vehicles, as well as FT-5 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles and Gladius loitering munitions, including BSP-UT training UAVs. In July last year, soldiers underwent training at the Orzysz Land Forces Training Center.
The first battery fire module (BMO) of the Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System was delivered to the 18th Artillery Brigade, according to information released by WB Group on December 18, 2024 (with deliveries having begun in December 2022). The 1st Masurian Artillery Brigade is now receiving elements of the second BMO. These deliveries were preceded by verification tests, as reported on December 5, 2023. Subsequent units to receive elements of the Gladius BMO were the 14th Suwałki Anti-Tank Regiment (December 15, 2025) and the 5th Artillery Regiment in Sulechów (December 25, 2025).
Launcher
The deliveries are the result of the implementation of a 2 billion PLN contract for the Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System, signed on May 6, 2022, between the State Treasury–Armament Agency and WB Electronics, a company within the WB Group. The contract covers the delivery of four battery fire modules (BMO) of the system, along with training and logistics support packages. The logistics package includes the delivery of maintenance sets and service support for unmanned aerial vehicles, while the training package, besides personnel training, also includes BSP-UT training UAVs and Gladius system simulators.
The Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System is intended for precision engagement of targets at ranges of up to 100 km, as well as for conducting aerial imagery reconnaissance using the FT-5 reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles. These are equipped with optoelectronic payloads enabling image acquisition both in daylight and using thermal imaging (including SAR and ELINT variants). The system’s effectors are Gladius strike UAVs, integrated with the Topaz fire control system in service with the Polish Armed Forces. Each BMO comprises launchers, command vehicles, ammunition and technical support vehicles, as well as a stock of Gladius strike UAVs.
Command vehicle
Gladius is an entirely Polish-developed system. In addition to the integrated Topaz battlefield management system, the command and communications solutions, such as the Fonet digital vehicle communications platform, computer terminals, active LAN and WAN network components, and tactical radios, as well as the integration into a single, coherent system are all provided by WB Group. The prime contractor is WB Electronics, with subcontractors including WB Group companies Flytronic and ZAiUP Arex, as well as Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), part of the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), which supplies the chassis for the Waran 4×4 tactical multi-role vehicles in both the command and launcher vehicle variants.
The procurement program for the Gladius Reconnaissance And Strike System battery fire modules (BMO) was included in the Technical Modernization Plan of the Polish Armed Forces for 2021–2035, which was signed by the then Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Błaszczak, on October 10, 2019.
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