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List of World War II military equipment of Poland

October 21, 2023

Polish Armament in 1939–45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland, foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945.[1]

Aircraft Edit

Local designs Edit

Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft Edit

  • Aerial photo cameras (for reconnaissance use)
  • 7.9 mm (0.311 in) M1919 Browning machine gun
  • 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers E machine gun, an air-cooled version of the common Vickers MG
  • 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers F machine gun, a magazine-fed version of Vickers E
  • 7.9 mm (0.311 in) Karabin maszynowy wz. 33 [pl] machine gun[1]
  • 7.9 mm (0.311 in) KM Wz 36 machine gun[1]
  • 7.9 mm (0.311 in) KM Wz 37 machine gun[1]
  • 20 mm (0.787 in) Nkm wz.38 FK Model D automatic cannon[1]
  • Oerlikon FF 20 mm Cannon
  • 40 kg bomb
  • 50 kg bomb
  • 600 kg bomb
  • 700 kg bomb
  • 1,000 kg bomb
  • 2,600 kg bomb

Foreign aircraft Edit

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in France (1939–1940) Edit

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Great Britain (1940–1947) Edit

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Soviet Union (1943–1945) Edit

Tanks, armored cars and other military vehicles Edit

Tankettes/light tanks Edit

Medium tanks Edit

Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers Edit

Heavy tanks Edit

  • Polish/Soviet JS-2 (IS-2)
  • Polish/Soviet JS-3 (IS-3)

Tank and armored car armaments Edit

Captured German/Italian vehicles Edit

Armored cars, motorcycles, trucks, half-tracks, jeeps Edit

  • Peugeot Armored Car
  • Samochód Pancerny Ford Tfc ("Ford Tfc Armored Car")
  • wz.28 (Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV)
  • Motorcycles CWS M55
  • Motorcycles CWS M111 (Sokół 1000)
  • wz.29 Ursus
  • French Citroën-Kegresse P.14
  • French Citroën-Kegresse P.17
  • French Citroën-Kegresse P.19
  • Polski FIAT 508/518
  • PZInż.302 (Polski FIAT 508/518 variant)
  • Polski FIAT 621L 2.5 ton truck
  • ZIS-5/5V truck
  • C2P tow
  • Wz.34 Half Track
  • C4P Half Track
  • C7P
  • Samochód pancerny wz. 34 Armoured car model 1934
  • PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor (C5P)
  • wz.34 Halftrack
  • "Kubuś" improvised Armoured car/APC – 1 built during Warsaw Uprising
  • Polish/Soviet BA-64 Armored Car
  • Polish/Soviet BA-20 Armored Car
  • Polish/American M17 Halftrack
  • Polish/American Jeep
  • Studebaker US6 – US design also produced in USSR
  • Ursus A Ambulance
  • Ursus AW Bus
  • Ursus A Truck
  • Saurer 4BLDP Bus
  • Ursus TKS Tank Transporter
  • Ursus A TK Tank Transporter
  • Saurer 4BLDP TKS Tank Transporter
  • FT-17 4-wheel Road Transporter
  • Ursus A FT-17 Truck Transporter
  • "local Jeep" Polski Fiat 508
  • Polski Fiat 518

Armored trains and annex equipment Edit

  • FT17 Rail Transporter
  • TK Rail Transporter
  • "Drezyna Pancerno Motorowa R"(TK And FT Rail Transporter)
  • nr 11 "Danuta"
  • nr 12 "Poznańczyk"
  • nr 13 "Generał Sosnkowski"
  • nr 14 "Paderewski"
  • nr 15 "Śmierć"
  • nr 51 "Pierwszy Marszałek"
  • nr 52 "Piłsudczyk"
  • nr 53 "Śmiały"
  • nr 54 "Groźny"
  • nr 55 "Bartosz Głowacki"
  • Training armoured trains:
  • "Zagończyk"
  • "Stefan Czarniecki"

Improvised armoured trains Edit

  • Two of Warsaw Defence Command (Dowództwo Obrony Warszawy):
    • "nr 1"
    • "nr 2"

Light and heavy infantry armaments Edit

Anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and artillery pieces Edit

  • M-14/19 10.0 cm Artillery Cannon
  • vz 26 7.5 cm Artillery Cannon
  • M-97 7.5 cm Artillery Cannon
  • M-29 10.5 cm Artillery Cannon
  • M-17 15.5 cm Heavy Artillery Cannon
  • Bofors 4.0 cm Antiaircraft Cannon
  • Bofors 37 mm AT Cannon
  • Mortar M 31 (8 cm) -licence built French mortar M 27/31 Brandt
  • Mortar M 36 (4.6 cm)

Rifles, pistols, machine guns, and infantry weapons Edit

Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies Edit

Naval weapons Edit

Surface vessels, submarines and other ships Edit

Coastal artillery defenses Edit

  • Laskowski 152 mm Coastal cannon
  • "Smok Kaszubski" Improvised Armored train
  • Armored Train (unknown name)

Sea vessel armament Edit

  • 120 mm/50 Cannon
  • 130 mm/40 cannon
  • 105 mm/4 cannon
  • 40 mm/60 anti-aircraft cannon
  • 550 mm torpedo launchers
  • 100 mm/40 cannon
  • 40 mm/40 anti-aircraft cannon
  • 122 mm Cannon
  • 145 mm cannon
  • 105 mm cannon
  • 100 mm wz 1914/19P cannon
  • 7.92 mm Hotchkiss cannon
  • 7.62 mm Maxim heavy machine gun
  • 7.92 mm Maxim 03 heavy machine gun
  • 13.2 mm Hotchkiss 03 heavy machine gun
  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 cannon
  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 heavy machine gun
  • 8 mm cannon
  • 2.1 cm mortar
  • 37 mm (1 cm) cannon
  • 2 cm mortars Hotchkiss wz 30,
  • 76 mm cannon
  • 75 mm cannon
  • 7.92 mm cannon
  • 13.2 mm heavy machine guns

River boat local project Edit

  • Type I Fast Monitor
  • Type MC Monitor

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d e Williams, Anthony G.; Dr Emmanuel Gustin (2003). Flying Guns World War II, Development of aircraft guns, ammunition and installations 1933–45 (1st ed.). Ramsbury. ISBN 978-1-84037-227-4 – via Google Books, snippet.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

October 21, 2023
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Polish Armament in 1939 45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945 1 Contents 1 Aircraft 1 1 Local designs 1 2 Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft 1 3 Foreign aircraft 1 4 Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in France 1939 1940 1 5 Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940 1947 1 6 Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Soviet Union 1943 1945 2 Tanks armored cars and other military vehicles 2 1 Tankettes light tanks 2 2 Medium tanks 2 3 Self propelled vehicles Tank destroyers 2 4 Heavy tanks 2 5 Tank and armored car armaments 2 6 Captured German Italian vehicles 2 7 Armored cars motorcycles trucks half tracks jeeps 2 8 Armored trains and annex equipment 2 9 Improvised armoured trains 3 Light and heavy infantry armaments 3 1 Anti aircraft guns anti tank guns and artillery pieces 3 2 Rifles pistols machine guns and infantry weapons 3 3 Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies 4 Naval weapons 4 1 Surface vessels submarines and other ships 4 2 Coastal artillery defenses 5 Sea vessel armament 6 River boat local project 7 ReferencesAircraft EditLocal designs Edit Lublin R VIIIbis Lublin R VIIID Lublin R XIIIE prototype Lublin R XIIIF prototype Lublin R XIIIG prototype Lublin R XVIB Lublin R XXII project Lublin R XXIII R XIIIDr project LWS 3 Mewa LWS 7 Mewa II project PWS 16 PWS 18 PWS 26 PWS 27 project PWS 28 project PWS 29 project PWS 24bis PWS 35 Ogar PZL P 7a PZL P 11c PZL P 11g Kobuz prototype PZL 50 Jastrzab prototype PZL 23A Karas A PZL 23B Karas B Karas II PZL 37B Los B PZL 38 Wilk prototypes PZL 43 Karas PZL 46 Sum prototype PZL 48 Lampart project PZL 49 Mis project PZL 54 Rys project RWD 8 RWD 13 RWD 13S RWD 14 Czapla RWD 17 RWD 17W prototype Bartel BM 4a Bartel BM 4c Bartel BM 4e Bartel BM 4f Bartel BM 4g Bartel BM 4h Bartel BM 5Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft Edit Aerial photo cameras for reconnaissance use 7 9 mm 0 311 in M1919 Browning machine gun 7 7 mm 0 303 in Vickers E machine gun an air cooled version of the common Vickers MG 7 7 mm 0 303 in Vickers F machine gun a magazine fed version of Vickers E 7 9 mm 0 311 in Karabin maszynowy wz 33 pl machine gun 1 7 9 mm 0 311 in KM Wz 36 machine gun 1 7 9 mm 0 311 in KM Wz 37 machine gun 1 20 mm 0 787 in Nkm wz 38 FK Model D automatic cannon 1 Oerlikon FF 20 mm Cannon 40 kg bomb 50 kg bomb 600 kg bomb 700 kg bomb 1 000 kg bomb 2 600 kg bombForeign aircraft Edit Schreck FBA 17 LeO H 13 LeO H 135 Latham 43 Avro Tutor Mk I 2 examples Breguet Bre XIX B 2 CANT Z 506B Airone 1 example Fokker F VIIb 3m M 21 examples Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in France 1939 1940 Edit Bloch MB 152 Caudron C 714 C1 Cyclone Koolhoven F K 58 Morane Saulnier M S 406Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Great Britain 1940 1947 Edit Avro Lancaster Boulton Paul Defiant Bristol Beaufighter de Havilland Mosquito Fairey Battle Handley Page Halifax Hawker Hurricane Supermarine Spitfire Taylorcraft Auster Vickers Wellington Vickers Warwick Westland Lysander Consolidated B 24 Liberator North American B 25 Mitchell North American P 51 MustangAircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Soviet Union 1943 1945 Edit Yakovlev Yak 1b Yakovlev Yak 9 Ilyushin Il 2m Petlyakov Pe 2 Polikarpov UTI 4 I 16 UTI Polikarpov U 2 Po 2 Shcherbakov Shche 2 Yakovlev UT 2Tanks armored cars and other military vehicles EditTankettes light tanks Edit TK 1 TK 2 TK 3 TK wz 31 TKF TKW TKD TKS B Samochod pancerny wz 28 Samochod pancerny wz 29 Samochod pancerny wz 34 wz 39 TKS wz 33 Renault FT France CWS FT 17 Vickers E Twin Turret Vickers E Single Turret Vickers E Mark A amp B VAU33dw VAU33jw 7TPdw dwuwiezowy twin turret only two wz 30 Brownings 7TPjw jednowiezowy single turret 37 mm Bofors anti tank gun and its improved version 9TP or PT 9 PZInz 322 PZInz 130 amphibious tank PZInz 140 4TP reconnaissance tank Renault R35 Polish Soviet T 70 Hotchkiss H35Medium tanks Edit 10TP wheel amp track fast tank only prototypes 14TP Medium tank only prototype never completed 20 25TP Medium tank never entered production Matilda Mk I training only for Polish units in UK Cromwell Cruiser Tank M4 Sherman lend lease via UK T34 76 T34 85Self propelled vehicles Tank destroyers Edit Polish American T48 Polish Soviet SU 57 Polish Soviet SU 85 Polish Soviet SU 100 Polish Soviet ISU 122 Polish Soviet ISU 152 Polish Soviet SU 152Heavy tanks Edit Polish Soviet JS 2 IS 2 Polish Soviet JS 3 IS 3 Tank and armored car armaments Edit 7 5 mm MG citation needed 7 92 mm Hotchkiss wz 25 MG 7 92 mm Colt Browning wz 30 TMG 13 2 mm MG citation needed 20 mm FK AT Automatic Cannon 25 mm Hotchkiss anti tank gun Bofors 37 mm 37 mm SA 18 Puteaux L 21 3 7 cm PaK 36 captured 47 mm Tank GunCaptured German Italian vehicles Edit German Sd Kfz 251 1 ausf D Sd Kfz 250 10 Panzer III Panzer IV Panzer V Steyr RSO Jagdpanzer 38 t Italian AB 41 Armored CarArmored cars motorcycles trucks half tracks jeeps Edit Peugeot Armored Car Samochod Pancerny Ford Tfc Ford Tfc Armored Car wz 28 Citroen Kegresse B2 10CV Motorcycles CWS M55 Motorcycles CWS M111 Sokol 1000 wz 29 Ursus French Citroen Kegresse P 14 French Citroen Kegresse P 17 French Citroen Kegresse P 19 Polski FIAT 508 518 PZInz 302 Polski FIAT 508 518 variant Polski FIAT 621L 2 5 ton truck ZIS 5 5V truck C2P tow Wz 34 Half Track C4P Half Track C7P Samochod pancerny wz 34 Armoured car model 1934 PZInz 342 4x4 artillery tractor C5P wz 34 Halftrack Kubus improvised Armoured car APC 1 built during Warsaw Uprising Polish Soviet BA 64 Armored Car Polish Soviet BA 20 Armored Car Polish American M17 Halftrack Polish American Jeep Studebaker US6 US design also produced in USSR Ursus A Ambulance Ursus AW Bus Ursus A Truck Saurer 4BLDP Bus Ursus TKS Tank Transporter Ursus A TK Tank Transporter Saurer 4BLDP TKS Tank Transporter FT 17 4 wheel Road Transporter Ursus A FT 17 Truck Transporter local Jeep Polski Fiat 508 Polski Fiat 518Armored trains and annex equipment Edit FT17 Rail Transporter TK Rail Transporter Drezyna Pancerno Motorowa R TK And FT Rail Transporter nr 11 Danuta nr 12 Poznanczyk nr 13 General Sosnkowski nr 14 Paderewski nr 15 Smierc nr 51 Pierwszy Marszalek nr 52 Pilsudczyk nr 53 Smialy nr 54 Grozny nr 55 Bartosz Glowacki Training armoured trains Zagonczyk Stefan Czarniecki Improvised armoured trains Edit Two of Warsaw Defence Command Dowodztwo Obrony Warszawy nr 1 nr 2 Light and heavy infantry armaments EditAnti aircraft guns anti tank guns and artillery pieces Edit M 14 19 10 0 cm Artillery Cannon vz 26 7 5 cm Artillery Cannon M 97 7 5 cm Artillery Cannon M 29 10 5 cm Artillery Cannon M 17 15 5 cm Heavy Artillery Cannon Bofors 4 0 cm Antiaircraft Cannon Bofors 37 mm AT Cannon Mortar M 31 8 cm licence built French mortar M 27 31 Brandt Mortar M 36 4 6 cm Rifles pistols machine guns and infantry weapons Edit Bayonet Bagnet 28 For use with Poln M29 Poln 98 Karabinek 1898 rifles and carbines Infantry Rifle Poln M29 Calibre 7 9 mm Kbk wz 1929 Infantry Rifle Poln 98 Calibre 7 9 mm Kb wz 98a Infantry Semi Automatic Self repeating Rifle Kbsp wz 1938M only 150 made by the time of war Carbine Karabinek 1898 Calibre 7 9 mm Carbine Karabinek 91 98 25 Mossin Nagant 91 Calibre 7 9 mm Revolver Rewolwer Nagant wz 30 Calibre 7 62 mm Pistol Pistolet Vis Vz 35 Version 1935 development of Colt 1911 replaced Mauser on the Eastern Front 500 000 made and issued by Germans in 1943 and 1944 wz 35 Vis Calibre 9 mm Bechowiec 1 Machine Pistol Calibre 9 mm Blyskawica Machine pistol Calibre 9 mm KIS Machine Pistol Calibre 9 mm KOP PAL Maschine Pistol Calibre 9 mm Choroszmanow Maschine Pistol Calibre 7 62 mm Polski Sten Machine Pistol Calibre 9 mm ET 38 anti tank grenade Filipinka ET wz 40 hand grenade 250 g of cheddite or ammonal Sidolowka R wz 42 hand grenade 250 g of cheddite or amonite Anti Tank Rifle 7 92 mm Karabin przeciwpancerny wz 35 Calibre 7 92 mm aka Uruguay Platoon level AT weapon Light Machine gun wz 28 Polish version of the Browning Automatic Rifle caliber 7 9 mm Heavy Machine Gun 30 Polish made clone of the American Browning M1917 heavy machine gun caliber 7 92 57mm Mauser Granatnik wz 36 Mosin NagantWeapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies Edit Fusil Mle 1907 15 M34 Calibre 7 5 mm Fusil Automatique 1918 Semi automatic Calibre 8 mm Fusil Mle 1907 Calibre 8 mm Springfield M1903 Calibre 30 06 Sten MK I Calibre 9 mm Sten MK II Calibre 9mm No3 MK I Calibre 303 M1 Garand Semi automatic rifle Calibre 30 06 Carabin M1 Calibre 30 Smith amp Wesson Mod 1917 Calibre 45 PPSh 41 Calibre 7 62 mm PPD 40 Calibre 7 62 mm PPD 34 38 Calibre 7 62 mm Tokarev 1930 Calibre 7 62 mm Mosin Nagant M91 30 in 7 62 mmNaval weapons EditSurface vessels submarines and other ships Edit Destroyers ORP Blyskawica ORP Grom ORP Burza ORP Wicher ORP Garland ORP Orkan ORP Huragan ORP Piorun Escort Destroyers ORP Krakowiak ORP Kujawiak ORP Slazak Cruisers ORP Dragon ORP Conrad Heavy minelayer ORP Gryf Submarines ORP Orzel ORP Sep ORP Wilk ORP Rys ORP Zbik ORP Jastrzab ORP Dzik ORP Sokol Torpedo vessel ORP Mazur Auxiliary boat ORP Nurek Sea patrol boat ORP General Haller River patrol boat ORP KrakowCoastal artillery defenses Edit Laskowski 152 mm Coastal cannon Smok Kaszubski Improvised Armored train Armored Train unknown name Sea vessel armament Edit120 mm 50 Cannon 130 mm 40 cannon 105 mm 4 cannon 40 mm 60 anti aircraft cannon 550 mm torpedo launchers 100 mm 40 cannon 40 mm 40 anti aircraft cannon 122 mm Cannon 145 mm cannon 105 mm cannon 100 mm wz 1914 19P cannon 7 92 mm Hotchkiss cannon 7 62 mm Maxim heavy machine gun 7 92 mm Maxim 03 heavy machine gun 13 2 mm Hotchkiss 03 heavy machine gun 37 mm Puteaux wz 85 cannon 7 9 mm 1 cm Maxim 08 heavy machine gun 8 mm cannon 2 1 cm mortar 37 mm 1 cm cannon 2 cm mortars Hotchkiss wz 30 76 mm cannon 75 mm cannon 7 92 mm cannon 13 2 mm heavy machine gunsRiver boat local project EditType I Fast Monitor Type MC MonitorReferences Edit a b c d e Williams Anthony G Dr Emmanuel Gustin 2003 Flying Guns World War II Development of aircraft guns ammunition and installations 1933 45 1st ed Ramsbury ISBN 978 1 84037 227 4 via Google Books snippet a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of World War II military equipment of Poland amp oldid 1171338222, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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