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16th Armoured Brigade ( pl, 16 Brygada Pancerna) was a unit of the
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Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
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Armour (British English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a covering used to protect an object, individual, or vehicle from physical injury or damage, especially direct contact weapons or projectiles during combat, or fr ...
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The Polish I Corps ( pl, I Korpus Polski; from 1942, Polish I Armored-Mechanized Corps, pl, I Korpus Pancerno-Motorowy) was a tactical unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II.
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1st Armoured Division (Poland)
The Polish 1st Armoured Division (Polish ''1 Dywizja Pancerna'') was an armoured division of the Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II. Created in February 1942 at Duns in Scotland, it was commanded by Major General Stanisław Macze ...
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16th Armoured Brigade ( pl, 16 Brygada Pancerna) was a unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the West
The Polish Armed Forces in the West () refers to the Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II. Polish forces were also raised within Soviet territories; thes ...
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The Brigade was formed on September 1, 1941, from the 1st Tank Regiment (''1 Pułk Czołgów''), which was created as a part of the Polish I Corps in October 1940. On February 24, 1942, the Brigade was assigned to the 1st Armoured Division. In the short period of September to October 1943, the Brigade was merged with the 10th Armoured Brigade to form the 10/16th Armored Brigade. In November 1943, the Brigade was recreated as the 16th Independent Armoured Brigade (''16 Samodzielna Brygada Pancerna'').
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*Adam Jońca, Polska broń pancerna w latach II wojny światowej, Młody Technik 10/196 (article reproducehere
* Military units and formations established in 1941 Armoured brigades of Poland Military units and formations disestablished in 1943 {{Poland-mil-stub