Polish Armament in 1939–45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the

Invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland (1 September – 6 October 1939) was a joint attack on the Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union which marked the beginning of World War II. The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week aft ...

, foreign service in British

Commonwealth A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...

forces and last campaign to Germany with the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

in 1945.

Aircraft

Local designs

Lublin R-VIII The Lublin R-VIII was a Polish bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and seaplane designed in the late 1920s by the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the first in-house design of Plage i Laśkiewicz, and the first with the name Lublin. Deve ...

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Lublin R-XIII The Lublin R-XIII was the Polish army cooperation plane (observation and liaison plane), designed in the early-1930s in the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the main army cooperation plane in the Invasion of Poland. Its variant Lub ...

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Lublin R-XVI The Lublin R-XVI was a Polish passenger and air ambulance aircraft, designed in the 1930s in the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin and built in a small series. Design and development The Lublin R-XVI was conceived as a small 4-seater passeng ...

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Lublin R-XXII Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

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Lublin R-XXIII Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of t ...

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LWS-3 Mewa The LWS-3 Mewa ("Seagull") was a Polish observation and close reconnaissance aircraft, designed in the late-1930s by the LWS factory. It was ordered by the Polish Air Force, but did not manage to enter service before the outbreak of World War II ...

LWS-7 Mewa II The LWS-7 Mewa II ("Seagull") was a Polish observation and close reconnaissance aircraft, designed in the 1939 by the LWS factory as a development of the earlier LWS-3 Mewa. Aircraft development was ordered by the Polish Air Force, but no protot ...

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PWS-16 The PWS-16 was a biplane trainer designed and developed by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów (PWS). An armed variant also entered production as the PWS-26. Development Developed from the PWS-12 and PWS-14 trainers, the PWS-16 two-seat biplane des ...

PWS-18 The PWS-18 was a Polish trainer aircraft, used from 1937 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force, a modified licence variant of the British Avro Tutor. Development In 1934, the Polish government, looking for an intermediate military trainer, bought two ...

PWS-26 The PWS-26 was a Polish advanced training aircraft, used from 1937 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force, constructed in the PWS (''Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów'' - Podlasie Aircraft Factory). It was the second most numerous Polish pre-war aircraft ...

* PWS-27 (project) * PWS-28 (project) * PWS-29 (project) *

PWS-24 The PWS-24 was a Polish single-engine passenger aircraft for 4 passengers, built in PWS factory, used from 1933 to 1936 by LOT Polish Airlines. In spite of its limited capacity, it was the only series-built airliner of domestic design ever used ...

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PWS-35 Ogar The PWS-35 ''Ogar'' ( en, Polish Hound) was a two-seat, aerobatic training biplane that was designed by Kazimierz Nowicki, Marian Piątka and Michał Rosnowski at the Lviv Polytechnic in 1935/1936. Design and development The aircraft was desig ...

PZL P.7 The PZLP.7 was a Polish gull wing monoplane fighter aircraft designed in the early 1930s at the PZL factory in Warsaw. It was the main fighter of the Polish Air Force between 1933 and 1935. The PZLP.7 was replaced in Polish service by its follow-u ...

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PZL P.11 The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed and constructed during the early 1930s by Warsaw-based aircraft manufacturer PZL. Possessing an all-metal structure, metal-covering, and high-mounted gull wing, the type held the distinction of ...

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g Kobuz (prototype) * PZL.50 Jastrząb (prototype) * PZL.23A Karaś A * PZL.23B Karaś B / Karaś II * PZL.37B Łoś B *

PZL.38 Wilk The PZL.38 ''Wilk'' (''wolf'') (PZL-38) was a Polish heavy fighter developed and manufactured by PZL state factory in 1937. Intended for use primarily as a fighter-bomber, the Polish Air Force also envisioned it replacing light fighters in long-r ...

(prototypes) * PZL.43 Karaś *

PZL.46 Sum PZL.46 Sum ('' sheatfish'') was a light bomber of the Polish Air Force before World War II, which, was directed to serial production in the spring of 1939. These planes were in production, but the Polish industry did not manage to produce them bef ...

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PZL.48 Lampart The PZL.48 Lampart (''leopard'') was a Polish heavy fighter-bomber design, that remained only a project, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development The PZL.48 was a development of the heavy fighter-bomber PZL.38 Wilk, designe ...

(project) * PZL.49 Miś (project) *

PZL.54 Ryś The PZL.48 Lampart (''leopard'') was a Polish heavy fighter-bomber design, that remained only a project, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development The PZL.48 was a development of the heavy fighter-bomber PZL.38 Wilk, designe ...

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RWD-8 The RWD 8 was a Polish parasol wing monoplane trainer aircraft produced by RWD. It was used from 1934 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and civilian aviation. Development The RWD 8 was designed in response to a Polish Air Force requirement in 193 ...

RWD-13 The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team. It was the biggest commercial success of the RWD. Development The RWD 13 was a touring plane, developed from a line of sports planes RWD ...

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RWD-14 Czapla The RWD-14 Czapla (LWS Czapla) was a Polish army cooperation aircraft (observation, close reconnaissance and liaison aircraft), designed in the mid-1930s by the RWD team, and produced in the LWS factory from 1938. A series of 65 aircraft were b ...

RWD-17 The RWD 17 was a Polish aerobatics-trainer aircraft of 1937, parasol wing monoplane, constructed by the RWD team. Development The aircraft was designed for an order of the LOPP paramilitary organization, as an interim trainer aircraft between ...

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Bartel BM-4 The Bartel BM.4 was a Polish biplane primary trainer aircraft used from 1929 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force and Polish civilian aviation, manufactured in the Samolot factory in Poznań. It was the first plane of Polish design put into producti ...

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Bartel BM-5 The Bartel BM 5, initially known as M.5 was a Polish biplane advanced trainer used from 1930 to 1939 by the Polish Air Force, manufactured in the Samolot factory in Poznań. Design and development The aircraft was designed by Ryszard Bartel i ...

Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft

* Aerial photo cameras (for reconnaissance use) *

M1919 Browning machine gun The M1919 Browning is a .30 caliber medium machine gun that was widely used during the 20th century, especially during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The M1919 saw service as a light infantry, coaxial, mounted, aircraft, and ...

Vickers E The Vickers 6-ton tank or Vickers Mark E, also known as the "Six-tonner" was a British light tank designed as a private project at Vickers. It was not adopted by the British Army, but was picked up by many foreign armed forces. It was licens ...

machine gun, an air-cooled version of the common Vickers MG *

Vickers F Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law, and soon became famous for casting church bells. The company went public in 18 ...

machine gun, a magazine-fed version of Vickers E * machine gun *

KM Wz 36 Karabin maszynowy wz. 36, also known as Karabin lotniczy uniwersalny wz. 36 ( en, Machine gun Mark 1936 and en, Aerial Universal Machine Gun, respectively) was a Polish 7.9 mm calibre aerial machine gun of the 1930s. It was a further modified ver ...

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KM Wz 37 The karabin maszynowy obserwatora wz.37 (Polish for "Observers Machine Gun") is a Polish version of the Browning wz.1928. It was a flexible machine gun used in some Polish airplanes in the beginning of World War II. History In the mid-1930s, Po ...

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Nkm wz.38 FK The Nkm wz.38 FK (Polish military acronym meaning ''Heaviest Machine Gun Mark 1938'') was a 20 mm heavy machine gun ( autocannon by modern terminology) produced in inter-war Poland. It was used both in anti-air and anti-tank role and was also ad ...

Model D automatic cannon * 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

* Schreck FBA-17 * LeO H-13 * LeO H-135 *

Latham 43 __NOTOC__ The Latham 43 was a flying boat bomber built in France in the 1920s for service with the French Navy. It was a conventional design for its day - a two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings, and engines mounted tractor-fashion on struts in ...

Avro Tutor The Avro Type 621 Tutor is a two-seat British radial-engined biplane from the interwar period. It was a simple but rugged basic trainer (aircraft), trainer that was used by the Royal Air Force as well as many other air arms worldwide. Design ...

Mk. I (2 examples) * Breguet Bre XIX B.2 *

CANT Z.506 The CANT Z.506 ''Airone'' ( Italian: Heron) was a trimotor floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria". It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 19 ...

B Airone (1 example) *

Fokker F.VII The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American subsidiary Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, and other companies under licence. Design and d ...

b-3m/M (21 examples)

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

* Bloch MB.152 *

Caudron C.714 The C.710 were a series of light fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Renault for the French Air Force just prior to the start of World War II. One version, the C.714, saw limited production, and were assigned to Polish pilots flying in Franc ...

C1 "Cyclone" * Koolhoven F.K.58 * Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

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

Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...

Boulton Paul Defiant The Boulton Paul Defiant is a British interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. The Defiant was designed and built by Boulton Paul Aircraft as a "turret fighter", without any fixed forward-firing guns ...

Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort ...

de Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or ...

Fairey Battle The Fairey Battle is a British single-engine light bomber that was designed and manufactured by the Fairey Aviation Company. It was developed during the mid-1930s for the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a monoplane successor to the Hawker Hart and Hi ...

Handley Page Halifax The Handley Page Halifax is a British Royal Air Force (RAF) four-engined heavy bomber of the Second World War. It was developed by Handley Page to the same specification as the contemporary twin-engine Avro Manchester. The Halifax has its or ...

Hawker Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by ...

Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...

Taylorcraft Auster The Taylorcraft Auster was a British military liaison and observation aircraft produced by the Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Limited company during the Second World War. Design and development The Auster was a twice-removed development of ...

Vickers Wellington The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engined, long-range medium bomber. It was designed during the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. Led by Vickers-Armstrongs' chief designer Rex Pierson; a key feature of the aircraft is its g ...

Vickers Warwick The Vickers Warwick was a multi-purpose twin-engined British aircraft developed and operated during the Second World War. In line with the naming convention followed by other RAF heavy bombers of the era, it was named after a British city or ...

Westland Lysander The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft that was used immediately before and during the Second World War. After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's ...

Consolidated B-24 Liberator The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models des ...

North American B-25 Mitchell The North American B-25 Mitchell is an American medium bomber that was introduced in 1941 and named in honor of Major General William "Billy" Mitchell, a pioneer of U.S. military aviation. Used by many Allied air forces, the B-25 served in e ...

North American P-51 Mustang The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter aircraft, fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in April 1940 by a team ...

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

Yakovlev Yak-1 The Yakovlev Yak-1 (russian: Яковлев Як-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940.Angelucci and Matricardi 197 ...

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Yakovlev Yak-9 The Yakovlev Yak-9 (russian: Яковлев Як-9) is a single-engine, single-seat multipurpose fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union and its allies during World War II and the early Cold War. It was a development of the robust and successf ...

Ilyushin Il-2 The Ilyushin Il-2 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-2) is a ground-attack plane that was produced by the Soviet Union in large numbers during the Second World War. The word ''shturmovík'' (Cyrillic: штурмовик), the generic Russian term ...

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Petlyakov Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 (russian: Петляков Пе-2) was a Soviet twin-engine dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war,Ethell 1996, p. 152. it also proved successful as a heavy fighter, as ...

* Polikarpov UTI-4 / I-16 UTI * Polikarpov U-2 / Po-2 * Shcherbakov Shche-2 *

Yakovlev UT-2 The Yakovlev UT-2 (russian: Яковлев УТ-2; NATO reporting name "Mink") was a single-engine tandem two-seat low-wing monoplane that was the standard Soviet trainer during the Great Patriotic War. It was used by the Soviet Air Force fro ...

Tanks, armored cars and other military vehicles

Tankettes/light tanks

* TK-1 * TK-2 *

TK-3 TK-3 may refer to: *TK-3 (tankette), a Polish military vehicle of the Second World War * Teradako-ken TK-3, a Japanese transport plane of the Second World War *TK-3 (missile) or Sky Bow III, a 2010s Taiwanese anti-aircraft system See also *VR Clas ...

* TK * wz.31 *TKF * TKW *TKD * TKS-B * Samochód pancerny wz. 28 *

Samochód pancerny wz. 29 Samochód Pancerny wzór 29 ("armoured car year 1929 model"), commonly known as Ursus or CWS, was a Polish interwar heavy armored car. A handful of these vehicles saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939. History and description The ca ...

* Samochód pancerny wz. 34 * wz.39 *

TKS The TK (TK-3) and TKS were Polish tankettes developed during the 1930s and used in the Second World War. Design and development The TK (also known as the TK-3) tankette was a Polish design produced from 1931 based on the chassis of the British ...

* wz.33 *

Renault FT The Renault FT (frequently referred to in post-World War I literature as the FT-17, FT17, or similar) was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history. The FT was the first production tank to ...

(France) * CWS FT-17 *

Twin Turret *Vickers E Single Turret *Vickers E Mark A & B * VAU33dw * VAU33jw *

7TP The 7TP (''siedmiotonowy polski'' - 7-tonne Polish) was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, its production did not e ...

dw (''dwuwieżowy''-twin turret; only two wz. 30 Brownings) *

jw (''jednowieżowy''-single turret; 37 mm

Bofors AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms concern BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years. History Located in ...

anti-tank gun) and its improved version

9TP 9TP (code for pl, dziewięciotonowy polski - "9-tonne Polish") was a Polish light tank of early World War II era. A development of the earlier 7TP tank, it was to replace its predecessor in Polish service in 1940. Due to the outbreak of the w ...

or PT-9 * PZInż.322 * PZInż. 130 amphibious tank * PZInż. 140(4TP) reconnaissance tank *

Renault R35 The Renault R35, an abbreviation of ''Char léger Modèle 1935 R'' or R 35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 onwards and produced from 1936, the type was intended as an infantry support light tank, eq ...

*Polish/Soviet

T-70 The T-70 was a light tank used by the Red Army during World War II, replacing both the T-60 scout tank for reconnaissance and the T-50 light infantry tank for infantry support. The T-80 light tank was a more advanced version of the T-70 with ...

Hotchkiss H35 The Hotchkiss H35 or was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II. Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry becaus ...

Medium tanks

* 10TP wheel & track fast tank (only prototypes) * 14TP Medium tank (only prototype never completed) * 20/25TP Medium tank (never entered production) *

Matilda Mk I The Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11) was a British infantry tank of the Second World War. Despite being slow, cramped and armed with only a single machine gun, the Matilda I had some success in the Battle of France in 1940, owing to its he ...

– training only for Polish units in UK * Cromwell Cruiser Tank *

M4 Sherman } The M4 Sherman, officially Medium Tank, M4, was the most widely used medium tank by the Military history of the United States during World War II, United States and Allies of World War II, Western Allies in World War II. The M4 Sherman prove ...

– lend-lease via UK * T34/76 * T34/85

Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers

*Polish/American T48 *Polish/Soviet SU-57 *Polish/Soviet SU-85 *Polish/Soviet

SU-100 The SU-100 ('' Samokhodnaya Ustanovka'' 100) was a Soviet tank destroyer armed with the D-10S 100 mm anti-tank gun in a casemate superstructure. It was used extensively during the last year of World War II and saw service for many years af ...

*Polish/Soviet

ISU-122 The ISU-122 (acronym of'' Istrebitelnaja - or Iosif Stalin-based - Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122'') was a Soviet assault gun used during World War II, mostly in the anti-tank role. History and purpose A prototype of the ISU-122 (in Russian ИС� ...

*Polish/Soviet

ISU-152 The ISU-152 (russian: Самоходная установка на базе танка ИС с орудием калибра 152мм, ИСУ-152, Samokhodnaya Ustanovka na baze tanka IS s orudiyem kalibra 152mm, meaning " IS tank based self-prope ...

*Polish/Soviet

SU-152 The SU-152 (russian: самоходная установка-152, СУ-152, Samokhodnaya Ustanovka-152) is a Soviet self-propelled heavy howitzer used during World War II. It mounted a 152 mm gun-howitzer on the chassis of a KV-1S heavy tan ...

Heavy tanks

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

Tank and armored car armaments

*7.5 mm MG * 7.92 mm Hotchkiss-wz.25 MG * 7.92 mm Colt–Browning-wz.30 TMG *13.2 mm MG * 20 mm FK AT Automatic Cannon * 25 mm Hotchkiss anti-tank gun *

Bofors 37 mm The Bofors 37 mm anti-tank gun was an anti-tank gun designed by Swedish manufacturer Bofors in the early 1930s originally for Swedish use. It was exported to several countries during the 1930s of which several bought licences to produce it ...

* 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21 * 3.7 cm PaK 36 (captured) *47 mm Tank Gun

Captured German/Italian vehicles

*German ** Sd.Kfz. 251/1 ausf. D ** Sd.Kfz. 250/10 **

Panzer III The ''Panzerkampfwagen III'', commonly known as the Panzer III, was a medium tank developed in the 1930s by Germany, and was used extensively in World War II. The official German ordnance designation was Sd.Kfz. 141. It was intended to fight oth ...

Panzer IV The ''Panzerkampfwagen'' IV (Pz.Kpfw. IV), commonly known as the ''Panzer'' IV, was a German medium tank developed in the late 1930s and used extensively during the Second World War. Its ordnance inventory designation was Sd.Kfz. 161. The Panze ...

Panzer V The Panther tank, officially ''Panzerkampfwagen V Panther'' (abbreviated PzKpfw V) with ordnance inventory designation: ''Sd.Kfz.'' 171, is a German medium tank of World War II. It was used on the Eastern and Western Fronts from mid-1943 to ...

** Steyr RSO *Italian **

AB 41 The Autoblindo 40, 41 and 43 (abbreviated AB 40, 41 and 43) were Italian armoured cars produced by Fiat-Ansaldo and which saw service mainly during World War II. Most ''autoblinde'' were armed with a 20 mm Breda 35 autocannon and a coaxia ...

Armored Car

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

Peugeot Armored Car The Peugeot armoured car was a four-wheeled armoured vehicle based on a commercial Peugeot truck that was quickly developed by the French in 1914 for use during the First World War. Design The Peugeot armoured car was built in two main versions, ...

* 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 WZ may refer to: * WZ sex-determination system, also known as the ZW sex-determination system * WZ theory, a technique for simplifying certain combinatorial summations in mathematics * Eswatini (FIPS 10-4 country code WZ) * ''Westdeutsche Zeitung'' ...

*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 Samochód półgąsienicowy wz. 34 (literally "Half-track car, year 1934 model") was a Polish halftrack lorry. It was produced in a variety of variants, the best-known of them being the C4P artillery tractor used by the Polish Army in the period ...

* C7P * Samochód pancerny wz. 34 Armoured car model 1934 * PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor (C5P) * wz.34 Halftrack *"

Kubuś Kubuś (Polish for "Little Jacob") is a Polish improvised fighting vehicle used by the Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. The single vehicle was built in secret to function as an armoured car and armoured personnel carrier ...

" improvised Armoured car/APC – 1 built during Warsaw Uprising *Polish/Soviet

BA-64 The BA-64 (''БА-64'', from ''Bronirovaniy Avtomobil'', literally "armoured car") was a Soviet four-wheeled armoured scout car. Built on the chassis of a GAZ-64 or GAZ-67 jeep, it incorporated a hull loosely modeled after that of the Sd.Kfz. ...

Armored Car *Polish/Soviet BA-20 Armored Car *Polish/American M17 Halftrack *Polish/American

Jeep Jeep is an American automobile marque, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis. Jeep has been part of Chrysler since 1987, when Chrysler acquired the Jeep brand, along with remaining assets, from its previous owner American Moto ...

* Studebaker US6 – US design also produced in USSR *

Ursus A Ambulance Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals *Ursus (mammal), ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus ...

Ursus AW Bus Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefectus ...

Ursus A Truck Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefectus ...

* Saurer 4BLDP Bus *

Ursus TKS Tank Transporter Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefectus ...

Ursus A TK Tank Transporter Ursus is Latin for bear. It may also refer to: Animals * ''Ursus'' (mammal), a genus of bears People * Ursus of Aosta, 6th-century evangelist * Ursus of Auxerre, 6th-century bishop * Ursus of Solothurn, 3rd-century martyr * Ursus (''praefect ...

Saurer 4BLDP TKS Tank Transporter Adolph Saurer AG was a Swiss manufacturer of embroidery and textile machines, trucks and buses under the Saurer and Berna (beginning in 1929) brand names. Based in Arbon, Switzerland, the firm was active between 1903 and 1982. Their vehicles were ...

* FT-17 4-wheel Road Transporter * Ursus A FT-17 Truck Transporter *"local Jeep" Polski Fiat 508 *

Polski Fiat 518 Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

Armored trains and annex equipment

*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

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

Light and heavy infantry armaments

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

*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 *

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

*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 The M1911 (Colt 1911 or Colt Government) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The pistol's formal U.S. military designation as of 1940 was ''Automatic Pistol, Caliber .45, M1911'' for th ...

; 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 * Błyskawica Machine pistol – Calibre 9 mm * KIS Machine Pistol – Calibre 9 mm *

Polski Sten The STEN (or Sten gun) is a family of British submachine guns chambered in 9×19mm which were used extensively by British and Commonwealth forces throughout World War II and the Korean War. They had a simple design and very low production cos ...

machine pistol – Calibre 9 mm *ET-38 anti-tank grenade *Filipinka ET wz.40 hand grenade (250 g of

cheddite Cheddite is a class of explosive materials invented in 1897 by E. A. G. Street of the firm of Berges, Corbin et Cie and originally manufactured in the town of Chedde in Haute-Savoie, France in the early twentieth century. Closely related to Sp ...

ammonal Ammonal is an explosive made up of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder, not to be confused with T-ammonal which contains trinitrotoluene as well to increase properties such as brisance. The mixture is often referred to as Tannerite, which is ...

) *Sidolówka 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 The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifles and machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the . ...

) 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 Nagant

Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

* 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 The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round magazine-fed, bolt-action service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 20th century. The M1903 was first ...

– Calibre .30-06 * Sten MK I – Calibre 9 mm *Sten MK II – Calibre 9mm *No3 MK I – Calibre .303 *

M1 Garand The M1 Garand or M1 rifleOfficially designated as U.S. rifle, caliber .30, M1, later simply called Rifle, Caliber .30, M1, also called US Rifle, Cal. .30, M1 is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S Army during World War ...

(Semi-automatic rifle) – Calibre .30 * "Carabin M1" – Calibre .30 * "Smith & Wesson Mod 1917" – Calibre 45 *

PPD-40 The PPD (''Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova'', Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт ''Дегтярёва'', Degtyaryov's machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden st ...

– Calibre 7.62 mm *

PPD-34 The PPD (''Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova'', Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт ''Дегтярёва'', Degtyaryov's machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden sto ...

/38" – Calibre 7.62 mm * Tokarev 1930" – Calibre 7.62 mm * Mosin–Nagant M91/30 in 7.62 mm

Naval weapons

Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

*Destroyers **

ORP Błyskawica ORP ''Błyskawica'' (Lightning) is a which served in the Polish Navy during World War II. It is the only Polish Navy ship to have been decorated with the '' Virtuti Militari'', Poland's highest military order for gallantry, and in 2012 was give ...

** ORP ''Grom'' ** ORP ''Burza'' ** ORP ''Wicher'' ** ORP ''Garland'' **ORP ''Orkan'' **ORP ''Huragan'' ** ORP ''Piorun' *Escort Destroyers **ORP ''Krakowiak'' ** ORP ''Kujawiak'' ** ORP ''Ślązak'' *Cruisers ** ORP ''Dragon'' ** ORP ''Conrad'' *Heavy minelayer ORP ''Gryf'' *Submarines ** ORP ''Orzeł'' ** ORP ''Sęp'' ** ORP ''Wilk'' **ORP ''Ryś'' **ORP ''Żbik'' **ORP ''Jastrząb'' ** ORP ''Dzik'' ** ORP ''Sokół'' *Torpedo vessel ORP ''Mazur'' *Auxiliary boat ORP ''Nurek'' *Sea patrol boat ORP ''General Haller'' *River patrol boat ORP ''Kraków''

Coastal artillery defenses

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

Sea vessel armament

*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

*Type I Fast Monitor *Type MC Monitor

References

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