Polish Land Forces

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Polish Armed Forces

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Polish Land Forces (Polish: Wojska Lądowe RP) is a branch of Poland's Armed Forces.

[edit] Structure

• Combat Arms
  • Armored & Mechanized Forces (Wojska Pancerne I Zmechanizowane)
  • Missile & Artillery Forces (Wojska Rakietowe I Artyleria)
  • Air Defense Forces (Wojska Obrony Przeciwlotniczej)
  • Air-mobile Forces (Wojska Aeromobilne)
  • Engineer Forces (Wojska Inżynieryjne)

• Combat Support Arms
  • Reconnaissance & Early Warning (Rozpoznanie I Wczesne Ostrzeganie)
  • Signals & Information Technology Forces (Wojska Łączności I Informatyki)
  • Chemical Forces (Wojska Chemiczne)

• Combat Service Support Arms
  • Logistics (Logistyka)

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[edit] Troop Strength

Polish soldiers in Iraq.

Polish army soldiers from the Civil Military Cooperation Group, Multi-National Division - Central South, Camp Echo, Iraq, and Iraqi army soldiers from the 8th Iraqi Army Division arrive for a mission at a children's and maternity hospital in Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 7, 2006. The Polish and Iraqi army soldiers delivered 100 boxes of medical supplies to the hospital.

• Personel - ~158,000 (~118,000 professionals, ~50,000 conscripts)

[edit] Equipment

• Main Battle Tanks
  • T-72M1 (586)
  • PT-91 Twardy (232)
  • Leopard 2A4 (128)

• Armoured Fighting Vehicles
  • BWP-1 IFV (1311)
  • BWR-1K (22) - reconnaisance variant of BWP-1
  • BWR-1S (16) - reconnaisance variant of BWP-1
  • Rosomak IFV (443) (a further 690 Rosomak vehicles were ordered in various variants)
  • Rosomak-1 APC (91)
  • M113 (50)
  • M577 (6)
  • SKOT (402)
  • MT-LB (352)
  • BRDM-2 (50)
  • HMMWV (222)

• Enginering and Support Vehicles
  • WZT-1 ARV (?)
  • WZT-2 ARV (?)
  • WZT-3 ARV (29)
  • Bergepanzer 2A2 ARV (70)
  • BLG-67 AVLB (?)
  • Leopard Biber AVLB (46)
  • MID engineering tank (38)
  • Bozena (14)

• Artillery
  • 2S1 Goździk 122mm self-propelled howitzer ( 509)
  • Dana 152mm self-propelled howitzer (111)
  • RM-70 122mm multiple-launch rocket system ( 30)
  • BM-21 Grad 122mm multiple-launch rocket system (219)
  • Mortar 120mm (185)
  • Mortar 98mm (75)

• Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Spike LR ATGM (264)
  • AT-4 Spigot ATGM (115)
  • AT-5 Spandrel ATGM (18)
  • AT-7Saxhorn ATGM (16)

• Anti-Aircraft Artillery
  • SA-Strzała-2M SAM (627)
  • Grom SAM (311)
  • ZU-23-2 AAA (66)
  • ZUR-23-2KG AAA (344)
  • ZSU-23-4 "Szyłka" SPAAG (44)
  • ZSU-23-4 "Biała" (8 on order - modernistion of Szyłka)
  • PZA Loara SPAAG (48) -on order
  • SA-6 Kub-M SPSAM (80)
  • SA-8 Osa AK/AKM SPSAM (64)
  • SA-4 Krug-M SPSAM (27)

• Aircraft
  • Mil Mi-24 Hind (32)
  • Mil Mi-17 Hip (13)
  • Mil Mi-8 Hip (24)
  • PZL Mi-2 Hoplite (46)
  • PZL W-3 Sokół (37)

[edit] Gallery

PT-91 MBT of the Polish Land Forces

PZA Loara SPAAG of the Polish Land Forces

Mil Mi-24 Helicopter of the Polish Land Forces

[edit] See also

• Edward Pietrzyk, current commander-in-chief of the Polish Land Forces
• List of Polish wars
• Polish military awards and decorations
• Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
• Podhale rifles
• Polish Army Museum

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the Land Forces of Poland