Polish cavalry brigade order of battle in 1939
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The following is a standard order of battle of the Polish cavalry brigade in 1939.
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[edit] Chain of command
| Sub-unit | C/O | squadron-sized | platoon-sized | smaller units | |
| commanding officer | Staff and headquarters |
deputy commanding officer chief military judge chaplain |
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| chief of staff | operational officer intelligence officer |
military police platoon |
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| chief communications officer | communication squadron | ||||
| chief commander of the tabors | tabor's workshop 2 commands of march columns |
3 columns each |
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| quartermaster | transport officer armament officer chief steward officer chief doctor chief veterinarian |
artillery park unit steward park unit medical platoon veterinary platoon |
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| Headquarters commander | staff squadron | ||||
| Commander's units | bicycle squadron (recce/liaison) engineering squadron |
HMG platoon |
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| cavalry regiment 3 or 4 in each brigade |
regiment commander | line squadrons - 4 in each regiment |
cavalry platoon - 3 in each squadron |
3 sections (6 soldiers each) LMG section (5 soldiers) squadron commanders troop |
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| LMG section administration unit |
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| HMG squadron maintenance squadron |
3 HMG platoons |
4 HMG each |
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| AT platoon bicycle platoon communications platoon |
engineering squad |
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| Mounted Artillery Unit (DAK) | DAK commander | munitions supply column |
75 mm artillery battery 3 or 4 guns each |
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| communications platoon | |||||
| Organic Armoured Unit | commander | tankette squadron armoured car squadron |
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| Organic Rifle Battalion | Rifles battalion |
[edit] Composition and armament
The following is a list of all equipment, armament, men and means of transport in use by a cavalry regiment and a cavalry brigade of the Polish Army, as of 1939. The figures for brigades are based on official Polish Army instructions prepared in late 1930's. The numbers in brackets give the figures for a four-regiment brigade, as opposed to the standard three-regiment one. The figures for the regiments are given after the actual mobilisation report of September 1, 1939, of the 25th Greater Polish Uhlans Regiment. Note that the numbers for other units may vary, mostly due to different mobilisation schedules and other problems.
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| officers | 36 | 232 (373) | |||||||||||
| privates and NCOs | 838 | 5 911 (6 911) | |||||||||||
| horses Cavalry horses Pack horses Cart-horses Total |
616 43 221 920 |
5 194 (6 291) |
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| Vehicles | |||||||||||||
| cars | 1 | 65 (66) | |||||||||||
| motorcycles | 1 | ||||||||||||
| field kitchens | 6 | ||||||||||||
| tabor carts | 86 | ||||||||||||
| chaplains cart | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| taczanka wz.28 or wz.36 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| bicycles | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Armament | |||||||||||||
| Vis pistols | 133 | ||||||||||||
| sabres | 616 | ||||||||||||
| lances (weapon of choice) | 108 | ||||||||||||
| 7,92 mm karabin ppanc. wz 35 AT rifle | 12 | 51 (64) | |||||||||||
| rkm Browning wz. 28 LMG | 18 | 89 (107) | |||||||||||
| Maxim 08/15 and lkm wz. 08/18 MGs | 10 (12) | ||||||||||||
| Ckm wz.30 HMG | 12 | 52 (64) | |||||||||||
| Organic artillery | |||||||||||||
| grenade launchers wz. 1930 and wz. 1936 | 9 (9) | ||||||||||||
| 81mm mortar | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 75 mm armata wz. 02/26 field gun | 12 (16) | ||||||||||||
| 40 mm armata plot. wz. 36 AA gun | 2 (2) | ||||||||||||
| 37 mm Armata ppanc. wz. 36 AT gun | 4 | 14 (18) | |||||||||||
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| wz. 34 or wz.29 armoured car | 8 | ||||||||||||
| reconnaissance tankette TKS or TK-3 | 13 | ||||||||||||
[edit] Polish cavalry brigades in 1939
[edit] Cavalry
- Krakowska Brygada Kawalerii (Kraków) - under Brigadier General Zygmunt Piasecki
- Kresowa Brygada Kawalerii (Brody) - under Colonel Stefan Hanka-Kulesza
- Mazowiecka Brygada Kawalerii (Warsaw) under Colonel Jan Karcz
- Nowogródzka Brygada Kawalerii (Baranowicze) under Brigadier General Władysław Anders
- Podlaska Brygada Kawalerii (Białystok) under Brigadier General Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński
- Podolska Brygada Kawalerii (Stanisławów) under Colonel Leon Strzelecki
- Pomorska Brygada Kawalerii (Bydgoszcz) under Colonel Adam Zakrzewski
- Suwalska Brygada Kawalerii (Suwałki) under Brigadier General Zygmunt Podhorski
- Wielkopolska Brygada Kawalerii (Poznań) under Brigadier General Roman Abraham
- Wileńska Brygada Kawalerii (Wilno) under Colonel Konstanty Drucki-Lubecki
- Wołyńska Brygada Kawalerii (Równe) under Colonel Julian Filipowicz
- Brygada Rezerwowa Kawalerii Wolkowysk (Białystok, Wołkowysk) under Colonel Edmund Tarnasiewicz-Heldut
- Zbiorcza Brygada Kawalerii (Warsaw) under General Roman Abraham
[edit] Armoured-Motorised Brigades
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- Different armament and structure
- 10. Brygada Kawalerii Zmotoryzowanej (Rzeszów) - dowódca: płk dypl. Stanisław Maczek
- Warszawska Brygada Pancerno-Motorowa (Warszawa) - dowódca: płk dypl. Stefan Rowecki
