Polish armaments 1939-1945

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Polish Armament in 1939-45

Contents

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Oldest aircraft

[edit] Local designs

  • Lublin R-VIIIbis
  • Lublin R-VIIID
  • Lublin R-XVIB
  • Lublin R-XXII (project)
  • Lublin R-XIIIE (prototype)
  • Lublin R-XIIIF (prototype)
  • Lublin R-XIIIG (prototype)
  • Lublin R-XXIII(R-XIIIDr.)(project)
  • LWS-3 Mewa
  • LWS-7 Mewa 2(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 P.50 Jastrząb (prototype)
  • PZL-23A Karaś A
  • PZL-23B Karaś B / Karaś II
  • PZL-37B Łoś B
  • PZL-38 Wilk (prototypes)
  • PZL-43 Karaś
  • PZL-46 Sum (prototype)
  • PZL-48 Lampart (project)
  • PZL-49 Miś (project)
  • PZL-54 Ryś (project)
  • RWD-8
  • RWD-13
  • RWD-13S
  • RDW-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

[edit] Armaments and other equipments aboard combat aircraft

  • Aerial Photo cameras (for reconnaissance use)
  • Browning 7.9 mm Machine Gun
  • Vickers E 7.7 mm Machine Gun
  • Vickers F 7.7 mm Machine Gun
  • Vickers E/KM Wz 7.7 mm Machine gun
  • KM Wz 33 7.7 mm Machine gun
  • KM Wz 36 7.7 mm Machine gun
  • KM Wz 37 7.9 mm Machine gun
  • KM Wz 38 20 mm Cannons
  • 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

[edit] Foreign aircraft

  • Avro Tutor Mk. I (2 examples)
  • Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M(21 examples)
  • CANT Z.506B Airone (1 example)
  • Breguet Bre XIX B.2

[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

  • TK-1
  • TK-2
  • TK-3
  • TK
  • wz.31
  • TKF
  • TKW
  • TKD
  • TKS-B
  • wz.39
  • TKS
  • wz.33
  • French Renault FT-17
  • CWS FT-17
  • Vickers E Twin Turret
  • Vickers E Single Turret
  • Vickers E Mark A & B
  • VAU33dw
  • VAU33jw
  • 7TPdw (dwuwieżowy-twin turret; only two CKMs Browning wz.30)
  • 7TPjw (jednowieżowy-single turret; 37mm Bofors anti-tank gun)
  • PZInż.322
  • PZInż. 130 amphibious tank
  • PZInż. 140(4TP) reconnaissance tank
  • Renault R35
  • Polish/Soviet T-70

[edit] Medium tanks

[edit] Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers

[edit] Heavy tanks

  • 20/25TP Heavy tank (never entered production)
  • Polish/Soviet JS-2 (IS-2)

[edit] Tank and armored car armaments

  • 7.5 mm MG
  • 7.92 mm Browning MG
  • 7.92 mm Hotchkiss 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 Tank Gun
  • 37 mm AT Bofors Cannon
  • 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21
  • 3.7 cm PAK AT Cannon (captured)
  • 47 mm Tank Gun

[edit] Captured German/Italian vehicles

  • Polish/German SdKfz-251/1 ausf. D (Captured example)
  • Polish/German SdKfz-250/10 (Captured example)
  • Polish/German Panzer III (Captured example)
  • Polish/German Panzer IV (Captured example)
  • Polish/German Panzer V (Captured example)
  • Polish/German Steyr RSO (Captured example)
  • Polish/Italian AB-41 Armored Car (Captured example)

[edit] Armored cars, motorcycles, trucks, half-tracks, jeeps

  • Peugeot Armored Car
  • Samochód Pancerny Ford Tfc (Ford Tfc Armored Car)
  • Soviet Austin-Putilov Armored Car
  • Fiat-Izorski Armored Car
  • Peerless Armoured Car
  • Garford-Putilov Armored Car
  • Jeffery-Poplavko Armored Car
  • Ehrhardt M17 Armored Car
  • wz.28 (Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV)
  • Motorcycles CWS M55
  • Motorcicles 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
  • wz.34 Armored Car
  • PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor(C5P)
  • wz.34 Halftrack
  • Local design "Kubuś" APC
  • Polish/Soviet BA64 Armored Car
  • Polish/Soviet BA20 Armored Car
  • Polish/American M17 Halftrack
  • Polish/American Jeep
  • Polish/American US6 Studebaker
  • 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

[edit] 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"

[edit] Improvised armoured trains

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

[edit] Light and heavy infantry armaments

[edit] 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
  • Bofors M-36 3.7 cm AT Cannon
  • Mortar M 31 (8 cm) -licence built French mortar M 27/31 Brandt
  • Mortar M 36 (4.6 cm)

[edit] 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
  • Infantry Rifle "Poln 98"- Calibre 7.9 mm
  • Carbine "Karabinek 1898"- Calibre 7.9 mm
  • Carbine "Karabinek 91/98/25" (Mossin-Nagant91)- Calibre 7.9 mm
  • Revolver "Rewolwer M95 Nagant"- Calibre 7.62 mm
  • Pistol "Pistolet Vis Vz-35 (wz. 35 Vis)"- Calibre 9 mm
  • Bechowiec Machine pistol - Calibre 9 mm
  • Błyskawica Machine pistol - Calibre 9 mm
  • KIS Machine pistol - Calibre 9 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)
  • Sidolówka R wz.42 hand grenade (250 g of cheddite or amonite)
  • Antitank Rifle "Karabin 35" (AT-Rifle) - Calibre 7.8 mm
  • Heavy AT Rifle 7.92 mm "Karabin przeciwpancerny" wz.35 - Calibre 7.92 mm .
  • Heavy Machine gun wz. 28 (Polish version-Browning Automatic Rifle) caliber 7.9 mm

[edit] Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

  • Fusil 07/15 M 34" - 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
  • U.S Carabin M1" - Calibre .30
  • Smith & Wesson Mod 1917" - Calibre 45
  • PPD-40" - Calibre 7.62 mm
  • PPD-34/38" - Calibre 7.62 mm
  • Tokarev 1930" - Calibre 7.62 mm
  • Mosin M-91/30 in 7.62 mm

[edit] Naval weapons

[edit] Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

  • Destroyer ORP "Błyskawica"
  • Destroyer ORP "Grom"
  • Destroyer ORP "Burza"
  • Destroyer ORP "Wicher"
  • Destroyer ORP "Garland"
  • Destroyer ORP "Orkan"
  • Destroyer ORP "Huragan"
  • Destroyer ORP "Piorun"
  • Escort Destroyer ORP "Krakowiak"
  • Escort Destroyer ORP "Kujawiak"
  • Escort Destroyer ORP "Ślązak"
  • Cruiser ORP "Dragon"
  • Cruiser ORP "Conrad"
  • Heavy Minelayer ORP "Gryf"
  • Submarine ORP "Orzeł"
  • Submarine ORP "Sęp"
  • Submarine ORP "Wilk"
  • Submarine ORP "Ryś"
  • Submarine ORP "Żbik"
  • Submarine ORP "Jastrząb"
  • Submarine ORP "Dzik"
  • Submarine ORP "Sokół"
  • Torpedo vessel ORP "Mazur"
  • Auxiliary boat ORP "Nurek"
  • Sea patrol boat ORP "General Haller"
  • River patrol boat ORP "Kraków"

[edit] Coastal artillery defenses

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

[edit] Armaments sea vessels

[edit] Destroyers Blyskawika & Grom

  • 120 mm/50 Cannons (3x2,1x1)X 7
  • 40 mm Antiaircraft Cannons(2x2) x 4
  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns (4x2) x 6
  • 550 mm Torpedo launchers (2x3) x 6
  • Minelayer device x 44 naval engineers

[edit] Destroyers Burza & Wicher

  • 130 mm/40 Cannons(4x1) x4
  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons(2x1) x2
  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns(2x2) x 4
  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers (2x3) x6
  • Minelayer device x 44 naval engineers

[edit] Minelayer Gryf

  • 120 mm/50 Cannons (2x2,2x1) x6
  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons (2x2) x4
  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns (2x2) x 4
  • capacity to transport 600 Sea Mines

[edit] Submarines Orzeł & Sęp

  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers x 12 (4 in nose,4 in stern, also 2 double mounts over pressure hull)
  • 20 torpedoes
  • 105 mm/4 Cannon x1
  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons (1x2) x2
  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns (1x2) x2

[edit] Submarines Wilk, Ryś, Żbik

  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers x6 (4 in nose and one double mount over pressure hull)
  • 10 torpedoes
  • 100 mm/40 Cannon x1
  • 40 mm/40 Antiaircraft Cannon X1
  • Minelaying capacity for 40 naval engineers

[edit] River boats weapons

Polish River Fleet

[edit] Monitor Kraków

  • 122 mm Cannons (x2)
  • 145 mm (3 cm) Cannons (x2)

[edit] Monitor Pińsk

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)
  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)

[edit] Monitor Wilno

  • 100mm wz 1914/19P (3 cm) Cannons (x3)
  • 75 mm (3 cm) Cannons (x2)

[edit] Monitor Toruń

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)
  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)

[edit] Monitor Horodyszcze

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)
  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)

[edit] Monitor Warszawa

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)
  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)

[edit] Gunboat Zaradna

  • 100 mm wz.14/19 Cannon (x1)
  • 37 mm Puteaux Cannon (x1)
  • 7.92 mm Hotchkiss Cannon (x1)
  • 7.62 mm Maxim wz Heavy MG (x3)

[edit] Gunboat Zawzięta

  • 100 mm wz.14/19 Cannon (x1)
  • 37 mm Puteaux Cannon (x1)
  • 7.92 mm Hotchkiss Cannon (x1)
  • 7.62 mm Maxim wz Heavy MG (x3)

[edit] Light gunboat Kiliński

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Maxim 03 Heavy MG (x1)

[edit] Light gunboat KU 30

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Hotchkiss 03 Heavy MG

[edit] Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 Cannon (x1)
  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 Heavy MG (x1)

[edit] Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 Cannon (x1)
  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 Heavy MG (x1)

[edit] Little gunboat KM 8

  • 8 mm Cannon
  • 2.1 cm Mortar

[edit] Little gunboat KU 6

  • 37 mm (1 cm) Cannon

[edit] Little gunboat KU 5

  • 37 mm (1 cm) Cannon

[edit] Rapid gunboat type T1

  • 37 mm Puteaux (1 cm) Cannon
  • 4 mines

[edit] Rapid gunboat type T5

  • 37 mm Puteaux (1 cm) Cannon
  • 4 mines

[edit] Command boat Generał Sikorski

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Cannon
  • 7.92 mm (4 cm) Cannon
  • 2 cm mortars Hotchkiss wz 30, (x2)

[edit] Command boat Hetman Chodkiewicz

  • 76 mm (4 cm) Cannon (x1)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannon (x1)
  • 7.92 mm Cannon (x1)
  • Mines
  • 13.2 mm Cannons (x2)
  • 7.92 mm Cannons (x1)

[edit] Command boat Generał Szeptycki

  • 75 mm Cannons (x2)
  • 7.92 mm (4 cm) Cannon
  • Mines

[edit] Command boat Admirał Dickman

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Cannon
  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Cannon

[edit] Command boat Andrzej Zamoyski

  • 105 mm Cannons (x2)

[edit] Command boat Warneńczyk

  • 4 Heavy MG

[edit] Little command boat Żółkiewski

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Cannon

[edit] Heavy patrol boat Nieuchwytny

  • 40 mm Vickers Cannon (x1)
  • 40 mm Bofors Antiaircraft Cannon
  • 37 mm Puteaux Cannon
  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Hotchkiss Heavy MG

[edit] Support boat Neptun

  • 37 mm (1 cm) Cannon

[edit] River boat local project

[edit] Type I Fast Monitor

  • 120 mm (4 cm) Cannon
  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannon
  • 2 cm Mortars (x4)

[edit] Type MC Monitor

  • 105 mm (6 cm) Cannon (x2)
  • 13.2 mm Heavy MG