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



Polish Cavalry Brigade - 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





chief of staff operational officer
intelligence officer		 military police platoon
 
chief communications officer communication squadron
chief commander of the tabors tabor's workshop
2 commands of march columns		  
3 columns each
quartermaster transport officer
armament officer
chief steward officer
chief doctor
chief veterinarian		  
artillery park unit
steward park unit
medical platoon
veterinary platoon
Headquarters commander staff squadron
Commander's units bicycle squadron (recce/liaison)
engineering squadron
 		  
 
HMG platoon
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
LMG section
administration unit
HMG squadron
maintenance squadron		 3 HMG platoons
 		 4 HMG each
 
AT platoon
bicycle platoon
communications platoon


engineering squad
Mounted Artillery Unit (DAK) DAK commander  
 
munitions supply column		 75 mm artillery battery
3 or 4 guns each
communications platoon
Organic Armoured Unit commander tankette squadron
armoured car squadron
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.


Polish Cavalry Brigade and Regiment - equipment
Regiment Brigade
  General
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)
  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 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)
  Organic armoured unit
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

Different armament and structure

[edit] See also

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