Polish Special Forces

Wojska Specjalne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

Polish Special Forces Eagle
Active 2007 - present
Country  Poland
Allegiance Polish Armed Forces
Size ~1,700 (December 2009) [1]
Garrison/HQ Kraków
Commanders
Commander gen. bryg. Piotr Patalong
Chief of Staff vacant

Wojska Specjalne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, WS RP (en. Special Forces of Republic of Poland) is the 4th military branch of Armed Forces of Republic of Poland formed in early 2007. It is composed of 3 special units and command:

Historical: Cichociemni, Polish Military Organisation

Contents

Equipment

Firearms

Name Origin Type Notes
Heckler & Koch USP  Germany 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol
Glock 17  Austria 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol
Beretta 92  Italy 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol
SIG P226  Switzerland /  Germany 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol Used only by Formoza
Heckler & Koch MP5  Germany 9 mm Submachine Gun
FN P90  Belgium 5.7 mm Submachine Gun P90 TR is used by the special operations formation GROM
M14 rifle  United States 7.62 mm Automatic Rifle Used only by Formoza, lately upgraded to EBR standard
Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl  Poland 5.56 mm Assault Rifle 1 PSK
M4 Carbine  United States 5.56 mm Assault rifle
F2000  Belgium 5.56 mm Bullpup rifle GROM with EGLM granade launcher
Heckler & Koch G36  Germany 5.56 mm Assault rifle
Heckler & Koch HK416  Germany 5.56 mm Assault rifle GROM is using Hk41D10RS and D145RS, 1 PSK is using D145RS or commonly D165RS variants
Remington 870  United States 12 gauge Shotgun
SWD  Soviet Union
 Poland
7.62 mm Sniper Rifle Also used by Land Forces, some upgraded to polish SWD-M standard
Sako TRG  Finland 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle Also used by Land Forces
Heckler & Koch PSG-1  Germany 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle
Remington 700  United States Sniper Rifle
Mauser SP66  Germany Sniper Rifle
Mauser 86  Germany Sniper Rifle
Barrett M82  United States 12.7 mm Anti-Material Rifle
PKM  Soviet Union
 Poland
7.62x 54 R mm GPMG Also used by Land Forces
UKM-2000  Poland 7.62x51 mm General Purpose Machine Gun Also used by Land Forces
Pallad grenade launcher  Poland 40x47 mm grenade launcher
AG-HK416  Germany grenade launcher GROM and 1 PSK
FN Minimi  Belgium 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun
Heckler & Koch AG36  Germany Grenade Launcher
M203  United States 40x46 mm SR Grenade Launcher
H&K MZP-1  Germany Grenade Launcher
Carl Gustav  Sweden 84 mm Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle Also used by Land Forces
Bor rifle  Poland Bolt-action 7.62x51mm sniper rifle

Vehicles

Name Origin Type Variant In Service Notes
HMMWV  United States Four-wheel Drive Multi-Purpose Vehicle 5 Polish Armed Forces currently operate 222 different variants of HMMWVes (217 are operated by the Polish Land Forces).
Toyota  Japan Four-wheel Drive Vehicle Land Cruiser
Hilux[1]
Used by GROM and 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów
Land Rover Defender  United Kingdom Four-wheel Drive Vehicle 90
110
4[2]
6
Used by GROM and Formoza
Mercedes-Benz  Germany Four-wheel Drive Vehicle
Truck
G-class
Atego 1323AK
6
10[3]
Polish Armed forces currently operate a total number of 140 G-class vehicles.[4] The Land forces operate 121 GD 290s and MB290GD WDs.[3] The military police uses 13 GD 290s.[3]
Tarpan Honker  Poland 4x4 Honker Skorpion 3 special version Used by 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów
Star  Poland
 Germany
Truck Star 1444 (MAN TGM 18.280 BB) 1[3]
Volvo  Sweden Truck Volvo FM 8x4
Volvo FM 6x6
Volvo FM 4x4
10[3]
11[3]
2[3]

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