1939 Infantry Regiment (Poland)

The 1939 Polish Infantry Regiment (Pulk Piechoty) comprised some 2,900 men and 60 officers organised around 3 Rifle Battalions whose principal weapon was the Mauser 98k, a 7.92mm bolt-action rifle. Each 19-man squad was also issued the RKM wz.28, a licensed Polish version of the American Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR). Other regimental weapons included the Polish version of the French Model 1897 75-mm field gun, the wz.35 Anti-tank Rifle, the Ckm wz.30 heavy machine gun (an unlicensed copy of the M1917 Browning machine gun), the wz.31 81 mm mortar, and the wz.36 46mm mortar.

TO&E

• 1 Recon Company
  • 4 light machine guns
  • 2 antitank rifles
• 1 Antitank Company
  • 9 37 mm antitank guns
• 1 Pioneer Platoon
• 1 Artillery Platoon
  • 2 75 mm Mle 1897 field guns
• 1 Antigas Platoon
• 1 Communications Platoon
• 3 Rifle Battalions
  • 3 Rifle Companies
    • 9 light machine guns
    • 3 46 mm mortars
    • 3 antitank rifles
  • 1 heavy machine gun company
    • 12 heavy machine guns
    • 2 81 mm mortars