List of World War II weapons of Poland

Polish Armament in 1939-45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland, foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945.^[1]

Aircraft

Oldest aircraft

Local designs

Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft

Aerial Photo cameras (for reconnaissance use)
7.9 mm (0.311 in) M1919 Browning machine gun
7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers E
7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers F
7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers E/KM Wz 7.7 mm Machine gun
KM Wz 33 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
KM Wz 36 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
KM Wz 37 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
KM Wz 38 20 mm (0.787 in) Cannon^[1]
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

Foreign aircraft

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

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in France (1939-1940)

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Great Britain (1940-1947)

Aircraft in use by Polish Air Force in Soviet Union (1943-1945)

Tanks, armored cars and other military vehicles

Tankettes/light tanks

TK-1
TK-2
TK-3
TK
wz.31
TKF
TKW
TKD
TKS-B
wz.39
TKS
wz.33
Renault FT (France)
CWS FT-17
Vickers E Twin Turret
Vickers E Single Turret
Vickers E Mark A & B
VAU33dw
VAU33jw
7TPdw (dwuwieżowy-twin turret; only two wz. 30 Brownings)
7TPjw (jednowieżowy-single turret; 37 mm Bofors anti-tank gun) and its improved version 9TP or PT-9
PZInż.322
PZInż. 130 amphibious tank
PZInż. 140(4TP) reconnaissance tank
Renault R35
Polish/Soviet T-70

Medium tanks

10TP wheel & track fast tank (only prototypes)
14TP Medium tank (only prototype never completed)
Hotchkiss H35
Matilda Mk I - training only for Polish units in UK
Cromwell Cruiser Tank
M4 Sherman - lend-lease via UK
T34/76
T34/85

Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers

Polish/American T48
Polish/Soviet SU-57
Polish/Soviet SU-85
Polish/Soviet SU-100
Polish/Soviet ISU-122
Polish/Soviet ISU-152
Polish/Soviet SU-152

Heavy tanks

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

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 anti-tank gun
Bofors 37 mm
37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21
3.7 cm PaK 36 (captured)
47 mm Tank Gun

Captured German/Italian vehicles

German
Italian
- AB 41 Armored Car

Armored cars, motorcycles, trucks, half-tracks, jeeps

Peugeot Armored Car
Samochód Pancerny Ford Tfc ("Ford Tfc Armored Car")
wz.28 (Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV)
Motorcycles CWS M55
Motorcycles 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
Samochód pancerny wz. 34 Armoured car model 1934
PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor (C5P)
wz.34 Halftrack
"Kubuś" improvised Armoured car/APC - 1 built during Warsaw Uprising
Polish/Soviet BA-64 Armored Car
Polish/Soviet BA-20 Armored Car
Polish/American M17 Halftrack
Polish/American Jeep
Studebaker US6 - US design also produced in USSR
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

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"

Improvised armoured trains

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

Light and heavy infantry armaments

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 37 mm AT Cannon
Mortar M 31 (8 cm) -licence built French mortar M 27/31 Brandt
Mortar M 36 (4.6 cm)

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 Kbk wz. 1929
Infantry Rifle "Poln 98"- Calibre 7.9 mm Kb wz. 98a
Infnatry Semi Automatic Self—repeating Rifle Kbsp wz. 1938M (only 150 made by the time of war)
Carbine "Karabinek 1898"- Calibre 7.9 mm
Carbine "Karabinek 91/98/25" (Mossin-Nagant 91)- Calibre 7.9 mm
Revolver "Rewolwer M95 Nagant"- Calibre 7.62 mm
Pistol "Pistolet Vis Vz-35 (Version 1935; development of Colt 1911; replaced Mauser on the Eastern Front: 500,000 made and issued by Germans in 1943 and 1944) (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)
Anti Tank Rifle 7.92 mm "Karabin przeciwpancerny" wz.35 - Calibre 7.92 mm aka "Uruguay" (Platoon—level AT weapon)
Light Machine gun wz. 28 (Polish version of the Browning Automatic Rifle) caliber 7.9 mm
Heavy Machine Gun 30 (Polish-made clone of the American Browning M1917 heavy machine gun) caliber 7.92×57mm Mauser
Granatnik wz.36
Mosin Nagant

Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

Fusil 07/15 M 34" - Calibre 7.5 mm
ppFusil 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
"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–Nagant M91/30 in 7.62 mm

Naval weapons

Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

Destroyers
- ORP Błyskawica
- ORP Grom
- ORP Burza
- ORP Wicher
- ORP Garland
- ORP Orkan
- ORP Huragan
- ORP Piorun'
Escort Destroyers
- ORP Krakowiak
- ORP Kujawiak
- ORP Ślązak
Cruiser
- ORP Dragon
- ORP Conrad
Heavy minelayer ORP Gryf
Submarines
- ORP Orzeł
- ORP Sęp
- ORP Wilk
- ORP Ryś
- ORP Żbik
- ORP Jastrząb
- ORP Dzik
- ORP Sokół
Torpedo vessel ORP Mazur
Auxiliary boat ORP Nurek
Sea patrol boat ORP General Haller
River patrol boat ORP Kraków

Coastal artillery defenses

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

Armaments sea vessels

Destroyers Blyskawica & Grom

120 mm/50 Cannon (3x2,1x1)X 7
40 mm Anti-aircraft Cannon (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

Destroyers Burza & Wicher

130 mm/40 cannon (4x1) x4
40 mm/60 anti-aircraft cannon (2x1) x2
13.2 mm heavy machine guns (2x2) x 4
550 mm torpedo launchers (2x3) x6
Minelayer device x 44 naval mines

Minelayer Gryf

120 mm/50 cannon (2x2,2x1) x6
40 mm/60 anti-aircraft cannon (2x2) x4
13.2 mm heavy machine guns (2x2) x 4
capacity to transport 600 sea mines

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 anti-aircraft cannon (1x2) x2
13.2 mm heavy machine guns (1x2) x2

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 anti-aircraft cannon X1
Minelaying capacity for 40 naval mines

River boats weapons

Polish River Fleet

Monitor Kraków

122 mm Cannon (x2)
145 mm (3 cm) cannon (x2)

Monitor Pińsk

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

Monitor Wilno

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

Monitor Toruń

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

Monitor Horodyszcze

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

Monitor Warszawa

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

Gunboat Zaradna

100 mm wz.14/19 cannon (x1)
37 mm Puteaux cannon (x1)
7.92 mm Hotchkiss cannon (x1)
7.62 mm Maxim heavy machine guns (x3)

Gunboat Zawzięta

100 mm wz.14/19 cannon (x1)
37 mm Puteaux cannon (x1)
7.92 mm Hotchkiss cannon (x1)
7.62 mm Maxim heavy machine guns (x3)

Light gunboat Kiliński

7.92 mm (2 cm) Maxim 03 heavy machine gun (x1)

Light gunboat KU 30

13.2 mm (2 cm) Hotchkiss 03 heavy machine gun

Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 cannon (x1)
7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 heavy machine gun (x1)

Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 cannon (x1)
7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 heavy machine gun (x1)

Little gunboat KM 8

8 mm cannon
2.1 cm mortar

Little gunboat KU 6

37 mm (1 cm) cannon

Little gunboat KU 5

37 mm (1 cm) cannon

Rapid gunboat type T1

37 mm Puteaux (1 cm) cannon
4 mines

Rapid gunboat type T5

37 mm Puteaux (1 cm) cannon
4 mines

Command boat Generał Sikorski

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

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 cannon (x2)
7.92 mm cannon (x1)

Command boat Generał Szeptycki

75 mm cannon (x2)
7.92 mm (4 cm) cannon
Mines

Command boat Admirał Dickman

13.2 mm (2 cm) cannon
7.92 mm (2 cm) cannon

Command boat Andrzej Zamoyski

105 mm Cannon (x2)

Command boat Warneńczyk

4 heavy machine guns

Little command boat Żółkiewski

7.92 mm (2 cm) cannon

Heavy patrol boat Nieuchwytny

40 mm Vickers cannon (x1)
40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft cannon
37 mm Puteaux cannon
7.9 mm (1 cm) Hotchkiss heavy machine guns

Support boat Neptun

37 mm (1 cm) cannon

River boat local project

Type I Fast Monitor

120 mm (4 cm) cannon
75 mm (4 cm) cannon
2 cm mortars (x4)

Type MC Monitor

105 mm (6 cm) cannon (x2)
13.2 mm heavy machine gun

References

1 2 3 4 5 Williams, Anthony G.; Dr Emmanuel Gustin (2003). Flying Guns World War II, Development of aircraft guns, ammunition and installations 1933-45 (1st ed.). Ramsbury. ISBN 978-1-84037-227-4 – via Google Books, snippet.

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