Polish armaments 1939-1945

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Polish Armament in 1939-45

Contents

[edit] Aircraft

[edit] Oldest aircraft

[edit] Local designs

[edit] Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft

[edit] Foreign aircraft

[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

[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

[edit] Captured German/Italian vehicles

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

[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 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)
  • Antitank Rifle "Karabin 35" (AT-Rifle) - Calibre 7.8 mm
  • Heavy AT Rifle 7.92 mm "Karabin przeciwpancerny" wz.35 - Calibre 7.92 mm aka "Uruguay" (Platoon—level AT weapon)
  • Heavy Machine gun wz. 28 (Polish version of the Browning Automatic Rifle) caliber 7.9 mm
  • Granatnik wz.36

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

[edit] Naval weapons

[edit] Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

[edit] Coastal artillery defenses

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

[edit] Armaments sea vessels

[edit] Destroyers Blyskawika & Grom

Main article: Grom class destroyer
  • 120 mm/50 Cannon (3x2,1x1)X 7
  • 40 mm Antiaircraft 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

[edit] Destroyers Burza & Wicher

Main article: Wicher class destroyer
  • 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

[edit] Minelayer Gryf

Main article: ORP Gryf (1936)
  • 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

[edit] Submarines Orzeł & Sęp

Main article: Orzeł class submarine
  • 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

[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 anti-aircraft cannon X1
  • Minelaying capacity for 40 naval mines

[edit] River boats weapons

Polish River Fleet

[edit] Monitor Kraków

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

[edit] Monitor Pińsk

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

[edit] Monitor Wilno

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

[edit] Monitor Toruń

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

[edit] Monitor Horodyszcze

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

[edit] Monitor Warszawa

  • 105 mm (5 cm) cannon (x2)
  • 75 mm (4 cm) cannon (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 heavy machine guns (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 heavy machine guns (x3)

[edit] Light gunboat Kiliński

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

[edit] Light gunboat KU 30

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Hotchkiss 03 heavy machine gun

[edit] Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

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

[edit] Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 cannon (x1)
  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 heavy machine gun (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 cannon (x2)
  • 7.92 mm cannon (x1)

[edit] Command boat Generał Szeptycki

  • 75 mm cannon (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 Cannon (x2)

[edit] Command boat Warneńczyk

  • 4 heavy machine guns

[edit] Little command boat Żółkiewski

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) cannon

[edit] 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

[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 machine gun

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. 
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