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AIRCRAFT



Oldest aircraft

  • SPAD XIII

  • Fokker D.VII

  • Oeffag D.III

  • Ansaldo Balilla

  • SPAD VII

  • Albatros D.III

  • Sopwith Dolphin

  • Fokker E.V (D.VIII).

  • Bristol F2B Fighter

  • Breguet 14

  • SVA-9

  • Salmson 2A2

  • DH-9

  • SPAD 61

  • Potez XV

  • Potez XXV

  • Farman Goliath

  • Avia BH-33 (PWS-A)

  • Schreck FBA-17

  • LeO H-13

  • H-135

  • Latham 43



Local designs

  • Lublin R-VIIIbis

  • Lublin R-VIIID

  • Lublin R-XVIB

  • Lublin R-XXII (project)

  • Lublin R-XIIIE (prototype)

  • Lublin R-XIIIF (prototype)

  • Lublin R-XIIIG (prototype)

  • Lublin R-XXIII(R-XIIIDr.)(project)

  • L.W.S. 3 Mewa

  • L.W.S. 7 Mewa 2(project)

  • P.W.S. 26

  • P.W.S. 27 (project)

  • P.W.S. 28 (project

  • P.W.S. 29 (project)

  • P.W.S. 24bis

  • P.W.S. 35 Ogar

  • P.Z.L. P.7a

  • P.Z.L. P.11c

  • P.Z.L. P.11 Kobutz (prototype)

  • P.Z.L. P.23B Karas B

  • P.Z.L. P.24F

  • P.Z.L. P.24H (project)

  • P.Z.L. P.37B Los B

  • P.Z.L. P.46/I Sum

  • P.Z.L. P.46/III (project)

  • P.Z.L. P.50 Jastrząb (proposed Polish version of Seversky P-35 )

  • P.Z.L. P.38 Wilk (project)

  • P.Z.L. P.48 Lampart (project)

  • P.Z.L. P.49/I "Mis" (prototype)

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 8

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 13

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 13S

  • RDW(D.W.L.) 14a (prototype)

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 14b Czapla

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 17

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 17bis (prototype)

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 17w (prototype)

  • RWD(D.W.L.) 17 Mk II (project)

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4a

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4c (prototype)

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4e (prototype)

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4f (prototype)

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4g (prototype)

  • Samolot (Bartel) BM 4h



Armaments and other equipments aboard combat aircraft

  • Aerial Photo cameras(for reconossaince use)

  • Browning 7.9 mm Machine Gun

  • Vickers E 7.7 mm Machine Gun

  • Vickers F 7.7 mm Machine Gun

  • Vickers E/KM Wz 7.7 mm Machine gun

  • KM Wz 33 7.7 mm Machine gun

  • KM Wz 36 7.7 mm Machine gun

  • KM Wz 37 7.9 mm Machine gun

  • KM Wz 38 20 mm Cannons

  • 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)

  • Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M (21 examples)

  • CANT Z.506B Airone (1 example)

  • Morane Saulnier M.S. 406(1 example)

  • Breguet Bre XIX B.2

  • Hawker Hurricane Mk.1(1 example)

  • Lockheed UC-36 Electra (5 examples)

  • Ilyushin Il-10

  • Petlyakov Pe-2

  • Shcherbakov Shche-2

  • Tupolev Tu-2S

  • Yakovlev Yak-1M

  • Yakovlev Yak-6



Aircraft in use by Polish volunteers in foreign air forces

  • Morane Saulnier M.S. 406 (Polish volunteers in French A.F.,1940)

  • Caudron C.714 C1 "Cyclone" (Polish volunteers in French A.F.,1940)

  • Koolhoven F.K. 58 (18 examples;Polish volunteers in French A.F.,1940)

  • Hawker Hurricane (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • P-51 Mustangs (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Fairey Battles (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Supermarine Spitfire L.F.Mk.VB (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Vickers Wellington IC (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Avro Lancaster (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Handley Page Halifax (Polish Volunteers in RAF)

  • British Taylorcraft Auster (Polish Volunteers in RAF)

  • Consolidated B-24 Liberator (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • de Havilland Mosquitos (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • B-25 Mitchells (Polish volunteers in RAF)

  • Ilyushin IL-2m3 (Polish volunteers in Soviet AF)

  • Polikarpov U-2VS(Po-2)(Polish volunteers in Soviet AF)

  • Yakovlev Yak-1 (Polish volunteers in Soviet AF)

  • Yakovlev Yak-9( Polish volunteers in Soviet AF)



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

  • French Renault FT-17

  • CWS FT-17

  • Vickers E Twin Turret

  • Vickers E Single Turret

  • Vickers E Mark A & B

  • 7TP

  • VAU33dw

  • VAU33jw

  • 7TPdw

  • 7TPjw

  • PZInz.322

  • PZInz. 130 amphibious tank

  • PZInz. 140(4TP) reconnaissance tank

  • Renault R35

  • Polish/Soviet T-70



Medium tanks

  • 10TP wheel & track fast tank (only prototypes)

  • 14TP Medium tank (only prototypes)

  • Hotchkiss H35

  • British/Polish Matilda 1

  • British/Polish Cromwell Cruiser Tank

  • Polish/American M4 Sherman

  • Polish/Soviet T34/76

  • Polish/Soviet 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)

  • Polish/Soviet JS-3 (IS-3)



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 Tank Gun

  • 37 mm AT Bofors Cannon

  • 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21

  • 3.7 cm PAK AT Cannon (captured)

  • 47 mm Tank Gun



Captured German/Italian vehicles

  • Polish/German SdKfz-251/1 ausf.D (Captured example)

  • Polish/German SdKfz-250/10 (Captured example)

  • Polish/German Panzer III (Captured example)

  • Polish/German Panzer IV (Captured example)

  • Polish/German Panzer V (Captured example)

  • Polish/German Steyr RSO (Captured example)

  • Polish/Italian AB-41 Armored Car (Captured example)



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

  • Peugeot Armored Car

  • Samochód Pancerny Ford Tfc (Ford Tfc Armored Car)

  • Soviet Austin-Putilov Armored Car

  • Fiat-Izorski Armored Car

  • Peerless Armored Car

  • Garford-Putilov Armored Car

  • Jeffery-Poplavko Armored Car

  • Ehrhardt M17 Armored Car

  • wz.28 (Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV)

  • Motorcycles CWS M55

  • Motorcicles CWS M111 (Sokol 1000)

  • wz.29 Ursus

  • French Citroen-Kegresse P.14

  • French Citroen-Kegresse P.17

  • French Citroen-Kegresse P.19

  • Polski FIAT 508/518

  • PZInz.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

  • wz.34 Armored Car

  • PZInz.342 4x4 artillery tractor(C5P)

  • wz.34 Halftrack

  • Local design Kubus APC

  • Polish/Soviet BA64 Armored Car

  • Polish/Soviet BA20 Armored Car

  • Polish/American M17 Halftrack

  • Polish/American Jeep

  • Polish/American US6 Studebaker

  • 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 SRMAMENTS



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 Antiaircraf Cannon

  • Bofors M-36 3.7 cm AT Cannon

  • Mortar M 31 (14 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

  • Infantry Rifle "Poln 98"- Calibre 7.9 mm

  • Carbine "Karabinek 1898"- Calibre 7.9 mm

  • Gew 289

  • Carbine "Karabinek 91/98/25" (Mossin-Nagant91)- Calibre 7.9 mm

  • Revolver "Rewolwer M95 Nagant"- Calibre 7.62 mm

  • Pistol "Pistolet Vis Vz-35(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 .

  • Heavy Machine gun wz. 28 (Polish version-Browning Automatic Rifle) caliber 7.9 mm



Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

  • Fusil 07/15 M 34" - Calibre 7.5 mm

  • Fusil 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

  • U.S 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 M-91/30 in 7.62 mm



NAVAL WEAPONS



Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

  • Destroyer Blyskawika

  • Destroyer Grom

  • Destroyer Burza

  • Destroyer Wicher

  • Destroyer Garland

  • Destroyer Orkan

  • Destroyer Ouragan

  • Destroyer Piorun

  • Escort Destroyer Krakowiak

  • Escort Destroyer Kujawiak

  • Escort Destroyer Slazak

  • Cruiser Dragon

  • Cruiser Conrad

  • Heavy Minelayer Gryf

  • Submarine Orzel

  • Submarine Sep

  • Submarine Wilk

  • Submarine Rys

  • Submarine Zbik

  • Submarine Jastrzab

  • Submarine Dzik

  • Submarine Sokól

  • Torpedo vessel Mazur

  • Auxiliary boat Nurek

  • Sea patrol boat General Haller

  • River patrol boat Krakow



Coastal artillery defenses

  • Laskowski 152 mm Coastal cannons

  • "Smok Kaszubski" Improvised Armored train

  • Armored Train (unknown name)



Armaments sea vessels



Destroyers Blyskawika & Grom

  • 120 mm/50 Cannons (3x2,1x1)X 7

  • 40 mm Antiaircraft Cannons(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 Cannons(4x1) x4

  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons(2x1) x2

  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns(2x2) x 4

  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers (2x3) x6

  • Minelayer device x 44 naval engineers



Minelayer Gryf

  • 120 mm/50 Cannons (2x2,2x1) x6

  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons (2x2) x4

  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns (2x2) x 4

  • capacity to transport 600 Sea Mines



Submarines Orzel & Sep

  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers x 12(4 in nose,4 in stern,also 2 double mounts over pressure hull)

  • 20 torpedos

  • 105 mm/4 Cannon x1

  • 40 mm/60 Antiaircraft Cannons (1x2) x2

  • 13.2 mm Heavy Machine Guns (1x2) x2



Submarines Wilk, Rys, Zbik

  • 550 mm Torpedo Launchers x6 (4 in nose and one double mount over pressure hull)

  • 10 torpedos

  • 100 mm/40 Cannon x1

  • 40 mm/40 Antiaircraft Cannon X1

  • Minelaying capacity for 40 naval engineers



River boats weapons



Monitor Krakow

  • 122 mm Cannons (x2)

  • 145 mm (3 cm) Cannons (x2)



Monitor Pinsk

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)

  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)

  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)



Monitor Wilno

  • 100mm wz 1914/19P (3 cm) Cannons (x3)

  • 75 mm (3 cm) Cannons (x2)



Monitor Torun

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)

  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)

  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)



Monitor Horodyszcze

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)

  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (x3)

  • 7.62 mm MG (x3)



Monitor Warszawa

  • 105 mm (5 cm) Cannons (x2)

  • 75 mm (4 cm) Cannons (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 wz Heavy MG (x3)



Gunboat Zawziêta

  • 100 mm wz.14/19 Cannon (x1)

  • 37 mm Puteaux Cannon (x1)

  • 7.92 mm Hotchkiss Cannon (x1)

  • 7.62 mm Maxim wz Heavy MG (x3)



Light gunboat Kiliñski

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Maxim 03 Heavy MG (x1)



Light gunboat KU 30

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Hotchkiss 03 Heavy MG



Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 Cannon (x1)

  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 Heavy MG (x1)



Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

  • 37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 Cannon (x1)

  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 Heavy MG (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 General 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 Cannons (x2)

  • 7.92 mm Cannons (x1)



Command boat General Szeptycki

  • 75 mm Cannons (x2)

  • 7.92 mm (4 cm) Cannon

  • Mines



Command boat Admiral Dickman

  • 13.2 mm (2 cm) Cannon

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Cannon



Command boat Andrzej Zamoyski

  • 105 mm Cannons (x2)



Command boat Warneñczyk

  • 4 Heavy MG



Little command boat Zólkiewski

  • 7.92 mm (2 cm) Cannon



Heavy patrol boat Nieuchwytny

  • 40 mm Vickers Cannon (x1)

  • 40 mm Bofors Antiaircraft Cannon

  • 37 mm Puteaux Cannon

  • 7.9 mm (1 cm) Hotchkiss Heavy MG



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 MG