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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
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forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945.


Aircraft


Local designs

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Lublin R-VIII The Lublin R-VIII was a Polish bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and seaplane designed in the late 1920s by the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the first in-house design of Plage i Laśkiewicz, and the first with the name Lublin. Deve ...
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Lublin R-VIII The Lublin R-VIII was a Polish bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and seaplane designed in the late 1920s by the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the first in-house design of Plage i Laśkiewicz, and the first with the name Lublin. Deve ...
D * Lublin R-XIIIE (prototype) * Lublin R-XIIIF (prototype) * Lublin R-XIIIG (prototype) *
Lublin R-XVI The Lublin R-XVI was a Polish passenger and air ambulance aircraft, designed in the 1930s in the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin and built in a small series. Design and development The Lublin R-XVI was conceived as a small 4-seater passeng ...
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Lublin R-XXII Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 336,339 (December 2021). Lublin is the largest Polish city east of ...
(project) * Lublin R-XXIII (R-XIIIDr.)(project) *
LWS-3 Mewa The LWS-3 Mewa ("Seagull") was a Polish observation and close reconnaissance aircraft, designed in the late-1930s by the LWS factory. It was ordered by the Polish Air Force, but did not manage to enter service before the outbreak of World War II ...
* LWS-7 Mewa II (project) * PWS-16 * PWS-18 * PWS-26 * PWS-27 (project) * PWS-28 (project) * PWS-29 (project) * PWS-24bis * PWS-35 Ogar * PZL P.7a * PZL P.11c * PZL P.11g Kobuz (prototype) *
PZL.50 Jastrząb The PZL.50 Jastrząb (''hawk'') was a Polish pre-war fighter aircraft design by Wsiewołod Jakimiuk of the PZL works. The single-seat low-wing monoplane was to serve as a multi-purpose fighter and escort to replace all other fighters in the Poli ...
(prototype) * PZL.23A Karaś A * PZL.23B Karaś B / Karaś II * PZL.37B Łoś B *
PZL.38 Wilk The PZL.38 ''Wilk'' (''wolf'') (PZL-38) was a Polish heavy fighter developed and manufactured by PZL state factory in 1937. Intended for use primarily as a fighter-bomber, the Polish Air Force also envisioned it replacing light fighters in long-r ...
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PZL.43 Karaś The PZL.43 was a Polish light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft designed in the mid-1930s by PZL in Warsaw. It was an export development of the PZL.23 Karaś. Its main user was the Bulgarian Airforce who called it the Chaika (Чайка, ''gull' ...
* PZL.46 Sum (prototype) *
PZL.48 Lampart The PZL.48 Lampart (''leopard'') was a Polish heavy fighter-bomber design, that remained only a project, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development The PZL.48 was a development of the heavy fighter-bomber PZL.38 Wilk, designe ...
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PZL.49 Miś The PZL.49 ''Miś'' (English: Little Bear) was a Polish twin-engined medium bomber design that remained only a project due to the outbreak of World War II. The PZL.49 was based on the contemporary PZL.37 Łoś and was to replace it at productio ...
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PZL.54 Ryś The PZL.48 Lampart (''leopard'') was a Polish heavy fighter-bomber design, that remained only a project, owing to the outbreak of World War II. Design and development The PZL.48 was a development of the heavy fighter-bomber PZL.38 Wilk, designe ...
(project) * RWD-8 *
RWD-13 The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team. It was the biggest commercial success of the RWD. Development The RWD 13 was a touring plane, developed from a line of sports planes RWD ...
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RWD-13 The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane of 1935, three-seater high-wing monoplane, designed by the RWD team. It was the biggest commercial success of the RWD. Development The RWD 13 was a touring plane, developed from a line of sports planes RWD ...
S * RWD-14 Czapla * RWD-17 * RWD-17W (prototype) * Bartel BM-4a * Bartel BM-4c * Bartel BM-4e * Bartel BM-4f * Bartel BM-4g * Bartel BM-4h * Bartel BM-5


Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft

* Aerial photo cameras (for reconnaissance use) * M1919 Browning machine gun * Vickers E machine gun, an air-cooled version of the common Vickers MG * Vickers F machine gun, a magazine-fed version of Vickers E * machine gun * KM Wz 36 machine gun * KM Wz 37 machine gun *
Nkm wz.38 FK The Nkm wz.38 FK (Polish military acronym meaning ''Heaviest Machine Gun Mark 1938'') was a 20 mm heavy machine gun ( autocannon by modern terminology) produced in inter-war Poland. It was used both in anti-air and anti-tank role and was also ad ...
Model D automatic cannon * 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

* Schreck FBA-17 *
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Latham 43 __NOTOC__ The Latham 43 was a flying boat bomber built in France in the 1920s for service with the French Navy. It was a conventional design for its day - a two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings, and engines mounted tractor-fashion on struts in ...
* Avro Tutor Mk. I (2 examples) * Breguet Bre XIX B.2 *
CANT Z.506 The CANT Z.506 ''Airone'' ( Italian: Heron) was a trimotor floatplane produced by CANT from 1935. It served as a transport and postal aircraft with the Italian airline "Ala Littoria". It established 10 world records in 1936 and another 10 in 19 ...
B Airone (1 example) *
Fokker F.VII The Fokker F.VII, also known as the Fokker Trimotor, was an airliner produced in the 1920s by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker, Fokker's American subsidiary Atlantic Aircraft Corporation, and other companies under licence. Design and dev ...
b-3m/M (21 examples)


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

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Bloch MB.152 The Bloch MB.150 (later MB.151 to MB.157) was a French fighter aircraft developed and produced by ''Société des Avions Marcel Bloch''. It featured an all-metal construction, complete with a retractable undercarriage, low cantilever wing and a ...
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Caudron C.714 The C.710 were a series of light fighter aircraft developed by Caudron-Renault for the French Air Force just prior to the start of World War II. One version, the C.714, saw limited production, and were assigned to Polish pilots flying in France a ...
C1 "Cyclone" *
Koolhoven F.K.58 The Koolhoven F.K.58 was a single engine, interceptor-fighter aircraft designed and mainly manufactured by N V Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for ''Armée de l'Air'' use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the B ...
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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier was a French aircraft manufacturing company formed in October 1911 by Raymond Saulnier (1881–1964) and the Morane brothers, Léon (1885–1918) and Robert (1886–1968). The company was taken over and diversified ...


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

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Avro Lancaster The Avro Lancaster is a British Second World War heavy bomber. It was designed and manufactured by Avro as a contemporary of the Handley Page Halifax, both bombers having been developed to the same specification, as well as the Short Stirlin ...
* Boulton Paul Defiant *
Bristol Beaufighter The Bristol Type 156 Beaufighter (often called the Beau) is a British multi-role aircraft developed during the Second World War by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was originally conceived as a heavy fighter variant of the Bristol Beaufort ...
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de Havilland Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or ...
* Fairey Battle * Handley Page Halifax * Hawker Hurricane *
Supermarine Spitfire The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...
* Taylorcraft Auster * Vickers Wellington * Vickers Warwick * Westland Lysander *
Consolidated B-24 Liberator The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego, California. It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial production aircraft were laid down as export models des ...
* North American B-25 Mitchell * North American P-51 Mustang


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

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Yakovlev Yak-1 The Yakovlev Yak-1 (russian: Яковлев Як-1) was a Soviet fighter aircraft of World War II. The Yak-1 was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings; production began in early 1940.Angelucci and Matricardi 1978 ...
b * Yakovlev Yak-9 * Ilyushin Il-2m * Petlyakov Pe-2 * Polikarpov UTI-4 / I-16 UTI * Polikarpov U-2 / Po-2 *
Shcherbakov Shche-2 The Shcherbakov Shche-2 (russian: Ще-2, produced 1943–1946), also known as the TS-1 and nicknamed "Pike", was a twin-engined utility aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union, designed by Alexei Shcherbakov for construction by OKB-47, to meet ...
* Yakovlev UT-2


Tanks, armored cars and other military vehicles


Tankettes/light tanks

* TK-1 * TK-2 *
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* TK * wz.31 *TKF * TKW *TKD * TKS-B *
Samochód pancerny wz. 28 Samochód pancerny wz. 28 (literally "Armoured car, year 1928 model") was a Polish armoured car of the 1920s. Based on French-built Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV half-track chassis, the vehicle became the standard armoured car of the Polish Army. ...
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Samochód pancerny wz. 29 Samochód Pancerny wzór 29 ("armoured car year 1929 model"), commonly known as Ursus or CWS, was a Polish interwar heavy armored car. A handful of these vehicles saw combat during the Polish-German War of 1939. History and description The ca ...
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Samochód pancerny wz. 34 Samochód pancerny wz. 34 ("armored car, year 1934 model"), was a standard light armored car used by the Polish Army during the September Campaign of 1939. Design The vehicle was based on the earlier half-track samochód pancerny wz. 28, whic ...
* 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 *
7TP The 7TP (''siedmiotonowy polski'' - 7-tonne Polish) was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, its production did not e ...
dw (''dwuwieżowy''-twin turret; only two wz. 30 Brownings) *
7TP The 7TP (''siedmiotonowy polski'' - 7-tonne Polish) was a Polish light tank of the Second World War. It was developed from the British Vickers 6-ton. A standard tank of the Polish Army during the 1939 Invasion of Poland, its production did not e ...
jw (''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 The Renault R35, an abbreviation of ''Char léger Modèle 1935 R'' or R 35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 onwards and produced from 1936, the type was intended as an infantry support light tank, eq ...
*Polish/Soviet T-70 *
Hotchkiss H35 The Hotchkiss H35 or was a French cavalry tank developed prior to World War II. Despite having been designed from 1933 as a rather slow but well-armoured light infantry support tank, the type was initially rejected by the French Infantry becaus ...


Medium tanks

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wheel & track fast tank (only prototypes) * 14TP Medium tank (only prototype never completed) * 20/25TP Medium tank (never entered production) *
Matilda Mk I The Tank, Infantry, Mk I, Matilda I (A11) was a British infantry tank of the Second World War. Despite being slow, cramped and armed with only a single machine gun, the Matilda I had some success in the Battle of France in 1940, owing to its he ...
– training only for Polish units in UK * Cromwell Cruiser Tank * M4 Shermanlend-lease via UK * T34/76 * T34/85


Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers

*Polish/American T48 *Polish/Soviet
SU-57 The Sukhoi Su-57 (russian: Сухой Су-57; NATO reporting name: Felon) is a twin-engine stealth multirole fighter aircraft developed by Sukhoi. It is the product of the PAK FA (russian: ПАК ФА, russian: label=short for, Перспек ...
*Polish/Soviet
SU-85 The SU-85 ('' Samokhodnaya ustanovka'' 85) was a Soviet self-propelled gun used during World War II, based on the chassis of the T-34 medium tank. Earlier Soviet self-propelled guns were meant to serve as either assault guns, such as the SU-122, ...
*Polish/Soviet SU-100 *Polish/Soviet
ISU-122 The ISU-122 (acronym of'' Istrebitelnaja - or Iosif Stalin-based - Samokhodnaya Ustanovka 122'') was a Soviet assault gun used during World War II, mostly in the anti-tank role. History and purpose A prototype of the ISU-122 (in Russian ИСУ- ...
*Polish/Soviet ISU-152 *Polish/Soviet SU-152


Heavy tanks

*Polish/Soviet JS-2 (IS-2) *Polish/Soviet JS-3 (IS-3)


Tank and armored car armaments

*7.5 mm 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 *
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* Bofors 37 mm * 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21 *
3.7 cm PaK 36 The Pak 36 (''Panzerabwehrkanone 36'') is a 3.7 cm / 37mm caliber Nazi Germany, German anti-tank gun used during the Second World War. It was the main anti-tank weapon of Wehrmacht ''Panzerjäger'' units until 1942. Developed by ''Rheinmet ...
(captured) *47 mm Tank Gun


Captured German/Italian vehicles

*German ** Sd.Kfz. 251/1 ausf. D ** Sd.Kfz. 250/10 ** Panzer III ** Panzer IV ** Panzer V ** Steyr RSO *Italian ** AB 41 Armored Car


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

* Peugeot Armored Car * Samochód Pancerny Ford Tfc ("Ford Tfc Armored Car") *
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( Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV) *Motorcycles CWS M55 *Motorcycles CWS M111 (
Sokół 1000 The Sokół 1000 (also known as CWS M111) was the heaviest Polish pre-war motorcycle manufactured by the PZInż works, for both civilian and military use by the Polish Army. Production of the model 1000 started in 1933 and lasted until the outb ...
) * 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) *
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2.5 ton truck * ZIS-5/5V truck *
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* Wz.34 Half Track *
C4P Half Track Samochód półgąsienicowy wz. 34 (literally "Half-track car, year 1934 model") was a Polish halftrack lorry. It was produced in a variety of variants, the best-known of them being the C4P artillery tractor used by the Polish Army in the per ...
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C7P C7P (an abbreviation of ''Ciągnik Siedmiotonowy Polski'', "7-tonnes Polish Tractor") was a Polish tracked artillery tractor, used by the Polish Army before and during World War II. The tractor was developed by the design bureau of Witold Jakusz ...
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Samochód pancerny wz. 34 Samochód pancerny wz. 34 ("armored car, year 1934 model"), was a standard light armored car used by the Polish Army during the September Campaign of 1939. Design The vehicle was based on the earlier half-track samochód pancerny wz. 28, whic ...
Armoured car model 1934 * PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor (C5P) * wz.34 Halftrack *"
Kubuś Kubuś (Polish for "Little Jacob") is a Polish improvised fighting vehicle used by the Home Army in the Warsaw Uprising during World War II. The single vehicle was built in secret to function as an armoured car and armoured personnel carrier f ...
" improvised Armoured car/APC – 1 built during Warsaw Uprising *Polish/Soviet BA-64 Armored Car *Polish/Soviet
BA-20 The BA-20 (russian: Broneavtomobil 20, italic=yes) was an armored car developed in the Soviet Union in 1934. It was intended to replace the FAI and its field trials were completed in 1935. The BA-20 was then used in the early stages of World Wa ...
Armored Car *Polish/American M17 Halftrack *Polish/American
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– US design also produced in USSR *
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* Ursus AW Bus *
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* Ursus TKS Tank Transporter *
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* Saurer 4BLDP TKS Tank Transporter *
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Polski Fiat 508 The 508 Balilla was a compact car designed and developed by Fiat in 1932. It was, effectively, the replacement of the Fiat 509, although production of the earlier model had ceased back in 1929. It had a three-speed transmission (increased to four ...
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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 The Karabinek wz.29 (Kbk wz.29; Polish: carbine model 29) was a Polish bolt-action short rifle based on the German Kar98AZ. Identifying attributes include a 98/05 style mast bayonet lug ending directly beneath the front sight and winged protectiv ...
*Infantry Rifle "Poln 98"- Calibre 7.9 mm
Kb wz. 98a The Model 98a rifle (''Karabin wzór 98a'', abbreviated to ''Kb wz.98a'') was a Polish derivative of the German Gewehr 98 bolt-action rifle. History After gaining independence, the Polish Army was armed mainly with a mixture of Russian, Austri ...
*Infantry 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 Nagant wz. 30 - 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-1 Machine Pistol – Calibre 9 mm *
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– Calibre 9 mm * KIS Machine Pistol – Calibre 9 mm *
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machine pistol – Calibre 9 mm *ET-38 anti-tank grenade *Filipinka ET wz.40 hand grenade (250 g of
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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
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) 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 The Granatnik wz.36 was a Polish grenade launcher designed in originally in 1927 as "wz. 30" and later modified in 1936. It entered service in 1936 becoming the standard grenade launcher of the Polish Army; it was still in use during the German ...
* Mosin Nagant


Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

* Fusil Mle 1907/15-M34" – Calibre 7.5 mm * Fusil Automatique 1918" (Semi-automatic) – Calibre 8 mm * Fusil Mle 1907" – Calibre 8 mm *
Springfield M1903 The M1903 Springfield, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber .30-06, Model 1903, is an American five-round Magazine (firearms), magazine-fed, bolt-action service rifle, service repeating rifle, used primarily during the first half of the 2 ...
– 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 The PPD (''Pistolet-Pulemyot Degtyaryova'', Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт ''Дегтярёва'', Degtyaryov's machine pistol) is a submachine gun originally designed in 1934 by Vasily Degtyaryov. The PPD had a conventional wooden sto ...
– 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'' *Cruisers ** 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)


Sea vessel armament

*120 mm/50 Cannon *130 mm/40 cannon *105 mm/4 cannon *40 mm/60 anti-aircraft cannon *550 mm torpedo launchers *100 mm/40 cannon *40 mm/40 anti-aircraft cannon *122 mm Cannon *145 mm cannon *105 mm cannon *100 mm wz 1914/19P cannon *7.92 mm Hotchkiss cannon *7.62 mm Maxim heavy machine gun *7.92 mm Maxim 03 heavy machine gun *13.2 mm Hotchkiss 03 heavy machine gun *37 mm Puteaux wz. 85 cannon *7.9 mm (1 cm) Maxim 08 heavy machine gun *8 mm cannon *2.1 cm mortar *37 mm (1 cm) cannon *2 cm mortars Hotchkiss wz 30, *76 mm cannon *75 mm cannon *7.92 mm cannon *13.2 mm heavy machine guns


River boat local project

*Type I Fast Monitor *Type MC Monitor


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Polish Armaments 1939-1945 *