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TOE for
THE POLISH ARMY 1920
1. INFANTRY
A. Polish Infantry Brigade
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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Rifle Squads |
240 |
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Cavalry Squads |
20 |
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Medium MG |
40 |
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Heavy MG |
20 |
Note: The Cavalry could also be employed as
a separate batallion, with altogether 40 Cavalry
Squads. In Legionary Infantry Brigades, Rifles
Could be substituted for Heavy Rifles.
2. CAVALRY
A. Polish Cavalry Brigade
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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Cavalry Squads |
180 |
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Heavy MG |
4 |
Wagon-mounted, "Tachankis" |
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75mm Gun |
8 |
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76mm Gun |
8 |
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Horse Teams |
36 |
B. Polish Cavalry Division
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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Cavalry Squads |
360 |
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Heavy MG |
8 |
Wagon-mounted, "Tachankis" |
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75mm Gun |
16 |
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76mm Gun |
8 |
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77mm Gun |
8 |
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Horse Teams |
72 |
Note: Three different types of guns are used
in order to reflect the very motley composition
of the Polish equipment at this time, being a mix
of German, Russian and Entente material.
C. Polish Cavalry Batallion
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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Cavalry Squads |
40 |
3. ARMOURED UNITS
A. Polish Tank Regiment
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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FT 17 / 37 |
75 |
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FT17 / MG |
48 |
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Trucks |
10 |
Note: The poles had only one Tank Regiment,
(1 Pulk Czolgow Polski), organized into two batallions.
It was originally the French 505e Regiment, and due to
the prescence of a large body of french advisers in
Poland at this time, like many units in the army it was
very "French" in both apperances and tactics.
4. ARTILLERY
A. Polish Field Artillery Regiment
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TYPE |
# |
REMARKS |
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75mm Gun |
12 |
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76mm Gun |
12 |
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77mm Gun |
12 |
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Horse Teams |
72 |
Note: Three different types of guns are used
in order to reflect the very motley composition
of the Polish equipment at this time, being a mix
of German, Russian and Entente material.
5. AIR FORCE
The Poles used German Albatrosses – they even had one squadron piloted entirely by US volunteers -, French Spads and British Bristol Fighters.
Thus:
Polish Infantry Divison=
1 x HQ
2 x Infantry Brigade
1 x Cavalry Batallion
1 x Field Artillery Regiment
Comment
This is thought as a guideline only, and anyone should be ware of that the Polish Army of 1920 was very motley, in armament, in appereances and in organization. (Their Field Guns were English, French, Russian, Austrian and Italian, their rifles Japanese, English, German, French, Russian and American! And ammunition was always short.) Infantry Divisions could in some instances count as many as 8.000 men, and the number of MG:s could vary from 40 to 250, the number of guns from 12 to 70. Much of this is off course a result from the usual attrition and/or inclusion of captured material that always tends to upset all nice TOE:s made up by people behind their nice staff desks.
