Polish People's Army order of battle

This article provides formation lists of the Polish People's Army order of battle at various points in history between 1943 and 1989.

1945 Order of Battle

Following is the order of battle on 1 May 1945.[1] This only refers to the entire the Polish People's Army's ground forces, the PPA would be later expanded with the addition of the air and naval arms only after the war.

1945 Order of Battle

Supreme Command of the Polish Armed Forces

Supreme Command Reserves
11th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
13th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division
1st Tank Corps (attached to 2nd Army)
7th Heavy Tank Regiment
10th Heavy Artillery Brigade
46th, 49th, and 51st Rocket Artillery Regiments
11th Antitank Artillery Brigade
52nd Antitank Artillery Regiment
4th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
32nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
2nd and 5th Sapper Brigades
3rd Engineer Bridging Brigade
1st Army (subordinated to Soviet 1st Belorussian Front)
1st Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division
4th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
1st Armored Brigade
1st Cavalry Brigade
4th Heavy Armored Regiment
Headquarters, 5th Artillery Division
1st and 3rd Army Artillery Brigades
2nd Howitzer Artillery Brigade
5th Heavy Artillery Brigade
4th Antitank Artillery Brigade
13th Antitank Artillery Regiment
1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
1st Sapper Brigade
2nd Army (subordinated to Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front)
5th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
10th Infantry Division
16th Armored Brigade
5th Heavy Tank Regiment
Headquarters, 2nd Artillery Division
6th Light Artillery Brigade
7th Howitzer Artillery Brigade
8th Heavy Artillery Brigade
9th and 14th Antitank Artillery Brigades
28th Antitank Artillery Regiment
3rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division
3rd Mortar Regiment
4th Sapper Brigade

1985 Order of Battle

Following is the order of battle in 1985, shortly before the fall of communism in Poland.

Ministry of Defense

Ministry of National Defence (Poland) and GHQ, Armed Forces of the People's Republic of Poland

Military Education Inspectorate
Jozef Berna Rocket Forces and Artillery Academy
Air Defense Artillery Academy
Gen. Jakuba Jasinskiego Army Engineering Academy
Tadeusz Kościuszki Armored Forces Academy
Polish General Staff
Signal Forces Directorate
Signal Forces College
Polish Armed Forces General Staff and Command College
Territorial Defense Inspectorate
Technology Inspectorate
Aviation Technology Committee
Naval Technological Committee
Military Technical Academy
Quartermaster Directorate
Chaplaincy Service of the Armed Forces
Munitions Command
Military Communications Command
Armed Forces Medical Academy
Armed Forces Quartermaster Service Academy
Cadres Department
Political Affairs Directorate
Organizational Committee
Committee for Military Education
Dzerzhinsky Political-Military Academy in Warsaw
Political Officers Central School
Military History Institute
Finance and Treasury Office
Organizational Inspections Department
Headquarters and General Staff, Internal Military Service
Land Forces Military Police
Warsaw MD
Pomerania MD
Silesia MD
Air Force Security Command
Naval Military Police
Air Defense Forces IMS
IMS Military Academy

Army

Polish Land Forces 1985[2]
Land Forces Headquarters - Warsaw
Front Command - Warsaw (would have been authorized 205,620 soldiers in wartime)
6th "Pomerania" Airborne Division - Kraków
7th "Lusatia" Landing (coastal operations) Division - Gdańsk
3rd "Warsaw" Rocket Artillery Brigade - Biedrusko
5th "Pomerania" Artillery Brigade - Głogów
7th Howitzer Artillery Brigade - Toruń
8th Howitzer Artillery Brigade - Węgorzewo
14th Howitzer Artillery Brigade - Głogów
15th Antitank Artillery Regiment - Gniezno
91st "Wejherowo" Antitank Artillery Regiment - Gniezno
61st Surface-to-Air Missile Artillery Brigade - Skwierzyna
1st "Warsaw" Sapper Brigade - Brzeg
4th Chemical Brigade - Brodnica
Warsaw Military District (would have formed 4th Combined-Arms Army with 64,700 soldiers in wartime)
District HQ - Warsaw
1st "Warsaw" Mechanized Infantry Division - Legionowo
3rd "Pomerania" Mechanized Infantry Division - Lublin
9th "Dresden" Mechanized Infantry Division - Rzeszów
5th Podhale Rifles Infantry Regiment - Kraków
1st "Warsaw" Artillery Brigade - Węgorzewo
32nd "Lusatia" Rocket Artillery Brigade - Orzysz
126th Antitank Artillery Regiment - Suwałki
80th Antitank Artillery Battery - Suwałki
40th Special Troops Company - Kraków
2nd Sapper Brigade - Kazuń Nowy
3rd Chemical Regiment - Biskupiec
9th Signals Regiment - Białobrzegi
Pomeranian Military District (would have formed 1st Combined-Arms Army with 91,000 soldiers in wartime)
District HQ - Bydgoszcz
8th "Dresden" Mechanized Infantry Division - Koszalin
12th "Stettin" Mechanized Infantry Division - Szczecin
15th "People's Guards" Mechanized Infantry Division - Olsztyn (stood down in 1988)
16th "Kashubia" Armored Division - Elbląg
20th "Warsaw" Armored Division - Szczecinek
2nd "Pomerania" Rocket Artillery Brigade - Choszczno
6th "Warsaw" Artillery Brigade - Toruń
7th Artillery Brigade - Toruń
14th Antitank Artillery Regiment - Kwidzyn
56th Special Troops Company - Szczecin
5th Sapper Brigade - Szczecin
2nd Signals Brigade - Grudziądz
4th Signals Regiment - Bydgoszcz
2nd "Pomerania" Chemical Regiment - Grudziądz
12th Radio Communications Regiment - Świecie
Silesian Military District (would have formed 2nd Combined-Arms Army with 89,500 soldiers in wartime)
District HQ - Wrocław
2nd "Warsaw" Mechanized Infantry Division - Nysa
4th "Pomerania" Mechanized Infantry Division - Krosno Odrzańskie
5th "Saxony" Armored Division - Gubin
10th "Sudeten" Armored Division - Opole
11th "Dresden" Armored Division - Żagań
18th Rocket Artillery Brigade - Bolesławiec
23rd Artillery Brigade - Zgorzelec
20th Antitank Artillery Regiment - Pleszew
4th "Lusatia" Sapper Brigade - Gorzów Wielkopolski
1st Chemical Brigade - Zgorzelec
10th Signals Regiment - Wrocław
62nd Special Troops Company - Bolesławiec
6th Military Police Regiment - Wrocław

Air Force

Polish Air Force

Polish Air Force Headquarters (Poznań)
Air Education Command
Polish Air Force Academy
38th Training Wing
58th Training Wing
60th Training Wing
61st Training Wing
Strategic Air Fighter Corps
2nd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Piła
3rd "Bradenburg" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Świdwin
4th "Pomerania" Air Fighter-Bomber Division - Malbork
Air Combat Auxiliary and Transport Command
32nd Air Interceptor Wing
49th Helicopter Wing
56th Helicopter Wing
13th Air Transport Wing - Kraków
36th Air Transport Wing
37th Air Transport Wing - Warsaw

Navy

Polish Navy

Polish Navy Headquarters (Gdynia)
Political Service and Headquarters Command
Central Band of the Polish Navy
Polish Navy Fleet Forces
3rd Task Force
8th Coastal Defense Task Force
9th Coastal Defense Task Force
Polish Marine Corps and Fleet Ground Auxiliary
3rd Independent Marine Anti-Tank Regiment
6th Marine Radio-electronic Regiment
11th Naval Engineering Regiment
Naval Technical and Support Command
9th Artillery Battery
1st Technical Flotilla
Polish Naval Air Forces
Naval Fighter Attack Wing 7
Special Wing 16
Patrol Squadron 15
Air Engineering Squadron 18
Fleet Replacement Group 42
Naval Education and Training Command
Polish Naval Academy "Heroes of Westerplatte" - Gdynia
Central Naval Specialists School
Naval Sailing Institute
Naval Divers School

Air Defense Force

Polish Air Defense Force, 1985[3]


Air Defense Force Headquarters - Warsaw

1st Air Defense Corps - Warsaw
1st Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Mińsk Mazowiecki
10th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Łask
3rd Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Warsaw
1st Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Warsaw
2nd Air Defense Corps - Bydgoszcz
26th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Zegrze Pomorskie
28th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Słupsk
34th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Babie Doły
4th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gdynia
26th Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Gryfice
2nd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Bydgoszcz
3rd Air Defense Corps - Wrocław
11th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Wrocław
39th Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Mierzęcice
62nd Air Defense Fighter Regiment - Poznań-Krzesiny
1st Air Defense Surface-to-Air Missile Brigade - Bytom
79th Air Defense Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment - Poznań
3rd Air Defense Radiotechnical Brigade - Wrocław


Territorial Army

Polish Territorial Defense Forces
TDF Headquarters (Warsaw)

Internal Defense Forces of the Ministry of National Defense =

IDF Units under the National Defense Commission and the State Committee for Territorial Defense
1st IDF Brigade - Góra Kalwaria
2nd IDF Brigade
5th IDF Brigade
14th IDF Brigade
8th IDF Regiment
20th IDF Logistics Brigade - Kielce
2nd IDF Signals Regiment
Ground defense units of the IDF
3rd IDF Regiment - Lublin
13th IDF Regiment - Gdańsk
15th IDF Regiment - Prudnik
10th IDF Regiment
IDF Pontoon Units
IDF Engineering and Rescue units
2nd IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion
4th IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion
6th IDF Engineering and Rescue Battalion

Territorial Defense Forces of the Ministry of National Defense

TDF Engineering Battalions
IDF Area Defense Battalions

Citations

  1. ↑ Grzelak, pp. 121-126
  2. ↑ Kajetanowicz, p. 13
  3. ↑ Kajetanowicz, p. 14

Sources

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