List of World War II weapons of Poland

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 Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945.^[1]

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
• Ansaldo 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
• LeO H-135
• Latham 43

Local designs

• Lublin R-VIIIbis
• Lublin R-VIIID
• Lublin R-XIIIE (prototype)
• Lublin R-XIIIF (prototype)
• Lublin R-XIIIG (prototype)
• Lublin R-XVIB
• Lublin R-XXII (project)
• Lublin R-XXIII (R-XIIIDr.)(project)
• LWS-3 Mewa
• 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 (prototype)
• PZL.23A Karaś A
• PZL.23B Karaś B / Karaś II
• PZL.37B Łoś B
• PZL.38 Wilk (prototypes)
• PZL.43 Karaś
• PZL.46 Sum (prototype)
• PZL.48 Lampart (project)
• PZL.49 Miś (project)
• PZL.54 Ryś (project)
• RWD-8
• RWD-13
• RWD-13S
• 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)
• 7.9 mm (0.311 in) M1919 Browning machine gun
• 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers E
• 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers F
• 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers E/KM Wz 7.7 mm Machine gun
• KM Wz 33 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
• KM Wz 36 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
• KM Wz 37 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Machine gun^[1]
• KM Wz 38 20 mm (0.787 in) Cannon^[1]
• 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)
• Breguet Bre XIX B.2
• CANT Z.506B Airone (1 example)
• Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M (21 examples)

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

• Bloch MB.152
• Caudron C.714 C1 "Cyclone"
• Koolhoven F.K.58
• Morane-Saulnier M.S.406

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

• Avro Lancaster
• Boulton Paul Defiant
• Bristol Beaufighter
• de Havilland Mosquito
• Fairey Battle
• Handley Page Halifax
• Hawker Hurricane
• Supermarine Spitfire
• Taylorcraft Auster
• Vickers Wellington
• Vickers Warwick
• Westland Lysander
• B-24 Liberator
• B-25 Mitchell
• P-51 Mustang

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

• Yakovlev Yak-1b
• Yakovlev Yak-9
• Ilyushin Il-2m
• Petlyakov Pe-2
• Polikarpov UTI-4 / I-16 UTI
• Polikarpov U-2 / Po-2
• Shcherbakov Shche-2
• Yakovlev UT-2

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
• Renault FT (France)
• CWS FT-17
• Vickers E Twin Turret
• Vickers E Single Turret
• Vickers E Mark A & B
• VAU33dw
• VAU33jw
• 7TPdw (dwuwieżowy-twin turret; only two wz. 30 Brownings)
• 7TPjw (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
• Polish/Soviet T-70

Medium tanks

• 10TP wheel & track fast tank (only prototypes)
• 14TP Medium tank (only prototype never completed)
• Hotchkiss H35
• Matilda Mk I - training only for Polish units in UK
• Cromwell Cruiser Tank
• M4 Sherman - leand-lease via UK
• T34/76
• 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)

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 anti-tank gun
• Bofors 37 mm
• 37 mm SA-18 Puteaux L/21
• 3.7 cm PaK 36 (captured)
• 47 mm Tank Gun

Captured German/Italian vehicles

• German
  • SdKfz 251/1 ausf. D
  • SdKfz 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")
• Soviet Austin-Putilov Armored Car
• Fiat-Izorski Armored Car
• Peerless Armoured Car
• Garford-Putilov Armored Car
• Jeffery-Poplavko Armored Car
• Ehrhardt M17 Armored Car
• wz.28 (Citroën-Kegresse B2 10CV)
• Motorcycles CWS M55
• Motorcycles CWS M111 (Sokół 1000)
• 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)
• 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
• PZInż.342 4x4 artillery tractor (C5P)
• wz.34 Halftrack
• "Kubuś" improvised Armoured car/APC - 1 built during Warsaw Uprising
• Polish/Soviet BA-64 Armored Car
• Polish/Soviet BA-20 Armored Car
• Polish/American M17 Halftrack
• Polish/American Jeep
• Studebaker US6 - US design also produced in USSR
• 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 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
• 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)
• 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 Browning Automatic Rifle) 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

Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

• Fusil 07/15 M 34" - Calibre 7.5 mm
• ppFusil 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
• "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–Nagant M91/30 in 7.62 mm

Naval weapons

Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

• Destroyers
  • ORP Błyskawica
  • ORP Grom
  • ORP Burza
  • ORP Garland
  • ORP Orkan
  • ORP Huragan
  • ORP Piorun'
• Escort Destroyers
  • ORP Krakowiak
  • ORP Kujawiak
  • ORP Ślązak
• Cruiser
  • 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)

Armaments sea vessels

Destroyers Blyskawica & Grom

• 120 mm/50 Cannon (3x2,1x1)X 7
• 40 mm Anti-aircraft 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

Destroyers Burza & Wicher

• 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

Minelayer Gryf

• 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

Submarines Orzeł & Sęp

• 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

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

River boats weapons

Polish River Fleet

Monitor Kraków

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

Monitor Pińsk

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

Monitor Wilno

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

Monitor Toruń

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

Monitor Horodyszcze

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

Monitor Warszawa

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

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)

Light gunboat Kiliński

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

Light gunboat KU 30

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

Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

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

Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

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

Command boat Generał Szeptycki

• 75 mm cannon (x2)
• 7.92 mm (4 cm) cannon
• Mines

Command boat Admirał Dickman

• 13.2 mm (2 cm) cannon
• 7.92 mm (2 cm) cannon

Command boat Andrzej Zamoyski

• 105 mm Cannon (x2)

Command boat Warneńczyk

• 4 heavy machine guns

Little command boat Żółkiewski

• 7.92 mm (2 cm) cannon

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

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 machine gun

References

1. 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 – via Google Books, snippet.