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

Local designs

Armament and other equipment on combat aircraft

Foreign aircraft

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

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

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

Tanks, armored cars and other military vehicles

Tankettes/light tanks

Medium tanks

Self-propelled vehicles/Tank destroyers

Heavy tanks

Tank and armored car armaments

Captured German/Italian vehicles

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

Armored trains and annex equipment

Improvised armoured trains

Light and heavy infantry armaments

Anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank guns and artillery pieces

Rifles, pistols, machine guns, and infantry weapons

Weapons in use by Polish volunteers in foreign armies

Naval weapons

Surface vessels, submarines and other ships

Coastal artillery defenses

Armaments sea vessels

Destroyers Blyskawica & Grom

Main article: Grom class destroyer

Destroyers Burza & Wicher

Minelayer Gryf

Main article: ORP Gryf (1936)

Submarines Orzeł & Sęp

Submarines Wilk, Ryś, Żbik

River boats weapons

Polish River Fleet

Monitor Kraków

Monitor Pińsk

Monitor Wilno

Monitor Toruń

Monitor Horodyszcze

Monitor Warszawa

Gunboat Zaradna

Gunboat Zawzięta

Light gunboat Kiliński

Light gunboat KU 30

Fast gunboats KU 21-KU 24

Fast gunboats KU 16-KU 19

Little gunboat KM 8

Little gunboat KU 6

Little gunboat KU 5

Rapid gunboat type T1

Rapid gunboat type T5

Command boat Generał Sikorski

Command boat Hetman Chodkiewicz

Command boat Generał Szeptycki

Command boat Admirał Dickman

Command boat Andrzej Zamoyski

Command boat Warneńczyk

Little command boat Żółkiewski

Heavy patrol boat Nieuchwytny

Support boat Neptun

River boat local project

Type I Fast Monitor

Type MC Monitor

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
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