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  2. Polish Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Army was recreated in 1918 from elements of the three separate Russian, Austro-Hungarian, and German armies, and armed with equipment left following World War I. The force expanded during the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1922 to nearly 800,000 men, but then were reduced after peace was reestablished.

  3. Polish Land Forces - Wikipedia

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    There appear to have been a total of around thirty Polish divisions involved. Boris Savinkov was at the head of an army of 20,000 to 30,000 largely Russian POWs, and was accompanied by Dmitry Merezhkovsky and Zinaida Gippius. The Polish forces grew from approximately 100,000 in 1918 to over 500,000 in early 1920.

  4. History of the Polish Army - Wikipedia

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    The first Polish Army was created in the 10th-century kingdom of Poland, under the Piast dynasty. The prince's forces were composed of a group of armed men, usually mounted, named drużyna. Their key role was the protection of the monarch and supporting the taxation effort. Their organisation was similar to other such armed units of other ...

  5. List of equipment of the Polish Land Forces - Wikipedia

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    Ordered in October 2021 to be used as tank transporter with the DobrowolskiD OB70W low bed semi-trailer. [ 203 ] Engine OM460 engine with Allison 4500 SP automatic transmission and VG2800 reduction box. Mercedes-Benz Actros. Germany. Heavy equipment transporter. Actros 3353AS 6×6.

  6. Operational structure of the Polish Land Forces - Wikipedia

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    Armed Forces General Command. The Inspector Land Forces, a two-star, major-general equivalent, reports to Commander, Armed Forces General Command, a three-star, general broni. Separately and without seemingly any responsibility to the Inspector Land Forces, the divisions of the Polish Land Forces also report, separately, to the Commander, Armed ...

  7. Tanks of the Polish Armoured Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Polish Second Army entered combat in 1945 during the final Soviet offensive into Germany. In the last month of the war the 1st Polish Armoured Corps equipped with 195 T-34-85 tanks fought in eastern Germany during the battle of Bautzen. The primary tank was the T-34, both in the T-34-76 and T-34-85 versions.

  8. Polish Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Trainer. PZL-130, M-346. Transport. C-130, C-295, M-28, 737. The Polish Air Force (Polish: Siły Powietrzne, lit. 'Air Forces') is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej (lit. 'Aerial and Air Defense Forces'). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 26,000 ...

  9. Polish General Staff - Wikipedia

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    Polish General Staff, formally known as the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces (Polish: Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego) is the highest professional body within the Polish Armed Forces. Organizationally, it is an integral part of the Ministry of National Defence and the Chief of the General Staff is the highest ranking military officer ...