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  2. List of World War II military equipment of Poland - Wikipedia

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    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] The list includes prototype vehicles.

  3. Tanks of the Polish Armoured Forces - Wikipedia

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    A T-70 light tank. After World War II, Polish T-70s were used in combat against the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (nationalists) units in years 1945-1947. A T-70 was found in the Bieszczady forest and restored. It is now exhibited in Armoured Warfare Museum in Poznań, in running condition since 2013.

  4. Charge at Krojanty - Wikipedia

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    The Poles had anti-tank weapons, including the anti-tank rifle model 1935 7.92 mm (Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle). It could penetrate 15 mm of armour at 300 m at 30 degrees. In 1939, the Germans were equipped mainly with the small Panzer I and Panzer II models, which were vulnerable to such weapons.

  5. 7TP - Wikipedia

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    The remaining 11 tanks had to be destroyed by the crews due to lack of oil and on September 17, after the Soviet Union joined Germany in her war against Poland, the crews and the staff of the unit crossed the border with Romania. Tank 7TP during the 1939 invasion of Poland.

  6. Battle of Piotrków Trybunalski - Wikipedia

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    The German force fighting in the battle consisted of the entire XVI Panzer Corps.The unit, part of German 10th Army, was the strongest Panzer corps in the Wehrmacht and on 1 September 1939 included between 616 and 650 tanks of all types (the entire Polish Army had 313 proper tanks altogether, not including reconnaissance tankettes).

  7. Battle of Szack - Wikipedia

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    At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Soviet tank unit (composed mostly of the T-26 tanks) started a direct assault on Polish positions. The Polish forces did not open fire until the tanks came close. When the tanks were only some 500 metres from the Polish lines the Polish Bofors wz. 36 anti-tank guns opened fire. Soon they were joined by the ...

  8. 1st Armoured Regiment (Poland) - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Tank Battalion was formed from these former armoured units on 2 December 1939 and left the camp at Coëtquidan for the village of Campenéac. On this day, it became an independent unit. Its name would change (65th Tank Battalion, [ 2 ] 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Armoured Regiment), but it could trace its roots to this date as its birth.

  9. Polish Armed Forces (Second Polish Republic) - Wikipedia

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    Unification of the Polish Army Day, Pilsudski in the Wawel Castle. In 1921–1939, the Polish armed forces consisted of the army and navy. The army consisted of main weapons: infantry, cavalry (from 1924 - cavalry) and artillery, technical weapons: sappers, communication and car troops and armored weapons, auxiliary weapons: gendarmerie and rolling stock.