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Polish People's Republic: 26 mm flare gun: ... Up-armoured APC to M1 IFV standard armour and armed with .50 BMG WKM-B or Mk 19 + PKM or UKM-2000 as secondary weapon.
Polish uhlan with wz. 35 anti-tank rifle. Military instruction published in Warsaw in 1938.. The karabin przeciwpancerny wz. 35 (abbreviated kb ppanc wz. 35) is a Polish 7.92 mm anti-tank rifle that was used by the Polish Armed Forces during the 1939 Polish Campaign of World War II and later by several Axis armies.
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.
On September 27, Warsaw surrendered. The Polish military put up a brave fight, but they were the first army to feel the full might of the German Blitzkrieg, the same tactic that was to push the British and French armies back to Dunkirk in 1940. In Poland, tanks versus a primarily non-mechanised army could only lead to one result.
A further development introduced in 2016. Upgrades include improved armour, armament, and mobility. The hull armour and cast turret have been upgraded with add-on composite armour equivalent to up to 1000 mm RHA (rolled homogeneous armour), supplied by Germany. The protection can be improved with Polish ERAWA explosive reactive armour.
The designation "armoured cavalry" and unit badge depicting a black hussar wing and helmet [1] reference the historical winged hussars, the Polish heavy shock cavalry from the 16th to 18th centuries. The badge is an updated version of the badge of the Polish 1st Armored Division (1942-1947).
IS-3 heavy tank (Polish Army received only two IS-3 tanks. These tanks were delivered in 1946. The first was used in Military Technic Academy at Warsaw (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna), second Polish IS-3 was sent to Officers Armor School (Oficerska Szkola Wojsk Pancernych) at Poznań city. (this IS-3 is still on exhibition.))
A turret gun from a 7TP which was used against the invading Germans in September 1939 and later employed by the Germans in France, is on display in the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London. A 7TP is being reconstructed in Bielsko-Biała , its reconstruction will include many original parts recovered from various places in Poland.