Polish OOB/TOE
NOTES:
Most of the information taken below is from Zaloga's "The Polish
Campaign".
Total Polish Military Potential when fully
mobilized was 2.5 million men
In 1939, the active Polish Armed
Forces had Six Armies, with a total of:
30 Infantry Divisions
11
Cavalry Brigades
1 Mechanized Brigade
2 Engineer Brigades
11
Artillery Regiments
On active duty.
AIR COMMAND
4
Bomber Squadrons,
11 Light Bomber Squadrons,
15 Fighter
Squadrons,
11 Reconnaisance Squadrons
13 Liason Platoons
1
Attack Squadron
1 Torpedo Squadron
1 Training Squadron
1
Transport Squadron.
A typical Polish Army was made up of:
2
to 5 Infantry Divisions
1 or 2 Cavalry Brigades
3 to 5
Artillery Groups
2 to 4 Tank Companies
2 to 5 Air
Squadrons
NUMBERS FOR UNITS:
|
|
Infantry Division |
Infantry Regiment |
Cavalry Regiment |
Cavalry Brigade |
Cavalry Brigade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Officers |
515 |
91 |
30 |
232 |
273 |
|
NCOs and Privates |
15,977 |
3,212 |
812 |
5911 |
6911 |
|
LMGs |
320 |
90 |
|
9 |
10 |
|
HMGs |
132 |
36 |
12 |
81 |
95 |
|
46mm MOrtars |
81 |
27 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
81mm Mortars |
20 |
6 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
AT Rifles |
92 |
27 |
13 |
66 |
78 |
|
37mm ATGs |
27 |
9 |
4 |
14 |
18 |
|
40mm AA Guns |
4 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
|
75mm Artillery |
30 |
2 |
|
12 |
16 |
|
100mm Artillery |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
105mm Artillery |
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
155mm Artillery |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
Horses |
6,939 |
664 |
850 |
5194 |
6291 |
|
Bicycles |
76 |
60 |
41 |
345 |
386 |
|
Horse-drawn Vehicles |
- |
165 |
|
|
|
|
Cars & Trucks |
- |
4 |
3 |
66 |
66 |
|
Tankettes |
- |
|
|
21 |
21 |
Cavalry Brigade TOE
3 x Cavalry
Regiments
1 x Infantry Battalion (Most brigades had this)
1 x
Horse Artillery Regiment
1 x AA Battery
1 x Bicycle Company
1
x Cavalry Squadron
1 x Armored Troop
1 x Engineer
Squadron
National Guard Brigade TOE:
8
x Battalions of Type IV Infantry
1 x Artillery Platoon
National
Guard Infantry Battalion, Type IV
TOE
19 x Officers
683 x men
9
x LMGs
6 x HMGs
1 x 46mm
Mortar
3 x AT Rifles
70
x Horses
50 x Bicycles
32 x
Horse-drawn vehicles
4 x
Motorcycles
1 x Motor Vehicle
National
Guard Infantry Battalion, Type I TOE
16
x Officers
404 x men
9 x
LMGs
2 x HMGs
1 x 46mm
Mortar
34 x Horses
15
x Horse-drawn vehicles
4 x
Motorcycles
Infantry Division
TOE:
3 x Infantry Regiments
1 x Light Artillery
Regiment
1 x Heavy Artillery Detachment
1 x AA Battery
1 x
Bicycle Company
1 x Cavalry Squadron
1 x HMG Company
1 x
Engineer Battalion
Infantry Regiment TOE:
1
x Reconnaisance Company
1 x AT Company
1 x Pioneer Platoon
1
x Artillery Platoon
1x Anti-Gas Platoon
1 x Communications
Platoon
3 x Rifle Battalions made up of 3 x Rifle Companies
each.
1 x Heavy Machine Gun Company
Divisional
HMG Company
6 x officers
166 x Men
12 HMGs
2 x
81mm Mortars
48 x Horses
30 x Horse-drawn Vehicles
Divisional
Cavalry Squadron
5 x Officers
210 x Men
231 x
Horses
|
Named Polish Infantry Regiments |
|
|
Regt |
Name or Designation |
|
1L |
Püsudskrs Legion Inf. |
|
1 |
Podhale Rifles |
|
2L |
Legion Inf. |
|
2 |
Podhale Rifles |
|
3L |
Legion Inf. |
|
3 |
Bodhale Rifles |
|
4L |
Legion Inf. |
|
4 |
Podhale Rifles |
|
5L |
Pilsudskfs Zuchowaty Legion Inf. |
|
5 |
Podhale Rifles |
|
6L |
Pilsudski's Legion Inf. |
|
6 |
Podhale Rifles |
|
7L |
Legion Inf. |
|
8L |
Legion Inf. |
|
9L |
Legion Inf. |
|
10 |
(1775-1806-1918-1930) Inf. |
|
11 |
Infantry |
|
12 |
(Marching Soldier) Inf. |
|
13 |
Infantry |
|
14 |
Ziemia Kujawska Inf. |
|
15 |
Wilków Inf. |
|
16 |
(Dawidow-Krasne-Murowa) Inf. |
|
17 |
Infantry |
|
18 |
(Five Eagles) Inf. |
|
19 |
Saviours of Lwow |
|
20 |
Ziemia Krakowska Inf. |
|
21 |
Warszawski Inf. |
|
22 |
Infantry |
|
23 |
Leopold Lis-Kula Inf. |
|
24 |
(1918) Inf. |
|
25 |
(1913) Inf. |
|
26 |
Infantry |
|
27 |
Infantry |
|
28 |
Kaniowski Rifles |
|
29 |
Kaniowski Rifles |
|
30 |
Kaniowski Rifles |
|
31 |
Kaniowski Rifles |
|
32 |
Infantry |
|
33 |
Infantry |
|
34 |
Infantry |
|
35 |
Infantry |
|
36 |
Academy Legion Inf. |
|
37 |
Prince Josef Poniatowski's Łęczyce |
|
38 |
Lwow Rifles |
|
39 |
Lwow Rifles |
|
40 |
Children of Lwow Inf. |
|
41 |
Marshai Josef Pilsudski's Suwalski Inf. |
|
42 |
Gen. J. H. Dąbrowski Inf. |
|
43 |
Bayonne Legion Rifles |
|
44 |
American Legion Rifles |
|
45 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
48 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
49 |
Huculski Rifles |
|
50 |
Francesco Nullo Inf. |
|
51 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
52 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
53 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
54 |
Kresowy Rifles Inf. |
|
55 |
Poznan Inf. |
|
56 |
Wielkopolski Inf. |
|
57 |
King Karol II of Romania Inf. |
|
58 |
(King Bolesław Chrobry) Inf. |
|
59 |
Wielkopolski Inf. |
|
60 |
Wielkopolski Inf. |
|
61 |
(Golden Helmet) Inf. |
|
62 |
Infantry |
|
63 |
Toru n Inf. |
|
64 |
(Pomorski) Murmansk Rifles |
|
65 |
Starogard Inf. |
|
66 |
Marshal Josef Pilsudski's Kaszubski |
|
67 |
Infantry |
|
68 |
Infantry |
|
69 |
(11 XI 1918) Inf. |
|
70 |
12th Wielkopolski Rifles |
|
71 |
Infantry |
|
72 |
Col. D. Czachowski Inf. |
|
73 |
(5 VI-6VII 1920) Inf. |
|
74 |
Gornoslask Inf. |
|
75 |
Infantry |
|
76 |
Ludwig Narbutt's (Lidzki) Inf. |
|
77 |
(12 XII 1918) Inf. |
|
78 |
(10 VI 1920) Inf. |
|
79 |
Infantry |
|
80 |
Infantry |
|
81 |
King Stefan Batory's Grodzieński Inf. |
|
82 |
Thadeus Kosciuszko's Syberyjkki Rifles |
|
83 |
Romuald Traugutt's Poleski Rifles |
|
84 |
Poleski Rifles |
|
85 |
Wileński Rifles |
|
86 |
(17 XII 1918) Inf. |
|
Polish Cavalry Regiments |
|
|
Regt |
Name & Home Station |
|
1H |
J. Pilsudskis Light Horse, Warsaw |
|
1L |
Co.l B. Moscicki's Krechowiecki Lancers, Augustów |
|
1R |
Mounted Rifles, Brody |
|
1 |
Cavalry KOP (3 squadrons on eastern border, 6 on western) |
|
2H |
Rokitnianski Light Horse, Warsaw |
|
2L |
Gen. J, Dwernicki's Grochowski Lancers, Suwalki |
|
2R |
Mounted Rifles, Hrubieszów |
|
3L |
Slaski Lancers, Tarnowskie Gory |
|
3R |
Hetman S. Czarneckfs Mounted Rifles, Wolkowysk |
|
3H |
Col. Kozietulskfs Mazowiecki Light Horse, Suwalki |
|
4L |
Zaniemenski Lancers, Wilno |
|
4R |
Leczycka Region Mounted Rifles, Plock |
|
5L |
Zaslawski Lancers, Ostroleka |
|
5R |
Mounted Rifles, Debica |
|
6L |
Kaniowski Lancers, Stanislawow |
|
6R |
Hetman S. Zolkiewskfs Mounted Rifles, Zólkiew |
|
7L |
Gen. K. Sosnkowski's Lubelski Lancers, Minsk Mazowiecki |
|
7R |
Wielkopolski Mounted Rifles, Poznan |
|
8L |
Prince J. Poniatowski's Lancers, Krakow |
|
8R |
Mounted Rifles, Chelmno |
|
9L |
Malopolski Lancers, Tremblocwa |
|
9R |
Gen. K. Pulaski Mounted Rifles, Gryjewo |
|
10L |
Litewski Lancers, Bialystok |
|
10R |
Motorized Mounted Rifles |
|
11L |
E. Smigly-Rydz Legionary Lancers, Ciechanów |
|
12L |
Podolski Lancers, Krzemieniec |
|
13L |
Wilenski Lancers, Nowa Wilejka |
|
14L |
Jazlowiecki Lancers, Lwow |
|
15L |
Poznanski Lancers, Poznan |
|
16L |
Gen. G. Orlicz-Dreszer's Wielkopolski Lancers, Bydgoszcz |
|
17L |
King Boleslaw Chrobry's Gnieznienski Lancers, Lezno |
|
18L |
Pomorski Lancers, Grudziadz |
|
19L |
Gen. E. Rozycki's Wolynski Lancers, Ostróg |
|
20L |
King Jan III Sobieski's Lancers, Rzeszów |
|
21L |
Nadwislanskich Lancers, Równe |
|
22L |
Podkarpacki Lancers, Brody |
|
23L |
Grodzienski Lancers, Postawy |
|
24L |
Motorized Lancers |
|
25L |
Wielkopolski Lancers, Pruzana |
|
26L |
Hetman K. Chodkiewicz's Wielkopolski Lancers, Baranowicze |
|
27L |
King Stefan Batory's Lancers, Nieswiez |
|
101L |
Lancers, Not completed |
|
102L |
Lancers, Wilno |
|
110L |
Lancers, Grodno |
|
113H |
Light Horse, Not complete |