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Polish Land Forces (Polish: Wojska Lądowe RP) is a branch of Poland's Armed Forces.

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  • Generals: 125
  • Officers: 23 140
  • NCO's: 41 530
  • Volunteers: 10 890
  • Conscripts: 48 200
  • TOTAL: 125,400 [1]

Structure 11th Armoured Cavalry Division
Structure 11th Armoured Cavalry Division

  • 1st Territorial Defence Brigade "Gdańska" (Lębork)
  • 14th Territorial Defence Brigade "Ziemi Przemyskiej" (Przemyśl)
  • 18th Territorial Defence Brigade "Białostocka" (Białystok)
  • 22nd Territorial Defence Mountain Brigade (Kłodzko)

  • Armored & Mechanized Forces (Wojska Pancerne I Zmechanizowane)
  • Missile & Artillery Forces (Wojska Rakietowe I Artyleria)
  • Air Defense Forces (Wojska Obrony Przeciwlotniczej)
  • Air-mobile Forces (Wojska Aeromobilne)
  • Engineer Forces (Wojska Inżynieryjne)

  • Reconnaissance & Early Warning (Rozpoznanie I Wczesne Ostrzeganie)
  • Signals & Information Technology Forces (Wojska Łączności I Informatyki)
  • Chemical Forces (Wojska Chemiczne)

  • Logistics (Logistyka)

  • pistols and machine pistols
  • infantry rifles and sniper rifles
    • Flag of Poland/Flag of the Soviet Union AKM / AKMS (Assault rifle)(Slowly phased out, also used by special forces)
    • Flag of Poland Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl (Assault rifle)(Also used by special forces)
    • Flag of Poland Kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl (Assault rifle)
    • Flag of Poland/Flag of the Soviet Union SVD Dragunov (Sniper rifle) (Poland is also using their own version designated the SWD-M, also used by special forces)
    • Flag of Finland Sako TRG (Sniper Rifle)(also used by special forces)
    • Flag of Poland Bor (Sniper Rifle)
    • Flag of Poland Tor (.50 caliber Sniper Rifle)
  • machineguns
    • Flag of Poland/Flag of the Soviet Union PK machine gun (General purpose machine gun)(also used by special forces)
    • Flag of Poland UKM-2000 (General purpose machine gun)
    • Flag of Poland/Flag of the Soviet Union NSV (Heavy machine gun)
    • Flag of Poland WKM-B (Heavy machine gun)
  • grenades and grenade launchers
    • Flag of Poland RGZ-89 grenade (Anti-personnel grenade)
    • Flag of Poland RGO-88 (Fragmentation grenade)
    • Flag of Poland Pallad (Underbarel Grenade Launcher)
    • Flag of Sweden Carl Gustaw kal. 84mm (multi-role recoilless rifle)(used only by paratroopers and special forces)
    • Flag of Poland RPG-76 Komar (Rocket-propelled grenade)(also used by special forces)
    • Flag of the Soviet Union RPG-7 (Rocket-propelled grenade)(also used by special forces)
    • Flag of the United States Mk 19 (Automatic grenade launcher)
    • Flag of the Soviet Union LPO-50 (Light flamethrower)


PT-91.
PT-91.
Leopard 2A4.
Leopard 2A4.
BWP-1.
BWP-1.
KTO Rosomak.
KTO Rosomak.
Two BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" armoured scout cars on a military parade in Kraków, 17 May 2008.
Two BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" armoured scout cars on a military parade in Kraków, 17 May 2008.
BWR-1D reconnaissance vehicle.
BWR-1D reconnaissance vehicle.
WZT-3M
WZT-3M
HMMWV.
HMMWV.
WR-40 Langusta
WR-40 Langusta
  • Reconnaissance vehicles
    • Flag of Poland/Flag of the Soviet Union BRDM-2 (323 including 130 9P133 "Malyutka" and 9P148 "Konkurs" tank destroyers, a dozen of BRDM-2RS NBC reconnaissance vehicles, an unknown number of BRDM-2 R-1A and BRDM-2 R-5 command vehicles, 88 BRDM-2 armoured scout cars modernized to BRDM-2M-96, BRDM-2M-96i and BRDM-2M-97 "Żbik-B" level and 12 BRDM-2 armoured scout cars modernized to BRDM-2M-96ik "Szakal" level.)
    • Flag of the Soviet Union BWR-1D (22) (BWR-1D - Polish designation for BRM-1K)
    • Flag of the Czech Republic BWR-1S (16) (BWR-1S - Polish designation for BPzV "Svatava")
    • Flag of Poland Bozena (14)
    • Flag of Poland Ryś-Med armoured ambulance (5)
    • Flag of the United States HMMWV (222)
    • Flag of Poland Dzik (?)
    • Flag of Germany Mercedes G-series four-wheel drive vehicles (121)
    • Flag of Poland Honker four-wheel drive vehicles (~1500)
    • Flag of Japan Honda TRX-300 FW (?)
    • Flag of the Soviet Union PTS-M amphibious vehicle
    • Flag of Poland Kroton mines vehicle (8)
    • Flag of Poland SUM Kalina mines vehicle (1)
    • Flag of Poland Ryś jeep (?)[9]
    • Flag of Poland STAR trucks (models 266, 266M, 944 and 1466)
    • Flag of Poland Jelcz trucks (models S/P662D 6x6, P842D 8x4)
    • Flag of Italy IVECO trucks (heavy model for tank transport)


PZL W-3 Sokół
PZL W-3 Sokół

Leopard 2A4 of the Polish Army

Patria AMV

Polish HMMWV in Iraq

ZSU-23-4MP "Biała" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

Polish ZU-23-2 mounted on Star truck

RM-85 or the unarmored version of RM-70

Mil Mi-24 Helicopter of the Polish Land Forces

Leopard 2A4 of the Polish Army

  1. ^ Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - Kadry
  2. ^ :: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - serwis internetowy :: Potencjał ::
  3. ^ www.army.mil.pl
  4. ^ a b Militarypedia 2
  5. ^ a b Militarypedia
  6. ^ MILITARIUM - Wojsko Polskie - Uzbrojenie
  7. ^ MILITARIUM - Wojsko Polskie - Uzbrojenie
  8. ^ MILITARIUM - Wojsko Polskie - Uzbrojenie
  9. ^ :: Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - serwis internetowy :: Uzbrojenie - Wojska Lądowe ::
  10. ^ [1]

http://www.mon.gov.pl/pl/strona/205/LG_59_150

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