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Polish Land Forces
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Polish Land Forces is a branch of Poland's Armed Forces.
Major Units
Divisions
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| T-72 || || Main Battle Tank || T-72M1/T-72M1D
T-72M1Z || 586
135 || T-72M1 are planned to be withdrawn from service in 2010.
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Polish Land Forces is a branch of Poland's Armed Forces.
Structure
Major Units
Divisions
Polish Land Forces Chart
Equipment
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| T-72 || || Main Battle Tank || T-72M1/T-72M1D
T-72M1Z || 586
135 || T-72M1 are planned to be withdrawn from service in 2010. T-72M1Z is the T-72M1 modernized to the PT-91 level. T-72M1Z tanks are often counted as PT-91 tanks.
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| PT-91 Twardy || || Main Battle Tank || PT-91 MID WZT-3M PMC-90 || 98 38 29 ? ||
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| Leopard 2 || || Main Battle Tank || Leopard 2A4 || 128 + 123 || 123 Leopard 2A4 MBTs are planned to enter service in the near future.
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| KTO Rosomak || || IFV
Support Vehicle|| || 100 (316)
100 (690)|| Deliveries are to be completed by 2013.
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| BWP-1 || || Infantry Fighting Vehicle || BWP-1/BWP-1D BWR-1D BWR-1S || 1298 22 16 || BWP-1 - Polish designation for BMP-1. BWR-1D - Polish designation for BRM-1K. BWR-1S - Polish designation for BPzV "Svatava".
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| SKOT || || Armoured Personnel Carrier || || 110 ||
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| MT-LB || || Armoured Personnel Carrier || ||352||
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| M113 || ||Armoured Personnel Carrier || M113 M557 || 35 ||
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| BRDM-2 || || Reconnaissance vehicle || BRDM-2 BRDM-2M-96 BRDM-2M-96i BRDM-2M-96ik BRDM-2M-97 || 323 || The BRDM-2 include a wide range of variants and are equipped for a number of differant missions as tank destroyers, reconnaissance vehicles, and command vehicles.
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| WZT-2 || || Armoured Recovery Vehicle || || 40||
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| Bergepanzer 2 || || Armoured Recovery Vehicle || Bergepanzer 2A2 || 7 ||
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| Leopard Biber || || Armoured Vehicle-Launched Bridge || || 46 ||
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| Rys-Med || || Armoured ambulance || || 5 ||
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| HMMWV || || Support Vehicle || || 220 ||
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| Dzik || || Armoured Car || Dzik-AT Dzik-2 Dzik Cargo || || Dzik-AT is used by anti-terrorist units, Dzik-2 is used by the military police.
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| Mercedes-Benz G-Class || || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle || || 121 ||
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| Honda TRX-300 FW || || Quad || || ||
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| Polaris || || Quad || || ||
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| PTS-M || || Amphibious Tracked Medium Transporter || || ||
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| ISM "Kroton" || || Engineering Vehicle || || 8 ||
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| SUM Kalina || || Mine Vehicle || || 1 ||
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| GD-2 (typ 528) || || Smokescreen Generation Vehicle || || || Based on STAR 266 chassis. Used for creating constant or temporary smokescreens with maximal dimensions of 1500x150 m.
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| CD-5 (typ 520) || || Mobile Tank || || || Based on STAR 266 chassis. Used for transport of liquid fuel. Operated by supply platoons of tank and mechanized battalions.
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| SARNA-2 || || Mobile Workshop || || In service with each subunit of repair units || It can be fitted onto STAR 200, 244, 266, 266M and 944 trucks in field conditions.
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| WUS-3 || || Special Vehicle || || || Based on STAR 266 chassis. Used for disinfection, deactivation and decontamination of vehicles, terrain, equipment and buildings.
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| ADK-11 || || Command and Staff Vehicle || || || Based on STAR 266 chassis. Used as part of fire direction system of the Topaz artillery.
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| Honker || || Four-wheel Drive Multi-Purpose Vehicle || Tarpan 4011 Tarpan 4012 Honker-2000 Honker Skorpion-3 Rys|| ~1500 || Tarpan 4011, Tarpan 4012, Honker-2323 and Honker-2000 (Honker-2323) are different production models. Honker Skorpion-3 is an all-armoured heavier version of Honker which was created specifically for the Polish Ground Forces units in Iraq.
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| STAR || || Truck || 200, 244, 266, 266M, 944 and 1466 || || 266 is a basic transport vehicle of the Polish Ground Forces. 266M is a modernized variant of 266. 944 is used as a cargo carrier in logistic subunits on the tactical level. It also serves as a basis for a command vehicle.
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| Jelcz || || Truck || S/P662D (6x6) and P842D (8x4) || ||
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| IVECO || || Truck || Stralis AT260S35Y/P Eurotrakker MP 720E 47 WT || || Stralis AT260S35Y/P is used in Polish Ground Forces along with high capacity trailers. Eurotrakker MP 720E 47 WT are used along with ZREMB NS 600W trailers for transport of tracked vehicles and containers. It can also be used to evacuate damaged equipment in a similar fashion to ARVs.
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Firearms
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| WIST-94 || || Semi-Auto Pistol || WIST-94 WIST-94L || WIST-94L - variant fitted with integral laser sights.
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| PM-63 RAK || || Submachine Gun || || Slowly phased out.
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| Wz. 78 || || Flare Gun || ||
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| PM-84 Glauberyt|| || Submachine Gun || ||
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| Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl || || Assault Rifle || Beryl Mini-Beryl 5,56 mm karabinek-granatnik wzór 1974 || Mini-Beryl - compact variant of wz.96 Beryl. 5,56 mm karabinek-granatnik wzór 1974 is a Beryl fitted with Pallad grenade launcher. Also used by special forces.
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| AKM || || Assault Rifle || AKM AKMS 7,62 mm karabinek-granatnik wzór 1974 || 7,62 mm karabinek-granatnik wzór 1974 is an AKM fitted with Pallad grenade launcher. Slowly replaced by Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl.
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| SWD || || Sniper Rifle || SWD SWD-M || SWD - Polish designation for SVD Dragunov, also used by special forces.
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| Sako TRG || || Sniper Rifle || TRG-21 TRG-22 || Also used by special forces.
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| Tor || || Sniper Rifle || ||
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| BOR || || Sniper Rifle || ||
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| PK machine gun || || General Purpose Machine Gun || PK PKM PKMS UKM-2000 || Also used by special forces.
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| NSW || || Heavy Machine Gun || NSW NSW-B ||
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| RGZ-89 || || Anti-personnel grenade || ||
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| RGO-88 || || Fragmentation grenade || ||
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| Pallad-D || || Grenade Launcher || Also known as Wz. 1983 grenade launcher.
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| Carl Gustav 84mm || || Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle || || Used only by paratroopers and special forces.
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| RPG-76 Komar || || Rocket-propelled grenade launcher || || Also used by special forces.
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| Mk.19 || || Automatic Grenade Launcher || ||
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| RPG-7 || || Rocket-propelled grenade launcher || || Also used by special forces.
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| LPO-50 || || Light flamethrower || ||
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Special Forces Firearms
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| Glock 17 || || Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Heckler & Koch USP|| || Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Heckler & Koch Mark 23 || || Semi-Auto Pistol||
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| Beretta 92 || || Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| SIG P226 || / || Semi-Auto Pistol|| Used only by FORMOZA.
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| Heckler & Koch MP5 || || Submachine Gun ||
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| FN P90 || ||Submachine Gun || P90 TR is used by the special operations formation GROM
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| M14 rifle || || Automatic Rifle|| Used only by FORMOZA.
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| M4 Carbine || ||Assault rifle ||
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| Heckler & Koch G36 || || Assault rifle ||
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| Heckler & Koch HK416 || || Assault rifle||
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| Remington 870 || || Shotgun||
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| Heckler & Koch PSG-1 || ||Sniper Rifle ||
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| SR-25 || || Sniper Rifle||
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| M21 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Remington 700 || || Sniper Rifle||
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| Mauser SP66 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Mauser 86 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Barrett M82 || || Anti- Material Rifle ||
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| FN Minimi || || Light Machine Gun||
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| H&K AG36 || || Grenade Launcher ||
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| M203 || || Grenade Launcher||
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| H&K MZP-1 || || Grenade Launcher ||
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| 2S1 Gozdzik || || 122 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer || || 533 ||
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| Wz. 1977 Dana || || 152 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer || || 111 ||
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| KRAB || || 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer || || 8 || 48 on order
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| BM-21 Grad || || 122 mm Multiple-Launch Rocket System || || 227 || Between 113 and 114 will be modernized to WR 40 standard, rest will be scraped.
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| RM-70 || || 122 mm Multiple-Launch Rocket System || RM-70/85 || 30 ||
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| WR-40 Langusta || || 122 mm Multiple-Launch Rocket System || || 36 on order to be completed by 2010. Between 113 and 114 are planned. || First 36 models will be delivered by 2010.
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| LM 60D || || 60 mm Mortar || LM 60D LM 60K LM 60KC || ||
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| M-98 || || 98 mm Mortar || || 100 ||
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| 2B11 || || 120 mm Mortar || || 185 ||
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| ZU-23-2 || || Short-Range Air Defense Twin Autocannon || ZU-23-2
ZUR-23-2S
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| 9K32 Strzala-2 || || Surface-to-Air Missile || 9K32M "Strzala-2M" || 627 ||
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| 9K310 Igla-1 || || Man portable Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher || Igla-1E || ||
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| GROM || || Man portable Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher || || 311 ||
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| MIM-104 Patriot || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || 1 battery along with 96 missiles to be delivered by 2009. Several dozen more planned. || Patriot launchers will be operated by US soldiers and under joint US-Polish command.
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| S-75 Dvina || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || ||
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| S-125 || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || ||
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| S-200 || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || Two squadrons ||
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| PZA Loara || || Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun || || 1 + more will be ordered in nearest future ||
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| ZSU-23-4 || || Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun || ZSU-23-4 ZSU-23-4MP "Biala" || 44 ~70 on order ||
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| Hibneryt || || Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun || Hibneryt Hibneryt-KG Hibneryt-P || || ZU-23-2 mounted on a STAR 266 truck.
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| Poprad || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || ||
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| 2K11 Krug || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || 2K11M Krug-M || 27 ||
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| 9K31 Strzala-1 || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || || ||
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| 9K35 Strzala-10 || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || 9K35M "Strzala-10M" || ||
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| 9K33 Osa || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || 9K33M3 "OSA-AKM" || 64 ||
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| 2K12 Kub || || Surface-to-Air Missile System || 2K12M "KUB-M" || 80 || There's a Polish-Hungarian modernization program in the works.
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Anti-Tank
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| Spike-LR Launcher || || Anti-tank guided missile || || 264 ||
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| 3M6 Shmel || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || ||
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| 3M11 Falanga || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || ||
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| 9K11 Malyutka || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || ||
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| 9M111 Fagot || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || 115 ||
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| 9M113 Konkurs || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || 18 ||
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| 9K114 Shturm || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || ||
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| 9K115 Metis || || Anti-Tank Guided Missile || || 16 ||
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| 9P133 "Malyutka" || || Tank Destroyer || || 130 along with 9P148 "Konkurs" ||
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| 9P148 "Konkurs" || || Tank Destroyer || || 130 along with 9P133 "Malyutka" ||
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| Mil Mi-24 || || Assault Helicopter || Mi-24W
Mi-24D|| 16
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| PZL W-3 Sokól || || Multipurpose Medium Helicopter || W-3W W-3WA W-3PSOT W-3RR W-3SP || 33 ? 1 3 1
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| PZL Mi-2|| || Transport Helicopter || || 46
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| Mil Mi-8|| || Heavy Transport Helicopter || Mi-8T || 16
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| Mil Mi-17|| || Heavy Transport Helicopter || Mi-17 (Mi-8MT) Mi-17W-1 (Mi-8MTW-1) || 6 7
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| PZL SW-4 Puszczyk || || Small Multipurpose Helicopter || || 7 + 13 on order
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