Polish Land Forces

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Polish Land Forces
Wojska Lądowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

POL Wojska Lądowe.svg

Coat of arms of the Polish land forces
Lineup 1918
Country PolandPoland Poland
Armed forces Polish armed forces
Type Armed forces
Strength 47,193 soldiers
Land Forces Headquarters Warsaw
Wars Polish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Czechoslovak Border War
Polish-Soviet War
Polish-Lithuanian War
Second World War
Iraq
War War in Afghanistan
EUFOR Tchad / RCA
management
Current
commander 		Lieutenant General Zbigniew Głowienka
insignia
Flag of the Polish Land Forces Flag of the Polish Land Forces.svg

The Polish Land Forces ( Polish : Wojska Lądowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej ) are part of the Polish Armed Forces .

Polish soldiers, Brodnica
Polish Leopard 2A4
Polish KTO Rosomak

history

equipment

vehicles

category designation image number proof
Main battle tank Leopard 2 Polish Leopard2A4.jpg 247
Main battle tank PT-91 Twardy PT-91 Twardy.jpg 232
Main battle tank T-72 T-72M1.JPG 384
Armored personnel carriers KTO Rosomak KTO Rosomak 12.jpg 734
Armored personnel carriers BMP-1 BWP-1 Warsaw 2007.JPG 1268
Self-propelled gun 2S1 Goździk 2S1 Gvozdika in artillery range.JPG 342
Self-propelled gun wz. 1977 Dana Wzór 1977 Dana self-propelled howitzer.jpg 111
Self-propelled howitzer AHS Krab AHS Krab 05.jpg 48
Multiple rocket launchers WR-40 Langusta WR40 Langusta MSPO2007.jpg 75
Multiple rocket launchers BM-21 degrees BM-21 (1) .jpg 75
Multiple rocket launchers RM-70 Polish RM-70.jpg 30th

helicopter

Weapon systems

Anti-tank guided weapons

The Polish land forces own the following anti-tank guided weapons, among others: the Israeli SPIKE ATGM , Spike-MR, which are manufactured under license in Poland, and the Soviet 9K11 Maljutka , 9K111 Fagot , 9K114 Schturm and 9K113 Bankruptcy .

Rifles

Grenade launcher

HK GMW , 40 mm machine grenade launcher Mk 19

Anti-aircraft missiles

The Polish land forces have many anti-aircraft missiles. Among others, missiles of the type Grom, STRZAŁA-2, KUB, OSA and many others.

Current structure

The highest military authority in the Polish armed forces is the General Staff of the Polish Army (Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego (SG WP)) in Warsaw. Two independent commands are subordinate to the General Staff. The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces (Dowództwo Generalne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych (DG RSZ)) is responsible for the readiness of the forces. The Army Inspectorate is subordinate to this authority. The Operations Command of the Polish Armed Forces (Dowództwo Operacyjne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych (DO RSZ)) is responsible for military operations, to which the Center for Land Operations reports.

Ministry of National Defense ( Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej ( MON )) ( Warsaw )

  • General Staff of the Polish Army ( Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego ( SG WP )) ( Warsaw )
    • General Command of the Polish Armed Forces ( Dowództwo Generalne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych ( DG RSZ ))
      • Army Inspectorate ( Wojsk Lądowych Inspectorate )
    • Operations Command of the Polish Armed Forces ( Dowództwo Operacyjne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych ( DO RSZ ))
      • Center for Land Operations - Command of the Land Component "Weapons General Władysław Anders " ( Centrum Operacji Lądowych - Dowództwo Components Lądowego im. Gen. Broni Władysława Andersa ( COL - DKL )) ( Kraków )

The units of the army are subordinate to the General Command of the Polish Armed Forces. If necessary, units are subordinated to the operational command of the Polish Armed Forces and integrated into the land component for operations. The Polish Army is divided into seven branches of service:

  • Armored and Mechanized Troops ( Wojska Pancerne i Zmechanizowane ) - includes armored, mechanized and mountain troops .
  • Airmobile Troops ( Wojska Aeromobilne ) - includes the paratroopers, air cavalry (both airmobile infantry and transport helicopters) and the attack helicopter units.
  • Missile and artillery troops ( Wojska Rakietowe i Artylerii ) - contain the field artillery - and the multiple missile launchers
  • Army Air Defense Forces ( Wojska Obrony Przeciwlotniczej ) - includes both guided missile and anti-aircraft gun units.
  • Engineer Troops ( Wojska Inżynieryjne ) - includes both combat engineer and civil engineer units
  • NBC defense troops ( Wojska Chemiczne ) - organized in two regiments
  • Reconnaissance and EloKa troops ( Wojska Rozpoznania i Walki Elektronicznej ) - contain both mechanized battlefield reconnaissance units and electronic warfare units

In addition, there are units and facilities that belong to cross-armed forces and services, but are integrated into the army units at the tactical level:

  • Liaison and informatics troops ( Wojska Łączności i Informatyki ) - organizationally in the Inspectorate for Information Systems ( Inspektorat Systemów Informacyjnych ( ISI )).
  • Units of Logistic Support ( Jednostki wsparcia logistycznego ) - organizationally in the Support Inspectorate of the Armed Forces ( Inspektorat Wsparcia Sił Zbrojnych ( IWsp SZ )), roughly corresponding to the German armed forces base .
  • Military Medical Service ( Wojskowa Służba Zdrowia ) - subordinate to the Military Inspectorate of the Medical Service ( Inspectorate Wojskowej Służby Zdrowia ( IWSZ )).
  • Training institutions ( Ośrodki Szkolenia ) - organizationally in the Ministry of Defense.
  • Warsaw Garrison Command ( Dowództwo Garnizonu Warszawa ( DGW )) - the majority of the members of the Warsaw garrison are wearing army uniforms (guards, security units, etc.), the structure is directly subordinate to the Ministry of Defense.

The newly established Territorial Defense Force ( Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej ( WOT )) is a reserve army component with its own command and is therefore not part of the army.

Divisions

Independent brigades and regiments

as well as other units.

Structure of the Polish Army in 2018 (click to enlarge)

Web links

Commons : Polish Land Forces  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Podstawowe informacje o budżecie resortu obrony narodowej na 2015 rok. ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bip.mon.gov.pl
  2. ↑ UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms). Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  3. ↑ UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms). Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms). Retrieved October 31, 2019 .
  5. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS): The Military Balance 2018 . 1st edition. Routledge, London 2018, ISBN 978-1-85743-955-7 , pp. 136 (English).
  6. ↑ Dowództwo Generalne Rodzajów SIL Zbrojnych (General Command of the Armed Forces). Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (Ministry of National Defense), accessed October 14, 2017 (Polish).
  7. ↑ Dowództwo operacyjne Rodzajów SIL Zbrojnych - Struktura (Operational Command of the Armed Forces - structure). Dowództwo Operacyjne Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych (Operational Command of the Armed Forces), accessed on October 14, 2017 (Polish).
  8. ↑ Jednostki wojskowe i instytucje bezpośrednio podległe ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / dgrsz.mon.gov.pl