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Polish Armed Forces

Branches

Image:POL Wojska Lądowe.svg Land Forces

Image:POL Marynarka Wojenna.svg Navy

Image:POL Wojska Lotnicze.svg Air Force

History

Wars Timeline

Personnel

Senior officers Rank insignia Awards Oaths

Equipment

Land Forces Navy

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

Contents 1 Structure 2 Troop Strength 3 Equipment 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Structure

• Combat Arms
  • 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)

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

• Combat Service Support Arms
  • Logistics (Logistyka)

[edit] Troop Strength

• Personnel - 104,050

[edit] Equipment

• Main Battle Tanks
  • T-72M1 (597)
  • PT-91 Twardy (233)
  • Leopard 2A4 (128)

• Armoured Fighting Vehicles
  • BWP-1 (1307)
  • KTO "Rosomak" (100 = 43 IFV + 57 APC, with a further 590 ordered (10/2006))
  • SKOT (402)
  • MT-LB (352)
  • BRDM-2M96 (50)
  • M113 (50)
  • BRM-1 (38)
  • BWR-1K (22)
  • BWR-1S (16)
  • M577 (6)
  • Bergepanzer 2A2 (10)
  • Leopard Biber AVLB (6)

• Artillery
  • 2S1 Goździk 122mm self-propelled howitzer (509)
  • M-30 122 mm howitzer (278)
  • BM-21 Grad 122mm multiple-launch rocket system (227)
  • ML-20 152mm howitzer (135)
  • Dana 152mm self-propelled howitzer (111)
  • RM-70 122mm multiple-launch rocket system (30)

• Anti-Tank Weapons
  • Spike LR ATGM (270)
  • AT-4 Spigot ATGM (115)
  • AT-5 Spandrel ATGM (18)
  • AT-7Saxhorn ATGM (16)

• Anti-Aircraft Artillery
  • SA-Strzała-2M SAM (694)
  • Grom SAM (411)
  • ZU-23-2 AAA (266)
  • ZUR-23-2KG AAA (44)
  • ZSU-23-4 Szyłka SPAAG (44)
  • SA-6 Kub-M SPSAM (24)
  • SA-8 Osa AK/AKM SPSAM (16)
  • SA-4 Krug-M SPSAM (3)
  • SA-5 Wega SPSAM (2)
  • PZA Loara SPAAG (1, with more on order)
  • ZSU-23-4 Biała SPAAG

• Aircraft
  • Mil Mi-24 Hind (44)
  • Mil Mi-8 & Mi-17 Hip (35)
  • PZL Mi-2 Hoplite (31)
  • PZL W-3 Sokół (37)

[edit] Gallery

PT-91 MBT of the Polish Land Forces

PZA Loara SPAAG of the Polish Land Forces

Mil Mi-24 Helicopter of the Polish Land Forces

[edit] See also

• Edward Pietrzyk, current commander-in-chief of the Polish Land Forces
• List of Polish wars
• Polish military awards and decorations
• Polish Armed Forces rank insignia
• Podhale rifles
• Polish Army Museum

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the Land Forces of Poland

pl:Wojska Lądowe Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej