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- Chain of command
- Composition and armament
- Polish cavalry brigades in 1939 Cavalry Armoured-Motorised Brigades
- See also
The following is a standard order of battle of the Polish cavalry brigade in 1939. Chain of command {{clear}} Polish Cavalry Brigade - chain of command | Sub-unit | C/O | squadron-sized | platoon-sized | smaller units | | commanding officer | Staff
and headquarters | deputy commanding officer
chief military judge
chaplain
|
|---|
| chief of staff | operational officer
intelligence officer | military police platoon
| | chief communications officer | communication squadron | | chief commander of the tabors | tabor's workshop
2 commands of march columns |
3 columns each | | quartermaster | transport officer
armament officer
chief steward officer
chief doctor
chief veterinarian |
artillery park unit
steward park unit
medical platoon
veterinary platoon | | Headquarters commander | staff squadron | | Commander's units | bicycle squadron (recce/liaison)
engineering squadron
|
HMG platoon | cavalry regiment
3 or 4 in each brigade | regiment commander | line squadrons -
4 in each regiment | cavalry platoon -
3 in each squadron | 3 sections (6 soldiers each)
LMG section (5 soldiers)
squadron commanders troop
| LMG section
administration unit | HMG squadron
maintenance squadron | 3 HMG platoons
| 4 HMG each
| AT platoon
bicycle platoon
communications platoonengineering squad | | Mounted Artillery Unit (DAK) | DAK commander |
munitions supply column | 75 mm artillery battery
3 or 4 guns each | | communications platoon | | Organic Armoured Unit | commander | tankette squadron
armoured car squadron | | Organic Rifle Battalion | Rifles battalion | |
Composition and armamentThe following is a list of all equipment, armament, men and means of transport in use by a cavalry regiment and a cavalry brigade of the Polish Army, as of 1939. The figures for brigades are based on official Polish Army instructions prepared in late 1930s. The numbers in brackets give the figures for a four-regiment brigade, as opposed to the standard three-regiment one. The figures for the regiments are given after the actual mobilisation report of September 1, 1939, of the 25th Greater Polish Uhlans Regiment. Note that the numbers for other units may vary, mostly due to different mobilisation schedules and other problems. {{clear}} Polish Cavalry Brigade and Regiment - equipment | Regiment | Brigade | | General |
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| officers | 36 | 232 (373) | | privates and NCOs | 838 | 5 911 (6 911) | horses
Cavalry horses
Pack horses
Cart-horses
Total |
616
43
221
9205 194 (6 291) | | Vehicles |
|---|
| cars | 1 | 65 (66) | | motorcycles | 1 | | field kitchens | 6 | | tabor carts | 86 | | chaplains cart | 1 | 4 | | taczanka wz.28 or wz.36 | 13 | | bicycles | 36 | | Armament |
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| Vis pistols | 133 | | wz. 34 sabres | 616 | | lances | 108 | | rifles Mannlicher 1898, Kbk wz. 1929, Kb wz. 98a, Mosin wz. 91/98/25, Mosin wz. 91/98/23 or Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 | 740 | 5000 | | 7,92 mm karabin ppanc. wz 35 AT rifle | 12 | 51 (64) | | rkm Browning wz. 28 LMG | 18 | 89 (107) | | Maxim 08/15 and lkm wz. 08/18 MGs | 10 (12) | | Ckm wz.30 HMG | 12 | 52 (64) | | Organic artillery |
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| grenade launchers wz. 1930 and wz. 1936 | 9 (9) | | 81mm mortar | 2 | | 75 mm armata wz. 02/26 field gun | 12 (16) | | 40 mm armata plot. wz. 36 AA gun | 2 (2) | | 37 mm Armata ppanc. wz. 36 AT gun | 4 | 14 (18) | | Organic armoured unit |
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| wz. 34 or wz.29 armoured car | 8 | | reconnaissance tankette TKS or TK-3 | 13 | |
Polish cavalry brigades in 1939 Cavalry - Kraków Cavalry Brigade (Kraków) - under Brigadier General Zygmunt Piasecki
- Kresowa Cavalry Brigade (Brody) - under Colonel Stefan Hanka-Kulesza
- Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade (Warsaw) under Colonel Jan Karcz
- Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade (Baranowicze) under Brigadier General Władysław Anders
- Podlaska Cavalry Brigade (Białystok) under Brigadier General Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński
- Podolska Cavalry Brigade (Stanisławów) under Colonel Leon Strzelecki
- Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade (Bydgoszcz) under Colonel Adam Zakrzewski
- Suwalska Cavalry Brigade (Suwałki) under Brigadier General Zygmunt Podhorski
- Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade (Poznań) under Brigadier General Roman Abraham
- Wileńska Cavalry Brigade (Wilno) under Colonel Konstanty Drucki-Lubecki
- Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade (Równe) under Colonel Julian Filipowicz
Armoured-Motorised Brigades Different armament and structure
- 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade (Poland) (Rzeszów) - dowódca: płk dypl. Stanisław Maczek
- Warszawska Brygada Pancerno-Motorowa (Warsaw) - dowódca: płk dypl. Stefan Rowecki
See also - Polish cavalry
- Polish army
- Polish Defensive War of 1939
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