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The PL-01 was a Polish light tank concept created by OBRUM with support from BAE Systems, based on the Swedish CV90120-T light tank. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The concept vehicle was first unveiled at the International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce on 2 September 2013, [ 3 ] but the project was scrapped in 2015.
Polish Armament in 1939–45 article is a list of equipment used by Polish army before and during the Invasion of Poland, foreign service in British Commonwealth forces and last campaign to Germany with the Red Army in 1945. [1] The list includes prototype vehicles.
On 3 September 1939, the Polish tanks, attacking along Krzeczów W - Skomielna W road, twice repelled the infantry of the 2nd Panzer Division, which was attacking the flank of the 10th Mounted Rifle Rgt. The second unit to use Vickers tanks was the 12th Light Tank Company of the Warsaw Armoured-Motorized Brigade (WBP-M).
Main Polish army bulletproof vest used by Polish army except for special forces. [17] KWM-02: No image available Poland: Bulletproof vest: KWM-02 39,700 [18] Ballistic resistance according to PN-V-87000:2011. Soft insert – Bullet resistance: K1A. Fragment resistance: O2. Ordered between 2016-2023. [18] Plate Carrier Gryf: No image available ...
The tank was to be restored in Poznań with the help of Armoured Warfare Museum, however it was eventually sent to Polish Army Museum in Warsaw and restored by the end of 2013. In June 2013, a Cruiser Tank Mk VIII Centaur Mk I was brought from Portugal. Such tanks were used by Polish Armed Forces in the West during World War II for training ...
M4 Sherman I medium tank (The Sherman was the basic tank in Polish armoured units in the West 1943–1947. The 2nd Warsaw Armored Brigade , fighting in Italy, used M4A2 Sherman III, later also M4 Sherman I, M4 Sherman IC Firefly , M4A1 Sherman II and M4A3 (105) HVSS Sherman IVBY.)
Contrary to German propaganda, Polish cavalry brigades never charged tanks with their sabres or lances... The cavalry brigades were in the process of being reorganized into motorized brigades. The Poles had anti-tank weapons, including the anti-tank rifle model 1935 7.92 mm (Wz. 35 anti-tank rifle). It could penetrate 15 mm of armour at 300 m ...
The Błyskawica (Polish: 'lightning') was a submachine gun [1] produced by the Armia Krajowa, or Home Army, a Polish resistance movement fighting the Germans in occupied Poland. [1] Together with a Polish version of the Sten sub-machine gun, with which it shares some design elements, it was the only weapon mass-produced covertly in occupied ...