Reply With QuoteNew National Defense Minister - Radosław Sikorski looks promising to me.Originally Posted by wholagun
Few words about structures, our bes units:
25 Brygada Kawalerii Powietrznej / 25th Air Cavalry Brigade
(Tomaszów Mazowiecki - about 70 chopters - Mi-17 and W-3W)
- 7 Batalion Kawalerii Powietrznej / 7th Air Cavalry Battalion
Airmobile infantry
- 1 Batalion Kawalerii Powietrznej / 1st Air Cavalry Battalion
Airmobile infantry
- 11 Batalion Kawalerii Powietrznej / 11th Air Cavalry Battalion
Airmobile infantry
6 Brygada Desantowo-Szturmowa / 6th Assault Brigade
(Kraków)
- 16 Batalion Powietrzno-Desantowy / 16th Airborne Battalion
Paratroopers
- 6 Batalion Desantowo-Szturmowy / 6th Assault Battalion
light Infantry on HMMWVs
- 18 Batalion Desantowo-Szturmowy / 18th Assault Battalion
light Infantry on HMMWVs
10 Brygada Kawalerii Pancernej / 10th Armored Cavalery Brigade
(Świętoszów) 58 combat vehicels in each battalion
- 1 Batalion Czołgów / 1st Tank Battalion
Leopard 2 A4
- 2 Batalion Czołgów / 2nd Tank Battalion
Leopard 2 A4
- 10 Batalion Zmechanizowany / 10th Mechanized Battalion
BMP-1
21 Brygada Strzelców Podhalańskich / 21st Tatra Highlanders Brigade (Mountain Brigade)
(Rzeszów)
- 1 Batalion Strzelców Podhalańskich / 1st Tatra Highlanders Battalion (Mountain Battalion)
light Infantry on HMMWVs
- 5 Batalion Zmechanizowany / 5th Mechanized Battalion
on BMPs, will be rearmed to KTO "Rosomak"
- 1 Batalion Czołgów / 1st Tank Battalion
on T-72s, will be rearmed to KTO "Rosomak"
17 Brygada Zmechanizowana / 17th Mechanized Brigade
(Międzyrzecz) The first one to be rearmed to KTO "Rosomak"
- 3 battalions on KTO "Rosomak" - don't know their exact names because of reorganization - when I'm writing this unit should have about 100 Rosomak Vehicles.
12 Brygada Zmechanizowana / 12th Mechanized Brigade
(Szczecin) Situation same as above - Mechanized brigade on T-72s (one battalion - 40 tanks) and BMPs (two battalions - 2x40 IFV) reorganized to light Wheeled platform (three battalions on KTO "Rosomak"). Each battalion will have 62 vehicles (53 of combat versions).
What about other units?
Most of hem still is using ex-Warsaw Pact equipment and structures (BMP/T-72/PT-91). Typical Armored Cavalry Brigade has two Battalions of tanks (2 x 40 of T-72 or PT-91) and one battalion of IFV (40 of BMP-1), typical Mechanized Brigade has one tank battalion and two IFV battalions (same number of vehicles in battalion).
Because large number of equipment will be recaptured (all T-72s, some BMP-1) some of units will be discounted. Rest will be reorganized to 52/58 vehicles in battalion (current standard is 40 vehicles).
There is no chance for new tanks before 2015. We spend lot of money for F-16, Spike, KTO “Rosomak” programs, and when we pay for them there are even more programs waiting for money – tactical transport copter, PZA Loara, mid range AA (PZR Loara), long range AA (Patriot), more F-16 (48 its not enough), replace for Mi-24 and on, and on, and on.
P.S. If you have found some mistakes - PM me so i will correct them.
Last edited by corran.pl; 11-24-2005 at 05:11 PM.
New National Defense Minister - Radosław Sikorski looks promising to me.
He used to be an international corespondent for the "Spectator" and "The Observer" during the Afghan War (86-89), and an advisor to Rupert Murdoch. The person with the most interesting past in the new polish gov.
Some AA stuff:
modernized SA-3 - S-125 "Newa"
modernized SA-8 - 9K33M3 "Osa"
Out Of Date
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Last edited by Musashi; 11-27-2005 at 05:16 AM.
You see eastern cans are like wolf ammo: laquered steel
Ok, you are right, i corrected my post.Mercy, Corran
Archers???
I would translate it as "21st Mountain Rifles Brigade" or "21st Tatra Highlanders Brigade"
Międzyrzecz. I live in the same region, where this city is located.
But they are not Airborne, only 16 Batalion Powietrzno-Desantowy is Airborne (I changed its name), any one has any good idea how to translate desantowy (Amphibian doesn't feel right to me)?
6th borne assault bde or 6th airborne assault, anyway, however you translate it, everyone will know what kind of unit is that
The 6th Air Assault BrigadeBut they are not Airborne, only 16 Batalion Powietrzno-Desantowy is Airborne (I changed its name), any one has any good idea how to translate desantowy (Amphibian doesn't feel right to me)?
http://www.2kz.mil.pl/6bdsz_eng.htm
I know that whole brigade has some training in parachute jumping (they barrow copters from 25 brigade and from our two Regiments of Combat Helicopter) but:
- We have only 8 CASA C295M transport aircrafts (13.Eskadra Lotnictwa Transportowego) that operates from Kraków-Balice Air Base, this is not enough to transport a battalion (so stop talking about airborne brigade), An-26 will be recaptured soon, I really don't know how many of them is able to fly now (they are form 1971-73).
- 18th battalion has received HMMWVs this year and 6th will receive them in 2006 - we have no copter nor plane that is capable to transport HMMWV (I know it's a pity).
- there is no chance to that we will receive new equipment, in fact we will have a problem to keep current numbers of copters (there is about 25 Mi-8 and 24 Mi-24D copters that need replacement over next 5 years).
So making this brigade airborne is someones wet dream that has nothing to do with reality.
In service:
9mm WIST type 94 self loading pistol / 9mm Pistolet samopowtarzalny WIST wz. 94 (WIST-94)
9mm GLOCK self loading pistol / 9mm Pistolet samopowtarzalny GLOCK
9mm Glauberyt type 98 machine pistol / 9mm Pistolet Maszynowy Glauberyt wz. 98 (PM-98)
9mm Glauberyt type 84P machine pistol / 9mm Pistolet Maszynowy Glauberyt wz. 84P (PM-84P)
9mm "Rak" type 63 machine pistol / 9mm Pistolet Maszynowy "Rak" wz. 63 (PM-63)
7.62mm AKMS automatic rifle / 7,62mm karabinek automatyczny AKMS
5.56mm Beryl type 96 automatic rifle / 5,56mm karabinek automatyczny Beryl wz. 96
5.56 Mini-Beryl type 96 carrabine / 5,56mm subkarabinek automatyczny Mini-Beryl wz. 96
7.62mm UKM type 2000P machinegun / 7,62mm karabin maszynowy UKM wz. 2000P
12.7mm NSW machinegun / 12,7mm wielkokalibrowy karabin maszynowy NSW
12.7 WKM-B machinegun / 12,7mm wielkokalibrowy karabin maszynowy WKM-B
40mm Pallad-D type 83 grenade launcher / 40mm granatnik samodzielny Pallad-D wz. 83
Mortars / Moździeże
AT luncher / Wyrzutnia ppk
Spike
Sights and other / Celowniki i inne
PCS-5
PSO-1
EOTech
Beryl rail / szyna Beryla
Beryl ironsight / mechaniczny celownik Beryla
RPG
Prototypes and other:
9mm VIS type 35 self loading pistol / 9mm Pistolet samopowtarzalny VIS wz. 35
9mm MAG type 95 self loading pistol / 9mm Pistolet Samopowtarzalny MAG wz. 95 (MAG-95)
5.56mm Beryl type 2003 automatic rifle / 5,56mm karabinek automatyczny Beryl wz. 2003
5.56mm Mini-Beryl type 2003 carrabine / 5,56mm subkarabinek automatyczny Mini-Beryl wz. 2003
5.56mm RKM type 2003 machinegun / 5,56mm karabinek maszynowy RKM wz. 2003
12.7mm WKW type 2003 anti armor rifle / 12,7mm wielkokalibrowy karabin wyborowy WKW wz. 2003
40mm GP-40 type 2001 under barrel grenade launcher / 40mm granatnik podwieszany GP-40 wz. 2001
40mm GA-40 automatic grenade launcher / 40mm granatnik automatyczny GA-40
Most of this pictures was made by person known to me as Zoloq.
More photos of Rosomak:
Last edited by corran.pl; 11-29-2005 at 08:31 AM.
First 22 "Dzik-3" armored vehicles delivered to Iraq (by An-124).
maybe in the distant future we'll get the AN 400 Airbus,
you mean A400M? dobut that, its not cheap toy.
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