Composition and Armament
The 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.
| Regiment | Brigade | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | |||||||||||||
| officers | 36 | 232 (373) | |||||||||||
| privates and NCOs | 838 | 5 911 (6 911) | |||||||||||
| horses Cavalry horses Pack horses Cart-horses Total |
616 43 221 920 |
5 194 (6 291) |
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| 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 | |||||||||||||
| Vis pistols | 133 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| wz. 34 or wz.29 armoured car | 8 | ||||||||||||
| reconnaissance tankette TKS or TK-3 | 13 | ||||||||||||
Read more about this topic: Polish Cavalry Brigade Order Of Battle In 1939
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