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href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Army&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish Army">Polish Army</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Ground warfare branch of Poland's military forces</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl">Wojska Lądowe</i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Military eagle" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg/130px-POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="130" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg/195px-POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg/260px-POL_Wojska_L%C4%85dowe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Military_eagle" title="Military eagle">Military eagle</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1918<span class="noprint">; 106 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1918</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ground_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Ground forces">Ground forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">59,106 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces" title="Polish Armed Forces">Polish Armed Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">"<span title="Polish-language text"><span lang="pl" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/My,_Pierwsza_Brygada" class="mw-redirect" title="My, Pierwsza Brygada">Marsz Pierwszej Brygady</a></span></span>" (English: <span lang="en">"March of the First Brigade"</span>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War" title="Polish–Ukrainian War">Polish–Ukrainian War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Czechoslovak_War" title="Polish–Czechoslovak War">Polish–Czechoslovak War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_War" title="Polish–Lithuanian War">Polish–Lithuanian War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" title="Polish Armed Forces in the West">Western Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_East" title="Polish Armed Forces in the East">Eastern Front</a></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/War_on_Terror" class="mw-redirect" title="War on Terror">War on Terror</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Invasion of Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–present)">War in Afghanistan</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/President_of_Poland" title="President of Poland">Commander-in-Chief</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/25px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/38px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/50px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2481" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Duda" title="Andrzej Duda">Andrzej Duda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defence_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of National Defence (Poland)">Minister of National Defence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="no"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/25px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/38px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/POL_Flaga_MON.svg/50px-POL_Flaga_MON.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kosiniak-Kamysz" title="Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz">Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Polish_General_Staff" title="Polish General Staff">Chief of the General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg/25px-Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg/38px-Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg/50px-Flaga_Szefa_Sztabu_Generalnego_Wojska_Polskiego.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/General_(Poland)" title="General (Poland)">General</a> <a href="/wiki/Wies%C5%82aw_Kuku%C5%82a" title="Wiesław Kukuła">Wiesław Kukuła</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_General_Command_(Poland)" title="Armed Forces General Command (Poland)">General Commander</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png/25px-DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png/38px-DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png/50px-DG_RSZ_oznk_rozp.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lieutenant_General_(Poland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lieutenant General (Poland) (page does not exist)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Marek_Soko%C5%82owski" title="Marek Sokołowski">Marek Sokołowski</a> (Interim)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operational_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operational Command (page does not exist)">Operational Command</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow%C3%B3dca_Operacyjny_Rodzaj%C3%B3w_Si%C5%82_Zbrojnych" class="extiw" title="pl:Dowódca Operacyjny Rodzajów Sił Zbrojnych">pl</a>]</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flaga_Dow%C3%B3dcy_Operacyjnego_Rodzaj%C3%B3w_Si%C5%82_Zbrojnych.svg/25px-Flaga_Dow%C3%B3dcy_Operacyjnego_Rodzaj%C3%B3w_Si%C5%82_Zbrojnych.svg.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="21" 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the Land Forces</th><td class="infobox-data">Major General Piotr Trytek</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Flag<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1681" data-file-height="801" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Banner of the Commander in Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/80px-Flag_of_the_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/120px-Flag_of_the_Commander-in-Chief_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, 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They currently contain some 110,000<sup id="cite_ref-auto_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> active personnel and form many components of the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> and <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> deployments around the world. Poland's recorded military history stretches back a <a href="/wiki/Millennium" title="Millennium">millennium</a> – since the 10th century (see <a href="/wiki/List_of_Polish_wars" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Polish wars">List of Polish wars</a> and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Polish_Army" title="History of the Polish Army">History of the Polish Army</a>). <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland's</a> modern army was formed after Poland <a href="/wiki/Partitions_of_Poland" title="Partitions of Poland">regained independence</a> following <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> in 1918. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1918–1938"><span id="1918.E2.80.931938"></span>1918–1938</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1918–1938"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War_Polish_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish–Soviet War Polish order of battle">Polish–Soviet War Polish order of battle</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_defence_of_Warsaw,_120_mm_battery.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg/220px-The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg/330px-The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg/440px-The_defence_of_Warsaw%2C_120_mm_battery.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption>Polish 120 mm battery during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)" title="Battle of Warsaw (1920)">Battle of Warsaw</a>; <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a>, August 1920</figcaption></figure> <p>When Poland regained independence in 1918, it recreated its military which participated in the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a> of 1919–1921, and in the two smaller conflicts ( <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Ukrainian_War" title="Polish–Ukrainian War">Polish–Ukrainian War</a> (1918–1919) and the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_War" title="Polish–Lithuanian War">Polish–Lithuanian War</a> (1919–1920)). </p><p>Initially, right after the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, Poland had five military districts (1918–1921): </p> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pozna%C5%84_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poznań Military District (page does not exist)">Poznań Military District</a> (Poznański Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84" title="Poznań">Poznań</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Krak%C3%B3w_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kraków Military District (page does not exist)">Kraków Military District</a> (Krakowski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Łódź Military District (page does not exist)">Łódź Military District</a> (Łódzki Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in <a href="/wiki/%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA" title="Łódź">Łódź</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Military_District" title="Warsaw Military District">Warsaw Military District</a> (Warszawski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lublin_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lublin Military District (page does not exist)">Lublin Military District</a> (Lubelski Okręg Wojskowy), HQ in <a href="/wiki/Lublin" title="Lublin">Lublin</a>.</li></ul> <p>The Polish Land Forces as readied for the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War" title="Polish–Soviet War">Polish–Soviet War</a> was made up of soldiers who had formerly served in the various partitioning empires, supported by some international volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-KoscSq_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KoscSq-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There appear to have been a total of around thirty Polish divisions involved. <a href="/wiki/Boris_Savinkov" title="Boris Savinkov">Boris Savinkov</a> was at the head of an army of 20,000 to 30,000 largely Russian POWs, and was accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Merezhkovsky" title="Dmitry Merezhkovsky">Dmitry Merezhkovsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zinaida_Gippius" title="Zinaida Gippius">Zinaida Gippius</a>. The Polish forces grew from approximately 100,000 in 1918 to over 500,000 in early 1920.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 1920, the Polish army had reached a total strength of 737,767 people. Half of that was on the frontline. Given Soviet losses, there was rough numerical parity between the two armies. By the time of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1920)" title="Battle of Warsaw (1920)">Battle of Warsaw</a> Poles might have even had a slight advantage in numbers and logistics.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the major formations involved on the Polish side were a number of <a href="/wiki/Front_(military_formation)" title="Front (military formation)">Fronts</a>, including the <a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_Litewsko-Bia%C5%82oruski" class="extiw" title="pl:Front Litewsko-Białoruski">Lithuanian-Belarusian Front</a>, and about seven armies, including the <a href="/wiki/First_Polish_Army_(1920)" title="First Polish Army (1920)">First Polish Army</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1939–1945"><span id="1939.E2.80.931945"></span>1939–1945</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1939–1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Polish_army_order_of_battle_in_1939" title="Polish army order of battle in 1939">Polish army order of battle in 1939</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:7TP_Polish_Tank.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/7TP_Polish_Tank.png/220px-7TP_Polish_Tank.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/7TP_Polish_Tank.png/330px-7TP_Polish_Tank.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/7TP_Polish_Tank.png/440px-7TP_Polish_Tank.png 2x" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption>Polish army's <a href="/wiki/7TP" title="7TP">7TP</a> tanks on military manoeuvres before the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">Invasion of Poland</a> by Nazi Germany, 1939.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="German invasion of Poland">German invasion of Poland</a> began on 1 September 1939. The <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> seized half of Poland quickly despite heavy Polish resistance. Among the erroneous myths generated by this campaign were accounts of <a href="/wiki/Polish_cavalry" title="Polish cavalry">Polish cavalry</a> charging German tanks, which did not, in fact, take place. In the east, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> took the other half of the country in accordance with the <a href="/wiki/Nazi-Soviet_Pact" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi-Soviet Pact">Nazi-Soviet Pact</a>. Following the country's fall, Polish soldiers began regrouping in what was to become the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Army_in_France_(1939%E2%80%931940)" title="Polish Army in France (1939–1940)">Polish Army in France</a>. </p><p>Both the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_West" title="Polish Armed Forces in the West">Polish Armed Forces in the West</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_in_the_East" title="Polish Armed Forces in the East">Polish Armed Forces in the East</a>, as well as interior (partisan) forces, primarily represented by the <a href="/wiki/Home_Army" title="Home Army">Home Army</a> (AK) had land forces during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. While the forces fighting under the Allied banner were supported by the Polish Air Force and Navy, the partisan forces were an exclusively land formation. </p><p>The army operational today has its roots in the surrogate force formed in support of Soviet interests during the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of Poland">People's Republic of Poland</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. Two Polish armies, the <a href="/wiki/First_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="First Polish Army (1944–1945)">First Army (Poland)</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Army (Poland)">Second Army</a> fought with the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Eastern Front (World War II)">Eastern Front</a>, supported by some <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_of_the_Polish_Army" title="Air Force of the Polish Army">Polish Air Force elements</a>. The formation of a Third Army had begun but was not completed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1945–1989"><span id="1945.E2.80.931989"></span>1945–1989</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1945–1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Army_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish People's Army order of battle">Polish People's Army order of battle</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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Territorial Defence Force of Poland"><img alt="Insignia of the Territorial Defence Force of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg/30px-POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg/45px-POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg/60px-POL_Wojska_Obrony_Terytorialnej.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="1061" /></a></span><span class="nowrap">  </span><b><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defence_Force_(Poland)" title="Territorial Defence Force (Poland)">Territorial Defence Force</a></b></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:#cda;"> <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Polish_Army" title="History of the Polish Army">History</a></th></tr><tr><td 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title="Special:EditPage/Template:Polish Army"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg/220px-Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg/330px-Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg/440px-Polish_flag_1945_Berlin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="518" /></a><figcaption>Polish flag raised over <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Victory_Column" title="Berlin Victory Column">Victory Column</a>; <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, 2 May 1945</figcaption></figure> <p>The end of the war found the Polish Army in the midst of intense organisational development. Although the implementation of the Polish Front concept was abandoned, new tactical units and troop types were created. As a result of mobilisation, troop numbers in May 1945 reached 370,000 soldiers, and in September 1945 there were 440,000. <a href="/wiki/Military_district" title="Military district">Military districts</a> were organised in liberated areas. The districts exercised direct authority over the units stationed on the territory administered by them. </p><p>Returning to Poland, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Army_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Army (Poland)">Second Army</a> was tasked with the protection of the western border of the state from <a href="/wiki/Jelenia_Gora" class="mw-redirect" title="Jelenia Gora">Jelenia Gora</a> to Kamien Pomorski, and on the basis of its headquarters, the staff of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Poznan_Military_District&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poznan Military District (page does not exist)">Poznan Military District</a> was created at Poznań. The southern border, from Jelenia Gora to the Użok railway station (at the junction of the Polish, the Soviet and the Czechoslovak borders) was occupied by the <a href="/wiki/First_Polish_Army_(1944%E2%80%931945)" title="First Polish Army (1944–1945)">First Army</a>. Its headquarters staff formed the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Military_District" title="Silesian Military District">Silesian Military District</a>. </p><p>In mid-1945, after the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the Polish Army, as part of the overall armed forces, the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Army_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Army of Poland">People's Army of Poland</a>, was divided into six (later seven) districts. These were the Warsaw Military District, HQ in Warsaw, the Lublin Military District, HQ in Lublin, the Kraków Military District, HQ in Kraków, the Lodz Military District, HQ in Lodz, the Poznan Military District, HQ in Poznan, the Pomeranian Military District, HQ in Torun (formed from the staff of the short-lived LWP 1st Army Corps) and the Silesian Military District, HQ in Katowice, created in the fall of 1945. </p><p>In June 1945 the 1st, 3rd and 8th Infantry Divisions were assigned internal security duties. The <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(Poland)" title="4th Infantry Division (Poland)">4th Infantry Division</a> was reorganised for the purpose of creating the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Security_Corps" title="Internal Security Corps">Internal Security Corps</a> (KBW). The rule was that military units were used primarily against the <a href="/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army" title="Ukrainian Insurgent Army">Ukrainian Insurgent Army</a> (UPA), while the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Security_Corps" title="Internal Security Corps">Internal Security Corps</a> was used to fight the armed underground independence. </p><p>Often however army units fought the underground resistance, and <i>vice versa</i>. The culmination of the UPA suppression operation was the so-called 'Wisła Action' (<a href="/wiki/Operation_Vistula" title="Operation Vistula">Operation Vistula</a>) which took place in 1947. At the same time <a href="/wiki/Demobilisation" class="mw-redirect" title="Demobilisation">demobilisation</a> took place, moving the armed forces to a peacetime footing. On 10 August 1945 a "decree of the partial demobilisation" of the armed forces was issued. The next demobilisation phases took place in February and December 1946. </p><p>One of the most important tasks facing the army after the war was mine clearance. Between 1944 and 1956 the demining operation involved 44 engineering units or about 19,000 sappers. They cleared mines and other munitions in a clearance area of more than 250,000 square kilometers (80% of the country). 14.75 million munitions of various types and 59 million bullets, bombs and other ammunition were found and removed. The mining operations cost the lives of 646 sappers. </p><p>In 1949 the military districts were reduced to four. They were the <a href="/wiki/Pomeranian_Military_District" title="Pomeranian Military District">Pomeranian Military District</a>, HQ in Bydgoszcz, the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Military_District" title="Silesian Military District">Silesian Military District</a>, HQ in Wroclaw, the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Military_District" title="Warsaw Military District">Warsaw Military District</a>, HQ in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a>, and the Kraków Military District with its headquarters in Kraków. In November 1953, the Kraków Military District was dissolved and until 1992, Poland was divided into three districts. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg/220px-DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg/330px-DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg/440px-DP_LMG_Polish_Army.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="362" /></a><figcaption>Soldier of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Army" title="Polish People's Army">Polish People's Army</a> firing a <a href="/wiki/DP_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="DP machine gun">DP</a> light machine gun</figcaption></figure> <p>Following victory and the movement of Polish borders these troops and other Polish soldiers thought loyal to their Soviet overlords were built up into a force which was to form part of the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a>. Polish Army troops would have formed part of the second strategic echelon deployed for an attack on <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Allied_Forces_Central_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied Forces Central Europe">Allied Forces Central Europe</a>. </p><p>A <a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polish Front (page does not exist)">Polish Front</a> headquarters was formed in 1958, along with three armies formed from 1955, the First Polish Army, the Second Army, and the Fourth Army, mobilisation-only headquarters that were to be formed within the three districts.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Polish Front headquarters was deactivated in 1990, and the three-army mobilisation scheme was likewise abandoned. Polish land forces during the communist era included troops dedicated to internal security – the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defense_Forces_(Poland)" title="Territorial Defense Forces (Poland)">Territorial Defence Forces</a> – and control of the country's borders.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_communism" class="mw-redirect" title="Fall of communism">fall of communism</a> the army's prestige continued to fall, as it was used by the communist government to violently suppress several outbursts of protest, including the <a href="/wiki/Pozna%C5%84_1956_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Poznań 1956 protests">Poznań 1956 protests</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Polish_1970_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish 1970 protests">Polish 1970 protests</a>, and protests during <a href="/wiki/Martial_law_in_Poland" title="Martial law in Poland">Martial law in Poland</a> in 1981–1982. Troops of the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Military_District" title="Silesian Military District">Silesian Military District</a> also took part in the suppressing of the 1968 democratisation process of Czechoslovakia, commonly known as the <a href="/wiki/Prague_Spring" title="Prague Spring">Prague Spring</a>. </p><p>In 1989 the Pomeranian Military District controlled the 8th, 12th, 15th, 16th, and 20th Divisions, the Silesian Military District controlled the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th, and 11th Divisions, and the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Military_District" title="Warsaw Military District">Warsaw Military District</a> the 1st, 3rd, and 9th Divisions, plus the 6th Airborne Division earmarked for Front control.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 7th Sea Landing Division was based within the Pomeranian Military District but probably earmarked for front control. The two districts facing Germany each controlled four divisions in 1990, which had been recently reorganised, in line with the late 1990s Soviet defensive doctrine, from a 3:1 mix of motor rifle : tank regiments into a 2:2 mix of motor rifle and tank regiments.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Military_District" title="Warsaw Military District">Warsaw Military District</a> in the east controlled only the <a href="/wiki/1st_Mechanised_Division_(Poland)" title="1st Mechanised Division (Poland)">1st Mechanised Division</a>. Two other mechanised divisions in that district had been disbanded in 1988. There was also the 6th Airborne Division and the <a href="/wiki/7th_Coastal_Defense_Brigade" title="7th Coastal Defense Brigade">7th Sea Landing Division</a>, possibly intended to form part of a <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Pact" title="Warsaw Pact">Warsaw Pact</a> attack on <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, to open the Baltic straits to the North Sea and beyond. There were 205,000 personnel, of which 168,000 were conscripts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Since_1989">Since 1989</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Since 1989"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg/220px-Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg/330px-Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg/440px-Anakonda_2016_160611-A-TP612-018.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4920" data-file-height="2767" /></a><figcaption>Polish soldiers during Anakonda 2016 exercises</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Cold_War_(1985%E2%80%931991)" title="Cold War (1985–1991)">end of the Cold War</a> the Wojska Lądowe was drastically reduced and reorganised. </p><p>In 1992, the Kraków Military District was recreated. From nine divisions, the total was planned in 2001 to fall to four, plus six independent brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1 January 1999, Poland has been divided into two military districts. These are the <a href="/wiki/Pomeranian_Military_District" title="Pomeranian Military District">Pomeranian Military District</a> (<i>Pomorski Okręg Wojskowy</i>) with HQ in <a href="/wiki/Bydgoszcz" title="Bydgoszcz">Bydgoszcz</a>, covering northern Poland, and the <a href="/wiki/Silesian_Military_District" title="Silesian Military District">Silesian Military District</a> (<i>Śląski Okręg Wojskowy</i>) with HQ in <a href="/wiki/Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Wrocław">Wrocław</a>, covering southern Poland. </p><p>From that date the former Krakow Military District became the headquarters of the Air-Mechanized Corps, which later became the headquarters of the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Mechanised_Corps_(Poland)" title="2nd Mechanised Corps (Poland)">2nd Mechanised Corps</a>. On 1 September 2011 the <a href="/wiki/1st_Mechanised_Division_(Poland)" title="1st Mechanised Division (Poland)">1st Warsaw Mechanised Division</a> was disbanded. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg/220px-PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg/330px-PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg/440px-PKW_Afganistan_25.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" /></a><figcaption>A Polish Military Contingent in Afghanistan - <a href="/wiki/KTO_Rosomak" title="KTO Rosomak">KTO Rosomak</a></figcaption></figure> <p>General <a href="/wiki/Edward_Pietrzyk" title="Edward Pietrzyk">Edward Pietrzyk</a> served as commander of the Polish Land Forces from 2000 to September 2006. He was succeeded by General Waldemar Skrzypczak (2006–2009). </p><p>In May 2014, Defence Minister <a href="/wiki/Tomasz_Siemoniak" title="Tomasz Siemoniak">Tomasz Siemoniak</a> announced plans for the future acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Attack_helicopters" class="mw-redirect" title="Attack helicopters">attack helicopters</a> in response to the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Ukrainian war">Russo-Ukrainian war</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 November 2015, chief of National Defence Commission Michał Jach, indicated the necessity to increase the number of Polish troops from 100,000 to 150,000. However, Jach stressed that the process was complicated and should not be rushed.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 17, 2022, after the <a href="/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine">Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022</a> and the increase of the Polish armed forces to 300,000. the formation of two new mechanized divisions was announced.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Participation_in_peacekeeping_operations">Participation in peacekeeping operations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Participation in peacekeeping operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the 1950s the Polish Land Forces have contributed troops to peacekeeping operations, initially the <a href="/wiki/Neutral_Nations_Supervisory_Commission" title="Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission">Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission</a> in <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>. Poland contributed troops to the <a href="/wiki/UNIFIL" class="mw-redirect" title="UNIFIL">UNIFIL</a> mission in Lebanon between 1982 and 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Poland sent a divisional headquarters and a brigade to Iraq after the <a href="/wiki/2003_Iraq_war" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Iraq war">2003 Iraq war</a>. Poland sent ten rotations of troops, manning a significant portion of <a href="/wiki/Multinational_Division_Central-South" title="Multinational Division Central-South">Multinational Division Central-South</a>. At its peak Poland, had 2,500 soldiers in the south of Iraq. </p><p>Poland deployed about ten attack and transport helicopters as part of its force in Iraq between 2004 and 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These helicopters formed the Independent Air Assault Group (<a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samodzielna_Grupa_Powietrzno-Szturmowa" class="extiw" title="pl:Samodzielna Grupa Powietrzno-Szturmowa">pl:Samodzielna Grupa Powietrzno-Szturmowa</a>). The division was disbanded in 2008. A Polish Military Advisory Liaison Team (MALT) stayed in Iraq until at least 2011 (see <a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/PKW_Irak" class="extiw" title="pl:PKW Irak">pl:PKW Irak</a>). </p><p>One of the most recent peace keeping missions was <a href="/wiki/MINURCAT" class="mw-redirect" title="MINURCAT">MINURCAT</a> in Chad and the <a href="/wiki/Central_African_Republic" title="Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a>, where Poland despatched troops from 2007 to 2010. Among the deployed troops were two <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance" title="Reconnaissance">Reconnaissance</a> companies, a <a href="/wiki/Military_Gendarmerie" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Gendarmerie">Military Gendarmerie</a> unit, a component of the 10th Logistics Brigade, elements of the 5th <a href="/wiki/Military_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Engineers">Military Engineers</a> Regiment, and three <a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-17" title="Mil Mi-17">Mil Mi-17</a> helicopters. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment_and_modernization">Equipment and modernization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Equipment and modernization"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces" title="List of equipment of the Polish Land Forces">List of equipment of the Polish Land Forces</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg/220px-K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg/330px-K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg/440px-K2_Tank_Joins_the_Fight_with_eFP_Battle_Group_Poland_-_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480" /></a><figcaption>A Polish <a href="/wiki/K2_Black_Panther#Poland" title="K2 Black Panther">K2</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Leopard_2PL_-_Szkolenie_Wojska_Polskiego_w_Nowej_D%C4%99bie_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1113" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Leopard_2PL" title="Leopard 2PL">Leopard 2PL</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 2019 a new long-term program designed to modernize the Polish Armed Forces was introduced. Over the period of the next 10 to 14 years a large portion of the equipment currently being used by the Polish Army will be either upgraded or replaced. Some elements of this program are already in place. The Polish Ministry of Defence signed a contract aiming at modernization of all <a href="/wiki/Leopard_2" title="Leopard 2">Leopard 2</a> main battle tanks used by the Polish Army to the Leopard 2PL standard. The completion of this program is planned to take place prior to 2023. The first Leopard 2PL arrived in March 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Polish Army has 1,009 tanks (2017) including 249 <a href="/wiki/Leopard_2" title="Leopard 2">Leopard 2</a> tanks (117 Leopard 2A4, 105 Leopard 2A5, 25 <a href="/wiki/Leopard_2PL" title="Leopard 2PL">Leopard 2PL</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2 Leopard 2NJ), 232 <a href="/wiki/PT-91_Twardy" title="PT-91 Twardy">PT-91</a> tanks, that underwent modernization in 2016, and 328 <a href="/wiki/T-72" title="T-72">T-72</a> tanks. 230 of the T-72s are being upgraded by the <a href="/wiki/Bumar-%C5%81ab%C4%99dy" title="Bumar-Łabędy">Bumar-Łabędy</a> arms manufacturing plant. Improvements include: installation of new radio communication systems, digital engine control and start-up system, 3rd generation thermal imaging cameras, external transport baskets, and any necessary overhauls and repairs that can improve their longevity and combat ability on the modern battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Poland has donated over 200 T-72 tanks to Ukraine's army, along with dozens of other armored vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the invasion, the Polish government has expedited the process of modernization of the military equipment. In July 2022, Poland signed a contract to acquire 1000 <a href="/wiki/K2_Black_Panther" title="K2 Black Panther">K2 Black Panther</a> tanks and 460 <a href="/wiki/K9_Thunder" title="K9 Thunder">K9 Thunder</a> howitzers from South Korea for (the cost for the latter was US$2.4 billion). The first batch of K2 tanks and K9 howitzers was delivered in December 2022. Further deliveries are scheduled for 2023-2026 period.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Looking towards the future, the 'Wilk' procurement program envisions the acquisition of up to 500 new tanks.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the T-72s and PT-91s will be replaced by <a href="/wiki/M1_Abrams" title="M1 Abrams">M1A2 Abrams SEPv3</a> main battle tanks (separate from the Wilk program) after Poland signed a contract to purchase 250 Abrams M1A2 SEPv3 tanks (plus ammunition, spare parts, training, and logistical vehicles) on April 6, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-SPZR_Poprad_Bull_Run-12_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1378" data-file-height="918" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Poprad_(self-propelled_anti-aircraft_missile_system)" title="Poprad (self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system)">Poprad Anti-Air missile system</a></figcaption></figure><p>For air and missile defense, acquisitions of <a href="/wiki/Poprad_(self-propelled_anti-aircraft_missile_system)" title="Poprad (self-propelled anti-aircraft missile system)">Poprad Anti-Air missile systems</a> - which covers very short range air defense (VSHORAD) - are in their final stages. Legacy systems will be replaced through the <i>Wisla</i> and <i>Narew</i> procurement programs. The <i>Wisla</i> program will procure medium range air defense platforms and is being fulfilled through the acquisition of 2 <a href="/wiki/MIM-104_Patriot#Future_operators" title="MIM-104 Patriot">Patriot air and missile defense</a> batteries integrated with <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Futures_Command#Integrated_Air_and_Missile_Defense_Battle_Command_System" title="United States Army Futures Command">IBCS</a> (delivery scheduled for late 2022), with plans to order six further batteries. The <i>Narew</i> program covers short range air defense (SHORAD) and is in its final stages of design selection and contract assignment. Considerable involvement of Polish defense contractors is being planned.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the invasion of Ukraine, Poland ordered 1 battery of the <a href="/wiki/CAMM_(missile_family)" title="CAMM (missile family)">Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM)</a> short-range air defense system from the UK<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a short-term stop-gap, with plans to eventually acquire 23 batteries for the NAREW program. </p><p>The Polish army has 863 new <a href="/wiki/KTO_Rosomak" title="KTO Rosomak">KTO Rosomak</a> multi-role wheeled armored personnel carriers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They will be combined with new <a href="/wiki/Borsuk_(infantry_fighting_vehicle)" title="Borsuk (infantry fighting vehicle)">BWP Borsuk</a> infantry fighting vehicle. The gradual replacement of older <a href="/wiki/BMP-1" title="BMP-1">BWP-1</a> with this particular new design is to start from 2023 onward (prototypes are currently being tested).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>New rifles (<a href="/wiki/FB_MSBS_Grot" title="FB MSBS Grot">FB MSBS Grot</a>) and pistols (<a href="/wiki/PR-15_Ragun" class="mw-redirect" title="PR-15 Ragun">Vis-100</a>) are being brought into service to supplement current <a href="/wiki/FB_Beryl" title="FB Beryl">FB Beryl</a> rifles as well as to replace <a href="/wiki/FB_P-83_Wanad" title="FB P-83 Wanad">FB P-83 Wanad</a> pistols and <a href="/wiki/AKM" title="AKM">AKM</a> rifles.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new Individual Warfare System "Tytan" (Titan) is being developed to integrate combat systems designed for individual soldiers and includes a personal computer, new protective uniform, modular body armor, night vision devices, advanced communication system, etc. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_(5).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG/220px-Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG/330px-Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG/440px-Warszawa_%E2%80%93_defilada_%E2%80%9ESilni_w_sojuszach%E2%80%9D_%285%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3176" data-file-height="1923" /></a><figcaption>An <a href="/wiki/AHS_Krab" title="AHS Krab">AHS Krab</a></figcaption></figure> <p>To modernize its artillery, Poland has purchased several systems including the <a href="/wiki/WR-40_Langusta" title="WR-40 Langusta">WR-40 Langusta</a> rocket launchers equipped with state-of-the-art Topaz fire control. In 2019 the Ministry of Military Affairs ordered 20 <a href="/wiki/M142_HIMARS" title="M142 HIMARS">M142 HIMARS</a> launchers plus support vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 122 new self-propelled NATO-compatible tracked <a href="/wiki/AHS_Krab" title="AHS Krab">AHS Krab</a> gun-howitzers will replace the <a href="/wiki/2S1_Go%C5%BAdzik" class="mw-redirect" title="2S1 Goździk">2S1 Goździk</a>, and new wheeled <a href="/wiki/AHS_Kryl" title="AHS Kryl">AHS Kryl</a> howitzers will replace the wz. 1977 Dana. Deliveries of 122 <a href="/wiki/M120_Rak" title="M120 Rak">M120 Rak</a> mortars have been ongoing since 2017, plus 60 command vehicles (based on the KTO Rosomak fighting platform) and support vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New reconnaissance vehicles, the Rosomak WRT, began entering into service after 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rank_insignia">Rank insignia</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Rank insignia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Polish_Armed_Forces_rank_insignia" title="Polish 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<th><a href="/wiki/Ranks_and_insignia_of_NATO" title="Ranks and insignia of NATO">NATO code</a></th> <th colspan="6">OR-9</th> <th colspan="2">OR-8</th> <th colspan="2">OR-7</th> <th colspan="6">OR-6</th> <th colspan="6">OR-5</th> <th colspan="4">OR-4</th> <th colspan="2">OR-3</th> <th colspan="6">OR-2</th> <th colspan="2">OR-1 </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td rowspan="2"><b><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Polish_Land_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1681" data-file-height="801" 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title="Platoon-leader (Poland)">Plutonowy</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Starszy kapral</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="6"><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Kapral</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Private_first_class" title="Private first class">Starszy szeregowy</a></i></span> </td> <td colspan="1"><span title="Polish-language text"><i lang="pl"><a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Szeregowy</a></i></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Organization"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="left:-6px;top:-6px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Warsaw"><img alt="Warsaw" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/18px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/24px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:7px"><div><b>Warsaw</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:36.923%;left:41.745%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="1 Aviation"><img alt="1 Aviation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/8px-Cyan_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/12px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/16px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">1 Aviation</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.231%;left:57.321%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="6 Airborne"><img alt="6 Airborne" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Blue_0080ff_pog.svg/8px-Blue_0080ff_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Blue_0080ff_pog.svg/12px-Blue_0080ff_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Blue_0080ff_pog.svg/16px-Blue_0080ff_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">6 Airborne</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:56.41%;left:58.1%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="25 Cavalry"><img alt="25 Cavalry" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">25 Cavalry</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.897%;left:52.336%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="16 Mech. Div."><img alt="16 Mech. Div." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div style="background-color:white"><b>16 Mech. Div.</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:12.564%;left:56.231%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="9 Armored"><img alt="9 Armored" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">9 Armored</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:17.692%;left:74.455%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="15 Mech."><img alt="15 Mech." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">15 Mech.</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:14.615%;left:65.576%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="20 Mech."><img alt="20 Mech." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">20 Mech.</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.128%;left:74.299%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="11 Art. Rgt."><img alt="11 Art. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/6px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/9px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>11 Art. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:13.846%;left:79.439%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="15 Air-Def. Rgt."><img alt="15 Air-Def. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/6px-Cyan_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/9px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/12px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>15 Air-Def. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.923%;left:79.128%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="18 Mech. Div."><img alt="18 Mech. Div." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div style="background-color:white"><b>18 Mech. Div.</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:45.385%;left:67.601%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="1 Armored"><img alt="1 Armored" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">1 Armored</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:79.487%;left:76.636%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="21 Podhale Rifles"><img alt="21 Podhale Rifles" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_008000_pog.svg/8px-Green_008000_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_008000_pog.svg/12px-Green_008000_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Green_008000_pog.svg/16px-Green_008000_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">21 Podhale Rifles</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.436%;left:6.854%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="12 Mech. Div."><img alt="12 Mech. Div." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/10px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/15px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/20px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div style="background-color:white"><b>12 Mech. Div.</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:25.641%;left:20.561%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="2 Mech."><img alt="2 Mech." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">2 Mech.</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:11.538%;left:30.218%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="7 Coastal"><img alt="7 Coastal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">7 Coastal</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.179%;left:7.321%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="12 Mech. 5 Engineer Rgt."><img alt="12 Mech. 5 Engineer Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">12 Mech.<br /><small>5 Engineer Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:47.949%;left:16.978%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="5 Art. Rgt."><img alt="5 Art. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/6px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/9px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>5 Art. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:15.385%;left:22.274%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="8 Air-Def. Rgt."><img alt="8 Air-Def. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/6px-Cyan_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/9px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/12px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>8 Air-Def. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.128%;left:14.174%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="11 Armored Div."><img alt="11 Armored Div." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/10px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/15px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/20px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:6px"><div style="background-color:white"><b>11 Armored Div.</b></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:57.436%;left:14.953%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="10 Armored"><img alt="10 Armored" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">10 Armored</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.564%;left:16.667%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="17 Mech"><img alt="17 Mech" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">17 Mech</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:55.128%;left:14.642%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="34 Armored"><img alt="34 Armored" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/8px-Orange_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/12px-Orange_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Orange_pog.svg/16px-Orange_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div style="background-color:white">34 Armored</div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:60.513%;left:16.511%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="23 Art. Rgt."><img alt="23 Art. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/6px-Yellow_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/9px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Yellow_pog.svg/12px-Yellow_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>23 Art. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:48.974%;left:14.953%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="4 Air-Def. Rgt."><img alt="4 Air-Def. Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/6px-Cyan_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/9px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Cyan_pog.svg/12px-Cyan_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>4 Air-Def. Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:67.436%;left:94.237%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="2 Recon Rgt."><img alt="2 Recon Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/6px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/9px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/12px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>2 Recon Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:16.667%;left:63.396%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="9 Recon Rgt."><img alt="9 Recon Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/6px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/9px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/12px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>9 Recon Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:32.051%;left:87.383%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="18 Recon Rgt."><img alt="18 Recon Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/6px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/9px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Lightgreen_pog.svg/12px-Lightgreen_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>18 Recon Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:66.667%;left:34.424%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="1 Combat Eng."><img alt="1 Combat Eng." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/6px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/9px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>1 Combat Eng.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:42.821%;left:64.33%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="2 Combat Eng."><img alt="2 Combat Eng." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/6px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/9px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>2 Combat Eng.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:37.179%;left:41.589%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="2 Engineer Rgt."><img alt="2 Engineer Rgt." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/6px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/9px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>2 Engineer Rgt.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:27.692%;left:7.321%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Polish Land Forces"><img alt="Polish Land Forces" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/6px-Black_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/9px-Black_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Black_pog.svg/12px-Black_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:30%;left:52.336%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="4 CBRN-Def."><img alt="4 CBRN-Def." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/6px-Purple_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/9px-Purple_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/12px-Purple_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>4 CBRN-Def.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:73.077%;left:47.352%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="5 CBRN-Def."><img alt="5 CBRN-Def." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/6px-Purple_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/9px-Purple_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Purple_pog.svg/12px-Purple_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div style="background-color:white"><small>5 CBRN-Def.</small></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:61.026%;left:81.931%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="19 Mech."><img alt="19 Mech." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/8px-Green_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/12px-Green_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Green_pog.svg/16px-Green_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div style="background-color:white">19 Mech.</div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Poland.svg" title="File:Relief Map of Poland.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>A map of Polish military units</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formations">Formations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Formations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Divisions">Divisions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Legions_Infantry_Division_(Poland)" title="1st Legions Infantry Division (Poland)">1st Legions Infantry Division</a></b>, in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warszawa</a> (being formed and will move to <a href="/wiki/Ciechan%C3%B3w" title="Ciechanów">Ciechanów</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Armored Legions Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Czerwony_B%C3%B3r,_Podlaskie_Voivodeship" title="Czerwony Bór, Podlaskie Voivodeship">Czerwony Bór</a></li> <li>Mechanized Legions Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a></li> <li>Mechanized Legions Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Alubowo" title="Ślubowo">Ślubowo</a></li> <li>Motorized Legions Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Kolno" title="Kolno">Kolno</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Cavalry_Division" title="11th Armoured Cavalry Division">11th Armored Cavalry Division</a></b>, in <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBaga%C5%84" title="Żagań">Żagań</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Cavalry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade">10th Armored Cavalry Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/%C5%9Awi%C4%99tosz%C3%B3w" title="Świętoszów">Świętoszów</a></li> <li>17th Mechanized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Mi%C4%99dzyrzecz" title="Międzyrzecz">Międzyrzecz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=34th_Armored_Cavalry_Brigade&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="34th Armored Cavalry Brigade (page does not exist)">34th Armored Cavalry Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBaga%C5%84" title="Żagań">Żagań</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/12th_Mechanised_Division_(Poland)" title="12th Mechanised Division (Poland)">12th “Szczecin” Mechanized Division</a></b>, in <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a> <ul><li>2nd Mechanized Legions Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Z%C5%82ocieniec" title="Złocieniec">Złocieniec-Budowo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Coastal_Defense_Brigade" title="7th Coastal Defense Brigade">7th “Pomeranian” Coastal Defence Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/S%C5%82upsk" title="Słupsk">Słupsk</a></li> <li>12th Mechanized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/16th_Infantry_Division_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Infantry Division (Poland)">16th “Pomeranian” Mechanized Division</a></b>, in <a href="/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g" title="Elbląg">Elbląg</a> <ul><li>9th Armored Cavalry Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Braniewo" title="Braniewo">Braniewo</a></li> <li>15th “Giżycka” Mechanized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Gi%C5%BCycko" title="Giżycko">Giżycko</a></li> <li>20th “Bartoszycka” Mechanized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Bartoszyce" title="Bartoszyce">Bartoszyce</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/18th_Mechanised_Division_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="18th Mechanised Division (Poland)">18th Mechanized Division</a></b>, in <a href="/wiki/Siedlce" title="Siedlce">Siedlce</a><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Brigade_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Armoured Brigade (Poland)">1st “Warsaw” Armored Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></li> <li>19th Mechanized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Lublin" title="Lublin">Lublin</a></li> <li>18th Motorized Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Poniatowa" title="Poniatowa">Poniatowa</a> (Brigade activated on 3 October 2023)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21st Podhale Rifles Brigade, in <a href="/wiki/Rzesz%C3%B3w" title="Rzeszów">Rzeszów</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>Before the end of 2023 will commence the formation of a sixth army division in the center of the country. Minister Błaszczak reiterated, that the future force structure of the Polish Land Forces will be built around "six well-armed divisions."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Independent_formations_and_units">Independent formations and units</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Independent formations and units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Aviation_Brigade_(Poland)" title="1st Aviation Brigade (Poland)">1st Aviation Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Inowroc%C5%82aw" title="Inowrocław">Inowrocław</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Brigade_(Poland)" title="6th Airborne Brigade (Poland)">6th Airborne Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Air_Cavalry_Brigade" title="25th Air Cavalry Brigade">25th Air Cavalry Brigade</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Tomasz%C3%B3w_Mazowiecki" title="Tomaszów Mazowiecki">Tomaszów Mazowiecki</a></li> <li>2nd Reconnaissance Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Hrubiesz%C3%B3w" title="Hrubieszów">Hrubieszów</a></li> <li>9th Reconnaissance Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Lidzbark_Warmi%C5%84ski" title="Lidzbark Warmiński">Lidzbark Warmiński</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Reconnaissance_Regiment_(Poland)" title="18th Reconnaissance Regiment (Poland)">18th Reconnaissance Regiment</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Bia%C5%82ystok" title="Białystok">Białystok</a></li> <li>1st Combat Engineer Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Brzeg" title="Brzeg">Brzeg</a></li> <li>2nd Combat Engineer Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Kazu%C5%84_Nowy" title="Kazuń Nowy">Kazuń Nowy</a></li> <li>2nd Engineer Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Inowroc%C5%82aw" title="Inowrocław">Inowrocław</a></li> <li>5th Engineer Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Szczecin</a></li> <li>4th CBRN defense Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Brodnica" title="Brodnica">Brodnica</a></li> <li>5th CBRN defense Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Tarnowskie_G%C3%B3ry" title="Tarnowskie Góry">Tarnowskie Góry</a></li> <li>2nd Radio-Electronic Reconnaissance Regiment, in <a href="/wiki/Przasnysz" title="Przasnysz">Przasnysz</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arms_of_Service">Arms of Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Arms of Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armored_%26_Mechanized_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Armored & Mechanized Forces (page does not exist)">Armored & Mechanized Forces</a> (<i>Wojska Pancerne i Zmechanizowane</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Missile_Forces_and_Field_Artillery_(Poland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Missile Forces and Field Artillery (Poland) (page does not exist)">Missile Forces and Field Artillery</a> (<i>Wojska Rakietowe i Artyleria</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Air_Defense_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Air Defense Forces (page does not exist)">Air Defense Forces</a> (<i>Wojska Obrony Przeciwlotniczej</i>)</li> <li>Air-mobile (<a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">Airborne</a>) Forces (<i>Wojska Aeromobilne</i>)</li> <li>Polish Corps of Engineers (<i>Wojska Inżynieryjne</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reconnaissance_%26_Early_Warning&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reconnaissance & Early Warning (page does not exist)">Reconnaissance & Early Warning</a> (<i>Rozpoznanie i Wczesne Ostrzeganie</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Signals_%26_Information_Technology_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Signals & Information Technology Forces (page does not exist)">Signals & Information Technology Forces</a> (<i>Wojska Łączności i Informatyki</i>)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chemical_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chemical Forces (page does not exist)">Chemical Forces</a> (<i>Wojska Chemiczne</i>)</li> <li>Logistics and Support (<i>Logistyka</i>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Polish_armoured_fighting_vehicles" title="List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles">List of Polish armoured fighting vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Podhale_Rifles" title="Podhale Rifles">Podhale Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Defence_Force_(Poland)" title="Territorial Defence Force (Poland)">Territorial Defence Force (Poland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountain_warfare" title="Mountain warfare">Mountain warfare</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polish_Land_Forces&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bip.mon.gov.pl/pliki/file/wersja%20polska.ppt">the original</a> on 11 October 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="/wiki/Belgian_Land_Component" title="Belgian Land Component">Belgian Land Component</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria"><img alt="Bulgaria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bulgarian_Land_Forces" title="Bulgarian Land Forces">Bulgarian Land Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada"><img alt="Canada" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Army" title="Canadian Army">Canadian Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia"><img alt="Croatia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Croatian_Army" title="Croatian Army">Croatian Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Czech_Land_Forces" title="Czech Land Forces">Czech Land Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark"><img alt="Denmark" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Danish_Army" title="Royal Danish Army">Royal Danish Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Land_Forces" title="Estonian Land Forces">Estonian Land Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Finnish_Army" title="Finnish Army">Finnish Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/German_Army" title="German Army">German Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece"><img alt="Greece" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hellenic_Army" title="Hellenic Army">Hellenic Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_Ground_Forces" title="Hungarian Ground Forces">Hungarian Ground Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland"><img alt="Iceland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/21px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/32px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/42px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1250" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Iceland_Crisis_Response_Unit" title="Iceland Crisis Response Unit">Iceland Crisis Response Unit</a></span></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Land_Forces" title="Latvian Land Forces">Latvian Land Forces</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Land_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian Land Force">Lithuanian Land Force</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg"><img alt="Luxembourg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Luxembourg Army">Luxembourg Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro"><img alt="Montenegro" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/23px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/35px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/46px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Montenegrin_Ground_Army" title="Montenegrin Ground Army">Montenegrin Ground Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Army" title="Royal Netherlands Army">Royal Netherlands Army</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia"><img alt="North Macedonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_North_Macedonia.svg.png 1.5x, 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