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bron panzerna 7TP polish tankette TKS

Polska Polish Armor in 1939 Polska
BuiltNameTypeArmament [ammoload] Bottom ArmorRoof ArmorForward ArmorSide ArmorRear ArmorTurret Armor Speed (kmph)CrewWeightEngineRangeNote
~300TK-3tankette7,92mm [1800] 7mm4mm6..8mm8mm6..8mm-4622,43 t40 hp200 km licensed Vickers Carden-Loyd Mark VI
390 *1TKS7,92mm [2400] 5mm3mm8..10mm8..10mm8..10mm-402,6 t46 hp180 km
132 *27TPlight tank 37mm/L45 [80] + 7,92mm [3960] 9,5mm5..10mm17mm13mm13mm15mm3739,9 t110 hp150 km licensed Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Tank Mark E
~87 *3Wz.34 armored car7,92mm [2000] 03..8mm50..5522,2 t20..25 hp200 km modified Wz.28

Notes:
 *1 including 10 or 20 tankettes (weight 2,8 t) armed with 20mm wz.38 FK-A automatic cannon.
*2 including 24 tanks of the twin-turret version (weight 9,4 t) armed with 2 x 7.92mm MGs.
*2 plus 16 twin-turret and 16 single-turret of British Vickers E ("6 tonn").
*3 including ~30 armored cars armed with 37mm SA18 Puteaux cannon [96 shells].
*3 plus 13 other armored cars.

Also Poland in 1939 still had 45 Renault FT and 45 R-35 tanks.

armored car wz.34 polska Czolg 7TP
Polska samochod pancerny wz.34, czolg 7TP.

Guns
NameTypeCaliber/Length
Hotchkiss wz.25MG7.92mm
Browning wz.30MG7.92mm
FK-A wz.38auto cannon20mm/L73.5
SA18 Puteauxcannon37mm/L20
Bofors wz.37cannon37mm/L45

Woisko Polskoe formed in USSR were equipped by Soviet T-34, T-34/85, T-60, T-70, IS-2, KV-1, SU-57, SU-76, SU-85, SU-100, SU-152, ISU-122, ISU-152, BA-64.

Photo galleries of Soviet SPGs , T-34 , IS-2 , retransfered aid in Wojsko Polskie.

Polish forces at the western front used :
French Renault R-35 light tank, Renault UE infantry carrier in France, 1940.
British Mk.VIII A27 Cromwell and A30 Challenger cruiser tanks,
American M3 Lee and M4 Sherman medium tanks, M10 Achilles and T12 tank destroyers; British Archer tank destroyers and Sexton self-propelled howitzers; British Crusader AA and American MGMC M16 anti-aircraft vehicles; British Daimler Dingo, Humber, Staghound, Morris, Canadian Ford Lynx and GM Otter, American M8 Greyhound armored cars in Italy and Western Europe 1944-45 and also in North Africa 1942-43.

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