Special forces of Poland
Encyclopedia
Wojska Specjalne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, WS RP (en. Special Forces of Republic of Poland) is the 4th branch of Armed Forces of Republic of Poland
formed in early 2007. It is composed of 3 special units and command:
Historical: Cichociemni
, Polish Military Organisation
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| Heckler & Koch USP
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Glock 17
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Beretta 92
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| SIG P226
|| / || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol|| Used only by Formoza ||
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| Heckler & Koch MP5
|| || 9 mm Submachine Gun ||
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| FN P90
|| || 5.7 mm Submachine Gun || P90 TR is used by the special operations formation GROM ||
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| M14 rifle
|| || 7.62 mm Automatic Rifle || Used only by Formoza, lately upgraded to EBR standard ||
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| Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl || || 5.56 mm Assault Rifle || 1 PSK
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| M4 Carbine
|| || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||
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| F2000 || || 5.56 mm Bullpup rifle || GROM with EGLM granade launcher ||
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| Heckler & Koch G36
|| || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||
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| Heckler & Koch HK416 || || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||GROM is using Hk41D10RS and D145RS, 1 PSK is using D145RS or commonly D165RS variants ||
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| Remington 870
|| || 12 gauge Shotgun ||
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| SWD ||
|| 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle || Also used by Land Forces, some upgraded to polish SWD-M standard ||
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| Sako TRG
|| || 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Heckler & Koch PSG-1 || || 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle ||
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| Remington 700
|| || Sniper Rifle||
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| Mauser SP66 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Mauser 86 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Barrett M82 || || 12.7 mm Anti-Material Rifle ||
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| PKM
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||7.62x 54 R mm GPMG || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| UKM-2000
|| || 7.62x51 mm General Purpose Machine Gun || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Pallad grenade launcher
|| || 40x47 mm grenade launcher ||
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| AG-HK416
|| || grenade launcher
|| GROM and 1 PSK ||
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| FN Minimi
|| || 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun ||
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| Heckler & Koch AG36 || || Grenade Launcher ||
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| M203 || || 40x46 mm SR Grenade Launcher ||
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| H&K MZP-1 || || Grenade Launcher ||
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| Carl Gustav
|| || 84 mm Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Bor rifle || || Bolt-action 7.62x51mm sniper rifle ||
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| HMMWV || || Four-wheel Drive Multi-Purpose Vehicle || || 5 || Polish Armed Forces currently operate 222 different variants of HMMWVes (217 are operated by the Polish Land Forces
).
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| Toyota || || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle || Land Cruiser Hilux || ||Used by GROM and 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów
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| Land Rover Defender || || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle || 90 110 || 4 6 || Used by GROM and Formoza
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| Mercedes-Benz
|| || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle
Truck || G-class
Atego 1323AK || 6
10 || Polish Armed forces currently operate a total number of 140 G-class vehicles. The Land forces operate 121 GD 290s and MB290GD WDs. The military police uses 13 GD 290s.
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| Tarpan Honker
|| || 4x4 || Honker Skorpion 3 special version || || Used by 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów||
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| Star ||
|| Truck || Star 1444 (MAN TGM 18.280 BB) || 1 ||
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| Volvo
|| || Truck || Volvo FM 8x4
Volvo FM 6x6
Volvo FM 4x4 || 10
11
2 ||
Polish Armed Forces
Siły Zbrojne Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej are the national defense forces of Poland...
formed in early 2007. It is composed of 3 special units and command:
- Dowództwo Wojsk Specjalnych (Special Forces Command) based in KrakówKrakówKraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
- GROMGROMGROM is one of five special forces units of the Polish Armed Forces. It was officially activated on July 8, 1990...
based in Warszawa & GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the... - 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów1st Special Commando RegimentThe 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów, 1 PSK is one of the three special operations forces currently operating within the Polish military's structure, Special Forces of Poland....
- (1st Special Commando Regiment) based in LubliniecLubliniecLubliniec is a town in southern Poland with 29,359 inhabitants . It is the capital of Lubliniec County, part of Silesian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Częstochowa Voivodeship .-Geography:... - Morska Jednostka Działań SpecjalnychFORMOZAFormoza, MJDS en. "Naval Special Operations Unit", is a new name of the Polish Navy Special Operations Sections , now Special forces of Poland , which used to operate also under the name of Special Naval Frogmen Group...
(Formoza) - (Naval Special Operations Unit) based in GdyniaGdyniaGdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...
- GROM
Historical: Cichociemni
Cichociemni
Cichociemni were elite special-operations paratroops of the Polish Home Army of the Polish Army in exile, created in Great Britain during World War II to operate in occupied Poland.-The name:...
, Polish Military Organisation
Polish Military Organisation
Polish Military Organisation, PMO was a secret military organization created by Józef Piłsudski in August 1914, and officially named in November 1914, during World War I. Its tasks were to gather intelligence and sabotage the enemies of the Polish people...
Firearms
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| Heckler & Koch USP
Heckler & Koch USP
The USP is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.-History:...
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Glock 17
Glock pistol
The Glock pistol, sometimes referred to by the manufacturer as Glock "Safe Action" Pistol, is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock Ges.m.b.H., located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. The company's founder, engineer Gaston Glock, had no experience with firearm design or...
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| Beretta 92
Beretta 92
The Beretta 92 is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and manufactured by Beretta of Italy. The model 92 was designed in 1972 and production of many variants in different calibers continues today...
|| || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol ||
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| SIG P226
SIG P226
The SIG P226 is a full-sized, service-type pistol made by SIG Sauer. It is chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W, .357 SIG, and .22 Long Rifle. It is essentially the same basic design of the SIG P220, but developed to use higher capacity, staggered-column magazines in place of the...
|| / || 9 mm Semi-Auto Pistol|| Used only by Formoza ||
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| Heckler & Koch MP5
Heckler & Koch MP5
The Heckler & Koch MP5 is a 9mm submachine gun of German design, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH of Oberndorf am Neckar....
|| || 9 mm Submachine Gun ||
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| FN P90
FN P90
The FN P90 is a selective fire personal defense weapon designed and manufactured by FN Herstal in Belgium. The P90's name is taken from 1990, the year it was introduced...
|| || 5.7 mm Submachine Gun || P90 TR is used by the special operations formation GROM ||
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| M14 rifle
M14 rifle
The M14 rifle, formally the United States Rifle, 7.62 mm, M14, is an American selective fire automatic rifle firing 7.62x51mm NATO ammunition. It was the standard issue U.S. rifle from 1959 to 1970. The M14 was used for U.S...
|| || 7.62 mm Automatic Rifle || Used only by Formoza, lately upgraded to EBR standard ||
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| Kbs wz. 1996 Beryl || || 5.56 mm Assault Rifle || 1 PSK
|-
| M4 Carbine
M4 Carbine
The M4 carbine is a family of firearms tracing its lineage back to earlier carbine versions of the M16, all based on the original AR-15 designed by Eugene Stoner and made by ArmaLite. It is a shorter and lighter variant of the M16A2 assault rifle, with 80% parts commonality.It is a gas-operated,...
|| || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||
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| F2000 || || 5.56 mm Bullpup rifle || GROM with EGLM granade launcher ||
|-
| Heckler & Koch G36
Heckler & Koch G36
The Heckler & Koch G36 is a 5.56×45mm assault rifle, designed in the early 1990s by Heckler & Koch in Germany as a replacement for the 7.62mm G3 battle rifle. It was accepted into service with the Bundeswehr in 1997, replacing the G3...
|| || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||
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| Heckler & Koch HK416 || || 5.56 mm Assault rifle ||GROM is using Hk41D10RS and D145RS, 1 PSK is using D145RS or commonly D165RS variants ||
|-
| Remington 870
Remington 870
The Remington Model 870 is a U.S.-made pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, Inc. It is widely used by the public for sport shooting, hunting, and self-defense. It is also commonly used by law enforcement and military organizations worldwide.-Development:The Remington 870 was...
|| || 12 gauge Shotgun ||
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| SWD ||
|| 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle || Also used by Land Forces, some upgraded to polish SWD-M standard ||
|-
| Sako TRG
Sako TRG
Sako TRG-22/42 sniper rifles were developed by the Finnish firearm manufacturer SAKO of Riihimäki. The TRG-22 is designed to fire standard .308 Winchester ammunition, while the TRG-42 is designed to fire more powerful .300 Winchester Magnum and .338 Lapua Magnum ammunition and therefore has a...
|| || 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Heckler & Koch PSG-1 || || 7.62 mm Sniper Rifle ||
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| Remington 700
Remington 700
The Model 700 series of firearms are bolt-action rifles manufactured by Remington Arms since 1962. All are based on the same centerfire bolt action. They often come with a 3, 4 or 5-round internal magazine depending on caliber, some of which have a floor-plate for quick-unloading, and some of which...
|| || Sniper Rifle||
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| Mauser SP66 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Mauser 86 || || Sniper Rifle ||
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| Barrett M82 || || 12.7 mm Anti-Material Rifle ||
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| PKM
PK machine gun
The PK is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. The PK machine gun was introduced in the 1960s and replaced the SGM and RPD machine guns in Soviet service...
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||7.62x 54 R mm GPMG || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| UKM-2000
UKM-2000
The Zakłady Mechaniczne "Tarnów" UKM-2000 is a 7.62x51 mm NATO general-purpose machine gun designed in Tarnów, Poland.-Development:On March 12, 1999 Poland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation. A problem arose with modifying the weapons of the Polish Army to use the standard NATO...
|| || 7.62x51 mm General Purpose Machine Gun || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Pallad grenade launcher
Pallad grenade launcher
The Pallad is a 40 mm Polish under-slung grenade launcher, developed for use with the AKM assault-rifle and intended to replace the kbkg wz. 1960 grenade-launcher rifle. The name of the weapon reflects the Polish-language word for palladium.The development of the weapon drew on concepts...
|| || 40x47 mm grenade launcher ||
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| AG-HK416
Heckler & Koch AG-C/EGLM
The AG-C/EGLM is a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher that attaches to any AR-15 type rifle, including the HK416/17. It is manufactured by Heckler and Koch and is derived from the AG36. EGLM stands for "Enhanced Grenade Launching Module". A stand-alone variant exists. The device attaches under the...
|| || grenade launcher
Grenade launcher
A grenade launcher or grenade discharger is a weapon that launches a grenade with more accuracy, higher velocity, and to greater distances than a soldier could throw it by hand....
|| GROM and 1 PSK ||
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| FN Minimi
FN Minimi
The Minimi is a Belgian 5.56mm light machine gun developed by Fabrique Nationale in Herstal by Ernest Vervier. First introduced in 1974, it has entered service with the armed forces of over thirty countries...
|| || 5.56 mm Light Machine Gun ||
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| Heckler & Koch AG36 || || Grenade Launcher ||
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| M203 || || 40x46 mm SR Grenade Launcher ||
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| H&K MZP-1 || || Grenade Launcher ||
|-
| Carl Gustav
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
The Carl Gustav is the common name for the 84 mm man-portable reusable multi-role recoilless rifle produced by Saab Bofors Dynamics in Sweden...
|| || 84 mm Multi-Role Recoilless Rifle || Also used by Land Forces ||
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| Bor rifle || || Bolt-action 7.62x51mm sniper rifle ||
Vehicles
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| HMMWV || || Four-wheel Drive Multi-Purpose Vehicle || || 5 || Polish Armed Forces currently operate 222 different variants of HMMWVes (217 are operated by the Polish Land Forces
Polish Land Forces
The Polish Land Forces are a branch of Poland's Armed Forces. They currently contain some 65,000 active personnel and form many components of EU and NATO deployments around the world.-History:...
).
|-
| Toyota || || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle || Land Cruiser Hilux || ||Used by GROM and 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów
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| Land Rover Defender || || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle || 90 110 || 4 6 || Used by GROM and Formoza
|-
| Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
|| || Four-wheel Drive Vehicle
Truck || G-class
Atego 1323AK || 6
10 || Polish Armed forces currently operate a total number of 140 G-class vehicles. The Land forces operate 121 GD 290s and MB290GD WDs. The military police uses 13 GD 290s.
|-
| Tarpan Honker
Tarpan Honker
Honker is a Polish multi-purpose all-terrain pick-up truck. Created in 1984, it is still in production in a variety of models. It is best known as the light truck used by the Polish Army both at home and in Iraq...
|| || 4x4 || Honker Skorpion 3 special version || || Used by 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów||
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| Star ||
|| Truck || Star 1444 (MAN TGM 18.280 BB) || 1 ||
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| Volvo
Volvo
AB Volvo is a Swedish builder of commercial vehicles, including trucks, buses and construction equipment. Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems, aerospace components and financial services...
|| || Truck || Volvo FM 8x4
Volvo FM 6x6
Volvo FM 4x4 || 10
11
2 ||