Other Polish Armored Fighting Vehicles.
Tanks
German A7V Sturmpanzerwagen tank
A7V - armed with Russian 57mm Sokol gun and six 7.92mm Maxim 08 machine guns.
Few (5?) were received as reparations and pressed into limited service from 1919 to 1922.
It has not been proven if Poland really received any A7V tanks.
French Char d'Assault, Saint Chamond tank
Saint d'Assault - armed with 75mm gun and four 8mm machine guns.
Few captured from the Red Army were pressed into limited service from 1920 to 1922.
It has not been proven if Poland really used any St.Chamond tanks.
British Tank Mark V Male / Female tank
Mark V - armed with two 6pdr guns and four (Male) or six (Female) machine guns.
Few captured from the Red Army were pressed into limited service from 1920 to 1922.
It has not been proven if Poland really used any Mark V tanks.
French Char Leger Renault FT Modele 1917 light tank
Char Canon FT-17 - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A model 1917 L/21 gun.
Char Mitrailleuse FT-17 - armed with 8mm Hotchkiss model 1927 machine gun.
Char Signal (TSF) - radio / command tank without armament (6 in service).
120 were purchased in 1919 and 26-27 were produced in Poland by CWS.
French Renault (FT) Kegresse-Hinstin M26/27 light tank
M26/27 - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A model 1918 L/21 gun or 8mm machine gun.
5 were purchased for test purposes in 1926.
French Char NC-1 (NC27) (Export Model) light tank
NC-1 - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A model 1918 L/21 gun or machine gun.
24 were purchased for test purposes in 1926.
Italian Carro Armato FIAT 3000 Model 1921/1930 light tank
FIAT 3000 armed with 37mm gun (model 1930) or two machine guns (model 1921).
1 (probably Model 1921) was purchased for test purposes in 1920s (unconfirmed).
British Vickers Carden-Loyd Mark VI tankette
Mark VI - originally armed with Vickers .303 machine gun or 0.5 machine gun.
Mark VI - armed in Poland with 7.92mm Browning machine gun.
11 were purchased for test purposes in 1929.
It was developed in Poland into TK tankette series.
British Vickers-Armstrong 6 ton Mark E light tank
Model A - twin turret armed with two 7.92mm Browning model 1930 machine guns.
Model B - armed with 47mm Vickers-Armstrong Mk.E gun and 7.92mm model 1930 MG.
16 Model A and 22 B were purchased in 1931.
It was developed in Poland into 7TP light tank.
Polish Vickers Type E Model A and B light tanks, 1937.
French/Polish Renault wz.32 (model 1932) tank
Modified Renault M26/27 with Vickers-Armstrong 6 ton Mark E components.
Prototype was tested from 1932 to 1934 and then scrapped.
British Infantry Tank Mark I Matilda I
Matilda I - armed with one Vickers .303 machine gun.
1 was purchased for test purposes in 1930s (unconfirmed).
French Char Leger Renault R-35 (Renault Type ZM) light tank
R-35 - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun and 8mm MAC 31 machine gun.
100 were purchased, 49(50) were delivered in 1939.
French Char Leger Hotchkiss H-35 light tank
H-35 - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun and 8mm MAC 31 machine gun.
3 were purchased/received for test purposes in 1939.
Armored Cars
Polish Ford T armored car
Ford T - armed with 7.92mm Maxim 05 "S" machine gun.
16 were produced in 1920 and were based on Ford T car chassis.
British/Russian Austin-Putilov armored car
Austin-Putilov - armed with two 7.92mm Maxim machine guns.
Few captured from the Red Army were pressed into limited service from 1920 to 1922.
German Ehrhardt M1917 Strassenpanzerwagen / Ehrhardt Panzerkraftwagen 1917
M1917 - armed with six 7.92mm Maxim machine guns.
Abandoned cars were pressed into service from 1918 to 1922.
British Peerless armored car
Peerless - armed with Maxim machine gun.
Few captured from the Red Army were pressed into limited service from 1920 to 1922.
Russian Fiat armored car
Russian Fiat - armed with two Maxim machine guns.
Few captured from the Red Army were pressed into limited service from 1920 to 1922.
French Peugeot Model 1918 armored car
Auto-mitrailleuse (AM) - armed with 8mm Hotchkiss model 1914 machine gun.
Auto-mitrailleuse (AM) - rearmed with 7.92mm Hotchkiss model 1925 machine gun.
Auto-canon (AC) - armed with 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun.
19 to 20 were purchased in 1920.
French Citroen-Kegresse Model 1923 (1924) armored car
Polish Samochod pancerny wz.28 (model 1928) armored car
wz.28 - 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun or 7.92mm Hotchkiss model 1925 MG.
90 based on Citroen-Kegresse P.10 halftracked chassis were produced in 1928.
Polish Samochod pancerny Ursus wz.29 (model 1929) armored car
wz.29 - 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun & two 7.92mm Hotchkiss model 1925 MGs.
13 were produced in 1931 and were based on Ursus A truck chassis.
some were build as police vehicles.
Samochod pancerny Ursus wz.29.
Polish Samochod pancerny wz.34, wz.34-I and wz.34-II (model 1934) armored car
wz.34 - 37mm Puteaux S.A 1918 L/21 gun or 7.92mm Hotchkiss model 1925 MG.
26 to 30 were with 37mm gun and 54 to 60 with 7,92mm machine gun.
wz.34 was a modified wz.28 with wheeled chassis instead of the halftracked one.
80 to 90 were produced in three series in 1934.
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