WWII Polish
Cavalry Brigade

1939 East Europe

List P11 (11A)

by Mark Bevis

1. Tenth Arm

Cavalry Regiment

    Regiment HQ (Bttn HQ): 3 rifle sqds, horses, 2 radios, 1x PF508 staff car, sabres
    4 Squadrons@
      SHQ: 1 (8/5 man) rifle sqd, 1 BAR, sabres, horses
      3 platoons@ 1 (5/3 man) rifle PHQ sqds, 3 (6/4 man) rifle sqds, 1 wz35, 1 (5/3 man) rifle sqd, 1 BAR, horses, sabres

    1 MG Squadron:

      SHQ: 1 (7/2 man) rifle sqd, sabres, horses
      2 platoon: 4x MMG on carts (Tachankas)
      1 platoon@ 4 MMG, pack horses

    1 Anti-tank Platoon: 2x 37mm Bofors A/T guns, horses

    1 Recce Platoon: 1 (4 man) rifle PHQ Sqd., 5 (6 man) rifle sqds, 1 BAR, cycles

    1 Section: 1 (6/3 man) rifle/engineer sqd, horse, sabres, demo charges

Brigade Infantry Battalion

    Bttn HQ: 4 rifle sqds, 2 radios
    3 Companies@
      CHQ: 2 (12 man) rifle sqds, 3x 46mm mortars
      3 platoons@ 1 (6man) PHQ rifle sqd, 3 (19 man) rifle sqds, 1 BAR, 1 wz35

    1 MG Support Company:

      CHQ: 1 (13 man) rifle sqd
      3 platoons@ 3 MMGs, 1 cart
      1 platoon: 3 MMGs on carts (Tachankas)
      1 platoon: 2x 81mm wz31 mortars, 1 cart

    1 Anti-tank Platoon: 3x 37mm Bofors wz36 A/T guns, horses

    1 Recce Platoon: 1 (4 man) rifle PHQ Sqd., 2 (19 man) rifle sqds, 2 BAR, cycles

    1 Section: 1 (12 man) rifle/engineer sqd, 1 cart, mines, explosives

2. Brigade Support

Brigade HQ: 5 (12/8 man) rifle sqds, horses, sabres, 1x PF508 staff car 2 radios with:

1 A/A Battery:

    BHQ: 2 rifle sqds, 1 xPF508 staff car, 1 radio car, 1 MC Combo
    2 platoons @ 1 xPF508 staff car + AAMMG, 1 40mm Bofors, 2x C2P tractors, AAMG, 2 xPF508 staff cars

1 Artillery Battalion:

    BHQ: 6 rifle sqds, horses, Assigned FC
    3-4 batteries@ 4x 75mm wz02/26, horses, 2 LMG

1 Armoured Car Squadron:

    SHQ: 1 (6 man) rifle sqd, 1 xPF508 staff car, 1x wz34(37mm), 1 radio van, 5x M/C Combos
    2 platoons@ 1x wz34(37mm), 2x wz34(MGs), 1 M/C Combo

1 Recce Tank Squadron:

    SHQ: 1 (6 man) rifle sqd, 1 xPF508 staff car, 1 radio van, 1x TK-3 or TKS
    2 platoons@ 6x TK-3 or TKS, 1x MC Combo

1 Cycle Squadron:

    SHQ: 1 (7 man) rifle sqd, cycles, 1 M/C Combo
    3 platoons@ 1 (3 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 4 (9 man) rifle sqds, 1 BAR, cycles

1 Engineer Squadron:

    SHQ: 1 (7/4 man) rifle sqd, horses, sabres
    1 platoon@ 1 (3 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 1x Taczanka or LKS, 4 (6/4 man) rifle/engineer sqds, horses, sabres
    1 platoon@ 1 (4 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 2x Taczanka or LKS, 3 (6/4 man) rifle/engineer CBW sqds, horses, sabres, gas mines, 1 (12 man) engineering sqd, cycles
    1 platoon@ 1 (3 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 1x Taczanka or LKS, 4 (6/4 man) rifle/engineer CBW sqds, horses, sabres, A/T mines, explosives

3. Notes

a) Radios are only where indicated.
b) Infantry do not have any A/T grenades or molotovs. wz35 is an A/T rifle.
c) Taczankas are towed by three horses in line abreast. Carts are drawn by one horse. LKS is an engineer's wagon towed by 2 horses.
d) The brigade has 3 or 4 Cavalry Regts and 1 Infantry Bttn.
e) In one of the 11 Cavalry Brigades, the wz34 armoured cars were replaced by wz29.
f) In 2 cavalry brigades, the Cavalry Regt Recce Platoon is replaced by a cycle squadron organized as such:

    Bicycle Squadron:
      SHQ: 1 (4 man) PHQ rifle sqd, PF 508 staff car
      2 platoons@ 1 (4 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 5 (6 man) rifle sqds, 1 BAR, bicycles
      1 platoon: 1 (4 man) PHQ rifle sqd, 2 MMGs, 3 x 50mm mortar, bicycles

g) Cavalry Squadrons were meant to have 4 platoons, but in practice, the 4th platoon were reserve units and did not arrive in time. If they did, they were combined into a 5th Cavalry Squadron.
h) The split strength squads refer to normal mounted/dismounted manpower -- only in extreme situations would the full squad dismount.
i) Gas mines (drums with musturd gas) were used at roadblocks without official permission at least once against the Germans.

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