Polish OOB's and ToE's

[brucha]

How accurate are the OOb's and ToE's for Polish Free units, along the lines of the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade ? I thought that, at least in regards to the SBSK, they were equipped mainly with British equipment. I tried to do some research online but did not find satisfactory info on the matter.

Though I am in the middle of a current Long campaign, I have flirted with the idea of a Polish Free Long Campaign for some time. The SBSK fought at Tobruk in 1941 against Rommel, and other units fought in Sicily, Italy and of course the Invasion of France, so it lends itself to an intriguing (and for me patroitic) campaign idea.

Edit: Whoops, can't seem to spell English all of a sudden - the thread subject should have been: Polish OOB's and ToE's [:-]


Topic title edited - Goblin

[Alby]

not sure exactly how accurate they are, but we did have some 'polish' help with the enhanced oobs
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[brucha]

In certain respects, like with the SBSK, free Polish units were trained in Scottland and put under British command. In fact, early in the war, free Polish units were not allowed on the front lines against the Italians, as there was a formal peace treaty in place, preventing any sort of military action to occur. As they did not have an industrial base of their own to manufacture Polish weapons and gear, I would assume that most equipment would have to be loaned to them.

However, like I mentioned above, I am short of real evidence for this belief, and hoped that someone better knowledged in these matters could answer the question.

[Orzel Bialy]

Brucha,

The Poles that fought in the Mediterranean Theater were indeed equipped with chiefly British weapons while they were re-formed and underwent training under British command in Palestine. Until their later deployment to Italy most of the weapons deployed were "hand-me-downs" that came from British Middle East garrison and 8th Army units.

Original unit composition was heavily infantry orientated as the initial British intention was to use the Poles as a replacement pool for their own infantry formations.

Only later, after it was decided to let Anders keep the Polish units together, were the other supporting units (artillery, engineer and eventually the 2nd Armored Brigade)formed so the Poles would have a more or less similar OoB and ToE "footprint" of a typical Commonwealth Army Corps.

[brucha]

Ah, Orzel - Dziekuje. That is what I assumed from what I read about Polish Free units and equipment. I guess I'll have to try my hand at a Polish Long Campaign next!