The tank force consisted of two armored brigades, four independent tank battalions and some 30 companies of TKS tankettes attached to infantry divisions and cavalry brigades. T-70 light tank (In period between July 1943 to January 1945, Polish units in the east ( Ludowe Wojsko Polskie) used 53 T-70s. Polish lost 12 T-70s in combat. T-70s were used mainly in 1st Polish Tank Regiment (Pierwszy Pułk Czolgów), the 3rd Training Tank Regiment (Trzeci Szkolny Pułk Czołgów) and at least one in 27th Regiment of Self-propelled Altillery (Dwudziesty siódmy Pułk Artylerii Samobieżnej). The Polish High Officers Tank School had 18 units. After World War II, Polish T-70s were used in combat against the Ukrainian UPA (Nationalist) units in years 1945-1947. A T-70 was found in the Bieszczady forest and restored. It is now in very good condition and on exhibition in High Officer Tank School at Poznań city.( Wyzsza Szkoła Wojsk Pancernych w Poznaniu).)

Building of the tank was completed in July 1938. It took so much time because some basic assemblies that were not produced in Poland had to be acquired abroad like an engine of a sufficient output. It was not before 16 August that the 10TP tank rolled out for a first longer ride. It was driven by an experienced military specialist Sergeant Polinarek under personal supervision of the Chief of the Trial and Experiment Department in the Bureau of Technical Studies on Armored Weapons (Biuro Badań Technicznych Broni Pancernych, BBT Br. Panc.) Captain Leon Czekalski. The trials were kept secret because the activities of the German Abwehr and the members of the " Fifth Column" were then getting more and more intensive in Poland. [5]After the fall of Poland and then France in 1940, many of the remaining Poles that had fought in both campaigns retreated with the British Army to the United Kingdom. The battle: history, archived from the original on July 24, 2011 , Memorial of Coudehard - Montormel Bloody Poles – When an infantry or artillery unit of the Polish 1st Armoured Division loses first round of close combat, resolve it as a draw and immediately fight the second round. Column of Polish Sherman and Cromwell tank with some Crusaders AA and Humber Scout Cars in Normandy The Return

M4A1 Sherman II medium tank (The Sherman was the basic tank in Polish armoured units in the West 1943-1947. The 2nd Warsaw Armored Brigade, fighting in Italy, used M4A2 Sherman III, later also M4 Sherman I, M4 Sherman IC Firefly, M4A1 Sherman II and M4A3 (105) HVSS Sherman IVBY.)PT-91E "Twardy" main battle tank (demonstrator of export variant showed on MSPO 2006 military exhibitions, Poland) of General Stanislaw Maczek covered the flank near Reims with antiquated weapons. The 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade consisted of a tank regiment of two I am currently doing genealogy research, and was wondering if you might be able to help direct me on two questions. This is the history of my late grandfather Edward George Shopland and the unit to which he belonged. My grandfather was born and bred in North London and joined the local Territorial Army (TA) unit based in Islington in the early thirties. They saw active service firstly as part of the British Expeditionary Forces (BEF) in 1940 and then later, as part of I Corps and Second Army, seeing action across the Northern European theatre. As part of 4th A.G.R.A. they saw action supporting not only the 6th Airborne at the Orne Canal, but many other brigades and regiments of the British Army. They also supported the Canadians and the 1st Polish Armoured Division in Holland, and saw action in support of the Americans in the Ardennes. They ended up in Bochum in the Ruhr as part of 3rd A.G.R.A. - administering displaced persons camps. I would not have been able to compile such an in depth history without the accurate recording of events by ex members of the regiment which was compiled by Mr J Marnham in 1961 to celebrate the regiments 100th birthday. Please visit the Unit Chronology, to find out more detailed information on the Regiment. We’ve been experimenting with our own extra rules and invite you to have a go as well, unofficially of course, We think these give great flavor to our national heroes and offer this Bolt Action list so you too can field the Polish 1st Armoured Division: