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7TP TKS

Polska Polish Armor in 1939 Polska
Built Name Type Armament [ammoload] Bottom Armor Roof Armor Forward Armor Side Armor Rear Armor Turret Armor Speed (kmph) Crew Weight Engine Range Note
~300 TK-3 tankette 7,92mm [1800] 7mm 4mm 6..8mm 8mm 6..8mm - 46 2 2,43 t 40 hp 200 km licensed Vickers Carden-Loyd Mark VI
390 ^*1 TKS 7,92mm [2400] 5mm 3mm 8..10mm 8..10mm 8..10mm - 40 2,6 t 46 hp 180 km
132 ^*2 7TP light tank 37mm/L45 [80] + 7,92mm [3960] 9,5mm 5..10mm 17mm 13mm 13mm 15mm 37 3 9,9 t 110 hp 150 km licensed Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Tank Mark E
~87 ^*3 Wz.34 armored car 7,92mm [2000] 0 3..8mm 50..55 2 2,2 t 20..25 hp 200 km modified Wz.28

**Polish Armor in 1939**
Built	Name	Type	Armament [ammoload]	Bottom Armor	Roof Armor	Forward Armor	Side Armor	Rear Armor	Turret Armor	Speed (kmph)	Crew	Weight	Engine	Range	Note
~300	TK-3	tankette	7,92mm [1800]	7mm	4mm	6..8mm	8mm	6..8mm	-	46	2	2,43 t	40 hp	200 km	licensed Vickers Carden-Loyd Mark VI
390 ^*1	TKS	7,92mm [2400]	5mm	3mm	8..10mm	8..10mm	8..10mm	-	40	2,6 t	46 hp	180 km
132 ^*2	7TP	light tank	37mm/L45 [80] + 7,92mm [3960]	9,5mm	5..10mm	17mm	13mm	13mm	15mm	37	3	9,9 t	110 hp	150 km	licensed Vickers-Armstrong 6-ton Tank Mark E
~87 ^*3	Wz.34	armored car	7,92mm [2000]	0	3..8mm	50..55	2	2,2 t	20..25 hp	200 km	modified Wz.28

Notes:
*1 including 10 or 20 tankettes (weight 2,8 t) armed with 20mm wz.38 FK-A automatic cannon.
*2 including 24 tanks of the twin-turret version (weight 9,4 t) armed with 2 x 7.92mm MGs.
*2 plus 16 twin-turret and 16 single-turret of British Vickers E ("6 tonn").
*3 including ~30 armored cars armed with 37mm SA18 Puteaux cannon [96 shells].
*3 plus 13 other armored cars.

Also Poland in 1939 still had 45 Renault FT and 45 R-35 tanks.

wz.34 7TP

Guns
Name Type Caliber/Length
Hotchkiss wz.25 MG 7.92mm
Browning wz.30 MG 7.92mm
FK-A wz.38 auto cannon 20mm/L73.5
SA18 Puteaux cannon 37mm/L20
Bofors wz.37 cannon 37mm/L45

**Guns**
Name	Type	Caliber/Length
Hotchkiss wz.25	MG	7.92mm
Browning wz.30	MG	7.92mm
FK-A wz.38	auto cannon	20mm/L73.5
SA18 Puteaux	cannon	37mm/L20
Bofors wz.37	cannon	37mm/L45

Woisko Polskoe formed in USSR were equipped by Soviet T-34, T-34/85, T-60, T-70, IS-2, KV-1, SU-57, SU-76, SU-85, SU-100, SU-152, ISU-122, ISU-152, BA-64.

Photo gallery

Polish forces at the western front used :
French Renault R-35 light tank, Renault UE infantry carrier in France, 1940.
British Mk.VIII A27 Cromwell and A30 Challenger cruiser tanks,
American M3 Lee and M4 Sherman medium tanks, M10 Achilles and T12 tank destroyers; British Archer tank destroyers and Sexton self-propelled howitzers; British Crusader AA and American MGMC M16 anti-aircraft vehicles; British Daimler Dingo, Humber, Staghound, Morris, Canadian Ford Lynx and GM Otter, American M8 Greyhound armored cars in Italy and Western Europe 1944-45 and also in North Africa 1942-43.

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