A development of the British Vickers 6-ton light tank the Polish 7TP saw combat in the Defence of Poland in 1939. Although significantly better armed than the German’s Panzer I and Panzer II the
There are few tougher opponents than the Polish airborne, thats is apart from our new
Used in Operation Ironclad (the amphibious invasion of Madagascar) in 1942, the Tetrarch would later go on to play a vital role in the Airborne operations during the invasion of Normandy, adding much-needed fire support an
The 7TP – 7 ton Polish – tank (an odd choice for name seeing as the weight increased to 9 tons after the prototype stage!) was the mainstay of the Polish armoured formations. This variant of the 7TP has two turrets, each mounting a wz.30 heavy machine
Designed in 1929, the Samochd Pancerny wzr 29(‘armoured car 1929 pattern’), was more commonly known as Ursus or CWS. Based on the chassis of a 2-ton truck, the Ursus mounted a 37mm anti-tank gun and multiple machine guns. Although adequately armoured f
Contains 75mm Pack Howitzer with 3 Polish Airborne Crew
Like so many other of the world’s armies in the 1930’s Poland flirted with small tanks, unable to afford larger gun-armed tanks in quantity.
Andy Hobday
