Polish Individual Packs

black cavalier · Post by **black cavalier** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 1:31 am

Does anyone know what the specific models of the support weapons in the packs are? Is the MMG the wz30 (thier version of the Browning M1917)? Is the LMG the their version of the BAR? Stuff like that
Thanks

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 4:19 am

Good question; I'd like to know too.
Weren't they using Czech machine guns too; the origional versions of the Bren and Besa I think? Any ATR's in the weapons or infantry pack?
Jim R.

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:36 pm

Duh; "blonde moment" there- I'd assume the "ATG's" mentioned in the Polish weapons pack are the ATR's I asked about...

supertsar · Post by **supertsar** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:42 am

GHQ doesn't really detail these enough to make an absolute distinction.
Mortars - They are too short to be the Stokes wz. 31 81mm mortar. They have a base plate and don't have the short/long barrel combination so they can't really be the wz. 36 granatnik either. Actually they look more like the wz. 30 46mm mortar, but that was just the prototype. You will have to 'pretend' they are whatever you want them to be or do some micro-surgery to correct them, because they aren't Polish! (Note same problem with British airborne mortars with bi-pods! GHQ thinks all mortars look the same)
Heavy MG - probably wz. 30 (Browning), but could also be wz. 08 maxims. Most likely GHQ intended them to be the wz 30.
The light MGs are Browning wz. 28s.
Definitely Wz 35 AT rifles.

kiasutha · Post by **kiasutha** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:16 am

Thanks much for the info!
I haven't seen the Brit pack you mention, but could those be American 60mm mortars?
I understand they were "lend-leased" and used to some extent by airborne & commando units...?
Don't ask me to quote the source; we found it about 25 years ago when we were re-enacting- resulted in lugging a US "60" around...<G>
Jim R.