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The following is a standard '''[[order of battle]] of the [[Polish cavalry]] [[brigade]]''' in 1939.

==Chain of command ==
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|+ style="font-weight:bold;" | [[Polish Cavalry Brigade]] - [[command hierarchy|chain of command]]
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| style="background:#ccc;"|'''Sub-unit'''
| style="background:#ccc;"|'''C/O'''
| style="background:#ccc;"|'''squadron-sized'''
| style="background:#ccc;"|'''platoon-sized'''
| style="background:#ccc;"|'''smaller units'''
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!  ROWSPAN=100 style="background:#ccc;" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray;"| [[commanding officer]]
|  ROWSPAN=5 |Staff<br> and [[headquarters]]
| deputy commanding officer<br>chief military judge<br>[[chaplain]]<br>
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| [[Chief of staff (military)|chief of staff]]
| operational officer<br>intelligence officer
| military police platoon<br>&nbsp;
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| chief communications officer
| communication squadron
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| chief commander of the [[tabor (military unit)|tabors]]
| tabor's workshop<br>2 commands of march columns
| &nbsp;<br>3 columns each
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| [[quartermaster]]
| transport officer<br>armament officer<br>chief steward officer<br>chief doctor<br>chief veterinarian
| &nbsp;<br>artillery park unit<br>steward park unit<br>[[medical platoon]]<br>veterinary platoon
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| [[Headquarters]] commander
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| staff squadron
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| Commander's units
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| bicycle squadron (recce/liaison)<br>engineering squadron<br>&nbsp;
| &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>[[Heavy machine gun|HMG]] platoon
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|  ROWSPAN=4 | [[cavalry regiment]]<br><small>3 or 4 in each brigade</small>
|  ROWSPAN=4 | regiment commander
|  ROWSPAN=2 | line squadrons - <br><small>4 in each regiment</small>
| cavalry platoon - <br><small>3 in each squadron</small>
| 3 sections (6 soldiers each)<br>[[Light machine gun|LMG]] section (5 soldiers)<br>squadron commanders troop<br>
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| [[Light machine gun|LMG]] section<br>administration unit
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| [[Heavy machine gun|HMG]] squadron<br>maintenance squadron
| 3 HMG platoons<br>&nbsp;
| 4 HMG each<br>&nbsp;
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| AT platoon<br>bicycle platoon<br>communications platoon
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engineering squad
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|  ROWSPAN=2 | Mounted Artillery Unit (DAK)
|  ROWSPAN=2 | DAK commander
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| &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>munitions supply column
| 75&nbsp;mm artillery battery<br><small>3 or 4 guns each</small>
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| communications platoon
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| Organic Armoured Unit
| commander
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| tankette squadron<br>armoured car squadron
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| Organic Rifle Battalion
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| Rifles battalion
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==Composition and armament==

The following is a list of all equipment, armament, men and means of transport in use by a cavalry regiment and a cavalry brigade of the [[Polish Army]], as of 1939. The figures for brigades are based on official Polish Army instructions prepared in late 1930s. The numbers in brackets give the figures for a four-regiment brigade, as opposed to the standard three-regiment one. The figures for the regiments are given after the actual mobilisation report of September 1, 1939, of the [[25th Greater Polish Uhlans Regiment]]. Note that the numbers for other units may vary, mostly due to different mobilisation schedules and other problems.<ref>{{Cite web |title=slovak invasion of poland |url=https://escolessolidaries.org/5z3lfif/slovak-invasion-of-poland |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=escolessolidaries.org}}</ref>

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|+ style="font-weight:bold;" | Polish Cavalry Brigade and Regiment - equipment
!  ROWSPAN=1 style="background:#ccc;" | 
! style="background:#ccc;"|Regiment
! style="background:#ccc;"|Brigade
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;''General''
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| officers
| 36
| 232 (373)
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| privates and NCOs
| 838
| 5 911 (6 911)
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| horses<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cavalry horses<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pack horses<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cart-horses<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total
| <br>616<br>43<br>221<br>920
| 
5 194 (6 291)
|-
! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;''Vehicles''
|-
| cars
| 1
| 65 (66)
|-
| motorcycles
| 1
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|-
| [[field kitchen]]s
| 6
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| [[tabor (military unit)|tabor]] carts
| 86
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| [[chaplain]]s cart
| 1
| 4
|-
| [[tachanka|taczanka]] wz.28 or wz.36
| 13
|
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| [[bicycle]]s
| 36
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;''Armament''
|-
| [[Vis (weapon)|Vis]] pistols
| 133
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|-
| [[Szabla wz. 34|wz. 34 sabres]]
| 616
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| [[lance]]s
| 108
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| rifles [[Mannlicher M1888|Mannlicher 1888]], [[Kbk wz. 1929]], [[Kb wz. 98a]], [[Mosin wz. 91/98/25]], [[Karabinek wz. 91/98/23|Kbk wz. 91/98/23]] or [[Steyr-Mannlicher M1895]]
| 740
| 5000
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| 7,92&nbsp;mm [[karabin ppanc. wz 35]] AT rifle
| 12
| 51 (64)
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| [[Browning wz.1928|rkm Browning wz. 28]] [[Light machine gun|LMG]]
| 18
| 89 (107)
|-
| [[Maschinengewehr 08|Maxim 08/15]] and [[Maschinengewehr 08|lkm wz. 08/18]] [[Machine gun|MG]]s
| 
| 10 (12)
|-
| [[Ckm wz.30]] [[Heavy machine gun|HMG]]
| 12
| 52 (64)
|-
! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;''Organic artillery''
|-
| grenade launchers wz. 1930 and [[Granatnik wz. 36|wz. 1936]]
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| 9 (9)
|- 
|[[Brandt Mle 27/31|81mm mortar wz. 31]]
| 
| 2
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| 75&nbsp;mm [[Armata 75 mm wz.02/26]] field gun
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| 12 (16)
|-
| 40&nbsp;mm [[armata plot. wz. 36]] AA gun
| 
| 2 (2)
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| 37&nbsp;mm [[Armata ppanc. wz. 36]] AT gun
| 4
| 14 (18)
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! colspan="14" style="background: #f9f9f9; text-align: left;" | &nbsp;&nbsp;''Organic armoured unit''
|-
| [[samochód pancerny wz. 34|wz. 34]] or [[samochód pancerny wz.29|wz.29]] armoured car
| 
| 8
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| reconnaissance [[tankette]] [[TKS]] or [[TKS|TK-3]]
| 
| 13
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== Polish cavalry brigades in 1939 ==

=== Cavalry ===
* [[Kraków Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Kraków]]) - under Brigadier General [[Zygmunt Piasecki]]
* [[Kresowa Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Brody]]) - under Colonel [[Stefan Hanka-Kulesza]]
* [[Mazowiecka Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Warsaw]]) under Colonel [[Jan Karcz]]
* [[Nowogródzka Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Baranowicze]]) under Brigadier General [[Władysław Anders]]
* [[Podlaska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Białystok]]) under Brigadier General [[Ludwik Kmicic-Skrzyński]]
* [[Podolska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Ivano-Frankivsk|Stanisławów]]) under Colonel [[Leon Strzelecki]]
* [[Pomeranian Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Bydgoszcz]]) under Colonel [[Adam Zakrzewski]]
* [[Suwalska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Suwałki]]) under Brigadier General [[Zygmunt Podhorski]]
* [[Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Poznań]]) under Brigadier General [[Roman Abraham]]
* [[Wileńska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Wilno]]) under Colonel [[Konstanty Drucki-Lubecki]]
* [[Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade]] ([[Rivne|Równe]]) under Colonel [[Julian Filipowicz]]

=== Armoured-Motorised Brigades ===
::''<small>Different armament and structure</small>''
*[[10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade (Poland)]] ([[Rzeszów]]) - dowódca: płk dypl. [[Stanisław Maczek]]
*[[Warszawska Brygada Pancerno-Motorowa]] ([[Warsaw]]) - dowódca: płk dypl. [[Stefan Rowecki]]

== See also ==
* [[Polish cavalry]]
* [[Polish Armed Forces]]
* [[Invasion of Poland|Polish Defensive War]] of 1939

==References==
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[[Category:World War II orders of battle]]
[[Category:Tables of Organisation and Equipment]]
[[Category:Polish cavalry]]
[[Category:Invasion of Poland]]