Chris, try identifying those unknown rifles by the length of the muzzle and position of the front sights. Let us know what you find. Post more photos please.
Chris, try identifying those unknown rifles by the length of the muzzle and position of the front sights. Let us know what you find. Post more photos please.
Last edited by dastier; 11-01-2012 at 11:00 PM.
Hi Scout...
Those coats were leather and were issue. The 10th Cavalry Brigade (10. Brygada Kawalerii) was known as the 'Black Brigade' because of its black leather coats, black boots and black leather gauntlets.
The 10th Cavalry Brigade was Poland's only operational mechanized brigade and was commanded by the then Colonel Maczek, one of the most capable proponents of combined arms and mechanized warfare in the prewar Wojsko Polskie.
Colonel Maczek later became General Maczek, GOC commanding the 1st Polish Armoured Division of the Polskie Siły Zbrojne na Zachodzie. The 1st Armoured was built around the nucleus of the 10th BK and commemorated its lineage by the use of a black epaulette and lanyard on the British BD blouse.
Colonel Maczek, 10. Brygada Kawalerii.
General Maczek as GOC, 1st Polish Armoured Division. If you look close you can make out the black epaulette.
1st Polish Armoured Division reenactor. Note black epaulette and lanyard.
Last edited by dastier; 11-02-2012 at 04:58 AM.
Thanks.
Great pics.
Good thing most quit wearing those helmets or they might have been between a rock and a hard place
To end this brief departure from the main theme of this sticky, here are recommended English books on the history of the 10th Cavalry Brigade (10. Brygada Kawalerii) and the 1st Polish Armoured Division...
...and if you read Polish:
Reconnaissance Battalion of the 10th Cavarly Brigade.
plus two volume set on the 10th Dragoons.
All three by Eugeniusz Piotr Nowak.
The motorcycles were Polish made 'Sokol' bikes. Both 600cc and 1000cc.
Restored 1000cc version.
10th Cavalry Brigade (10. Brygada Kawalerii) motorcycles enroute.
Motorcycle/sidecar combination with wz.30 MMG in AA configuration
Deployed for action.
This last one is actually a model you can buy. It shows the motorcycle/sidecar combination nicely and is armed with a rkm wz.28.
Last edited by dastier; 11-03-2012 at 07:46 AM.
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