Cycling company – kompania kolarzy – Bicycle Company
Vojskový section corps of hostilities, which was formalized during the alarm or general mobilization. The company was included in the assembly infantry division [1939-1939] and was intended for reconnaissance tasks. She was immediately subordinated to the commander of the division.
Its basis were the two officers, several non-commissioned officers and a portion (approx 25 cyclists) reconnaissance units employed the services of the fundraising department. The other members of the company were mobilized. Bicycles came mainly from the mobilization.
As part of the company were:
the company commander (captain/lieutenant)
command swarm – a powerful ensign of the company, 2 officers, 2 medics, 2 clutch, phone patrol (1 petty officer plus 2 privates), the scribe, the driver of the motorcycle
auxiliary team – the marketing officer as the squad leader
arms petty officer, material officer, two cooks, two shoemakers, two tailors, mechanic bicycle, a military servant of the company commander, 9 vozků
three rifle platoons, and each of them:
platoon commander (lieutenant/lieutenant), deputy commander of the platoon (junior officer/aspirant waiting in the wings), the observer-researcher, clutch, three missile squad.
Team consisted of – team leader, mechanic bicycle, 17 members of the cooperative.
Tabular numbers cycling company:
According to the mobilization of the tables should be mobilized the following bicycle companies:
Sources:
http://wapedia.mobi/pl/Kompania_kolarzy_w_1939
Jagiełło, Zdzislaw: Piechota Wojska Polskiego 1918-1939, Bellona, Warszawa 2007
Fish, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: Najlepsza broń. Plan mobilizacyjny "W" and is the go ewolucja, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Adiutor", Warszawa 2010
Trusow, Anatol: Wojna on rowerach w 1939 r., Wojskowy Przegląd Historyczny, Nr 1 (95)/1981, str. 126-147..
Vojskový section corps of hostilities, which was formalized during the alarm or general mobilization. The company was included in the assembly infantry division [1939-1939] and was intended for reconnaissance tasks. She was immediately subordinated to the commander of the division.
Its basis were the two officers, several non-commissioned officers and a portion (approx 25 cyclists) reconnaissance units employed the services of the fundraising department. The other members of the company were mobilized. Bicycles came mainly from the mobilization.
As part of the company were:
the company commander (captain/lieutenant)
command swarm – a powerful ensign of the company, 2 officers, 2 medics, 2 clutch, phone patrol (1 petty officer plus 2 privates), the scribe, the driver of the motorcycle
auxiliary team – the marketing officer as the squad leader
arms petty officer, material officer, two cooks, two shoemakers, two tailors, mechanic bicycle, a military servant of the company commander, 9 vozků
three rifle platoons, and each of them:
platoon commander (lieutenant/lieutenant), deputy commander of the platoon (junior officer/aspirant waiting in the wings), the observer-researcher, clutch, three missile squad.
Team consisted of – team leader, mechanic bicycle, 17 members of the cooperative.
Tabular numbers cycling company:
| unit | commander+command swarm | auxiliary team | three rifle platoon | cycling rota |
| officers | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| non-commissioned officers+ men | 12 | 20 | 180 | 212 |
| rifle Mauser vz. 98 | 9 | 9 | 171 | 197 |
| anti-tank rifle vz. 35 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 1 |
| hand gun Browning vz. 28 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| motorcycles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| soup kitchen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| trénové cars (woz taborowe) | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| wheels | 11 | 2 | 183 | 196 |
| horse | 0 | 18 | 0 | 18 |
| NOTE: 1 - there is evidence that some companies were not this weapon equipped |
According to the mobilization of the tables should be mobilized the following bicycle companies:
| Cycling company no: | Mobilization element | Mobilization center: | Mobilization group (date of completion of mobilization) | company Commander: | Designed for: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 21. infantry regiment | Warsaw | blue (44. pm) | lieutenant mr mieczysław Ptasiński | 8. infantry division |
| 12 | 42. infantry regiment | Białystok | blue (44. pm) | lieutenant Zygmunt Enerlich | 18. infantry division |
| 13 | 36. infantry regiment | Warsaw | black (48. pm) | lieutenant Anatol Trusow | 28. infantry division |
| 14 | 3. rifle battalion | Rembertów | včeobecná 2. the sequence (3. day) | ? | 41. infantry division (reserve) |
| 15 | 3. rifle battalion | Rembertów | včeobecná 1. the sequence (4. day) | ? | 39. infantry division (reserve) |
| 21 | 8. legionnaire's infantry regiment | Lublin | včeobecná 1. the sequence (5. day) | lieutenant Stanisław Bonarowski | 3. legionary infantry division |
| 22 | 44. infantry regiment | slezské rudoltice | green (44. pm) | lieutenant Zbigniew Tadeusz Walczyk | 13. infantry division |
| 23 | 24. infantry regiment | Luck | green (48. pm) | captain Marian Stanisław Dyl | 27. infantry division |
| 31 | 6. legionnaire's infantry regiment | Vilno | yellow (42. pm) | lieutenant Jerzy Klemens Niemcewicz | 1. legionary infantry division |
| 32 | 77. infantry regiment | Lida | green (44. pm) | lieutenant Jerzy Władysław Filar | 19. infantry division |
| 33 | 81. infantry regiment | Grodno, | yellow (44. pm) | ? | 29. infantry division |
| 34 | 76. infantry regiment | Grodno, | yellow (48. pm) | ? | 35. infantry division (reserve) |
| 41 | 27. infantry regiment | Częstochowa | blue (44. pm) | lieutenant Zygmunt Szewczyk | 7. infantry division |
| 42 | 3. rifle battalion | Rembertów | yellow (40. pm) | ? | 10. infantry division |
| 43 | 37. infantry regiment | Kutno | black (44. pm) | ? | 26. infantry division |
| 44 | 18. infantry regiment | Skierniewice | včeobecná 2. the sequence (3. day) | a lieutenant in the reserve Edward Beyga | 44. infantry division (reserve) |
| 51 (special designation) | Headquarters of the recharge centre Sosnowiec | Sosnowiec | blue (50. pm) | captain Stefan Abramowicz | 55. infantry division (reserve) |
| 52 (special designation) | Headquarters of the recharge centre Katowice | Katowice | yellow (36. pm) | ? | the Strength group of the Walled area of Katowice |
| 53 (special designation) | Headquarters of the recharge centre Katowice | Katowice | yellow (40. pm) | captain Ryszard Adolf Kintzi | the Strength group of the Walled area of Katowice |
| 54 | 20. infantry regiment | Krakow | yellow (40. pm) | lieutenant Tadeusz Hauzer | 6. infantry division |
| 55 | 4. the regiment podhalanských shooters | Těšín | green (44. pm) | second lieutenant Karol Radwański | 21. mountain infantry division |
| 56 | Replacement cadre corps of Auschwitz II | Auschwitz | blue (30. pm) | captain Sylwester Gosiński | 23. infantry division |
| 57 | Replacement cadre of the infantry Krakow | Krakow | včeobecná 2. the sequence (4. day) | ? | 45. infantry division (reserve) |
| 61 | 19. infantry regiment | Lviv | včeobecná 1. the sequence (5. day) | captain Kazimierz Józef Korbiński | 5. infantry division |
| 62 | 49. infantry regiment | Kołomyja | včeobecná 1. the sequence (5. day) | lieutenant Roman Mazurek | 11. infantry division |
| 63 | 52. infantry regiment | Złoczów | green (36. pm) | lieutenant Adolf Szawel | 12. infantry division |
| 71 | 57. infantry regiment | Poznan | blue (40. pm) | lieutenant Paweł Jasinski | 14. infantry division |
| 72 | 68. infantry regiment | Września | yellow (36. pm) | lieutenant Lucjan Gmachowski | 17. infantry division |
| 73 | 56. infantry regiment | Krotoszyn | green (36. pm) | lieutenant Antoni Julian Grellus | 25. infantry division |
| 81 | 63. infantry regiment | Toruń | blue (44. pm) | lieutenant mr ludwik Edmund Czarnecki | 4. infantry division |
| 82 | 62. infantry regiment | Bydgoszcz | blue (44. pm) | lieutenant Gwidon Hadrych | 15. infantry division |
| 83 | 64. infantry regiment | Grudziądz | blue (40. pm) | captain Józef Bolesław Buczyński | 16. infantry division |
| 91 | 35. infantry regiment | Brest over Bug | yellow (44. pm) | captain Medard Juszkiewicz | 9. infantry division |
| 92 | 79. infantry regiment | Słonim | red (44. pm) | captain Antoni Szokało | 20. infantry division |
| 93 | 82. infantry regiment | Brest over Bug | red (44. pm) | captain John Sylwester Kruziel | 30. infantry division |
| 101 | 3. legionnaire's infantry regiment | Jaroslav | yellow (40. pm) | second lieutenant Wacław Jan Bejćer | 2. legionary infantry division |
| 102 | 5. the regiment podhalanských shooters | Přemysl | green (32. pm) | lieutenant Edward Berezowski | 22. mountain infantry division |
| 103 | 38. infantry regiment | Přemysl | včeobecná 1. the sequence (5. day) | ? | 24. infantry division |
| 104 | 39. infantry regiment | Jaroslav | včeobecná 1. the sequence (6. day) | ? | ? |
Sources:
http://wapedia.mobi/pl/Kompania_kolarzy_w_1939
Jagiełło, Zdzislaw: Piechota Wojska Polskiego 1918-1939, Bellona, Warszawa 2007
Fish, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: Najlepsza broń. Plan mobilizacyjny "W" and is the go ewolucja, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Adiutor", Warszawa 2010
Trusow, Anatol: Wojna on rowerach w 1939 r., Wojskowy Przegląd Historyczny, Nr 1 (95)/1981, str. 126-147..