Engineer Battalion Type II - Engineer Battalion Type II
As a wartime engineer troop body, it was formed in an alert or general mobilization and was included in the division's lineup as a battlefield engineer support instrument.
The battalions were divided into three sub-types, differing in organizational structure and equipment:
Type II Engineer Battalion - with a full complement of resources for waterborne fighting as well as barrage and destruction tasks. The engineer company-infantry was equipped with vehicles with pneumatic tires, which allowed a rapid change from hypomobile to automobile traction. The motorized engineer company was of the lightweight type and had smaller numbers than the motorized company of the Type I engineer battalion. The engineer column was hypomobile. The bridge platoon was equipped with the means to build a pontoon bridge 45 m long and with a load capacity of up to 4 tons. The motorized company had 3500 kg of explosives, 180 anti-tank mines and 800 hulls for their production.
The Engineer Battalion Type IIa - one infantry company was equipped with vehicles with tires and the other company with vehicles with steel wheel hoops. The motorised company was of the light type. The engineer column had a variable number of motorized and hypomobile vehicles. It also had an infantry pontoon squad for tackling watercourses.
The Type IIb Engineer Battalion - both engineer infantry companies were equipped with steel wheel hoop wagons, had no motorised engineer company and no anti-gas platoon. The engineer column did not have the means to tackle watercourses. As a whole it was hypomobile. The engineer infantry companies were tabulated at 52 horses each. The exact number of draft horses in the entire battalion is unknown, but some sources give as many as 250 horses.
Table numbers of the Type II Engineer Battalion:
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Organizační schéma ženijního praporu typ II
As a wartime engineer troop body, it was formed in an alert or general mobilization and was included in the division's lineup as a battlefield engineer support instrument.
The battalions were divided into three sub-types, differing in organizational structure and equipment:
Type II Engineer Battalion - with a full complement of resources for waterborne fighting as well as barrage and destruction tasks. The engineer company-infantry was equipped with vehicles with pneumatic tires, which allowed a rapid change from hypomobile to automobile traction. The motorized engineer company was of the lightweight type and had smaller numbers than the motorized company of the Type I engineer battalion. The engineer column was hypomobile. The bridge platoon was equipped with the means to build a pontoon bridge 45 m long and with a load capacity of up to 4 tons. The motorized company had 3500 kg of explosives, 180 anti-tank mines and 800 hulls for their production.
The Engineer Battalion Type IIa - one infantry company was equipped with vehicles with tires and the other company with vehicles with steel wheel hoops. The motorised company was of the light type. The engineer column had a variable number of motorized and hypomobile vehicles. It also had an infantry pontoon squad for tackling watercourses.
The Type IIb Engineer Battalion - both engineer infantry companies were equipped with steel wheel hoop wagons, had no motorised engineer company and no anti-gas platoon. The engineer column did not have the means to tackle watercourses. As a whole it was hypomobile. The engineer infantry companies were tabulated at 52 horses each. The exact number of draft horses in the entire battalion is unknown, but some sources give as many as 250 horses.
Table numbers of the Type II Engineer Battalion:
| unit | commander+battalion command | 1. Engineer company-infantry | 2nd Engineer company-infantry | 3. Motorized engineer company (barrage) | Engineers column | Anti-gas četa | Celkem |
| důstojníci | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
| poddůstojníci | 13 | 30 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 102 |
| mužstvo | 36 | 162 | 162 | 66 | 104 | 48 | 578 |
| ViS vz.35 pistols | 33 |
| Mauser carbines vz.29 | 665 |
| Browning handguns vz.28 | 10 |
| Maxim light machine guns vz.08/15 | 4 |
The following engineer battalions of subtypes II, II a, II b were mobilized:
| Engineer Battalion no: | Subtype (according to mobilization tables) | Subtype (according to fact) | Mobilization Body | Mobilization Center: | Mobilization Group (mobilization end date) | Battalion Commander as of 01. | Designated for: |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | II b | II b | 3rd Engineer Battalion | Vilno | red (48 hrs.) | Captain Tadeusz Wejtko | 1st Legionary Infantry Division |
| 2 | II b | II b | 2nd Engineer Regiment | Puławy | general 1st Sequence (4th day) | Major Franciszek Kostek | 2nd Legionary Infantry Division |
| 3 | II b | II b | 2. Engineers Regiment | Puławy | general 1st Sequence (5th day) | Captain Władysław Tyszkiewicz | 3rd Legionary Infantry Division |
| 4 | II b | II a | 8. Engineer Battalion | Torun | blue (44 hrs.) | Major Teofil Boniecki | 4. Infantry Division |
| 5 | II b | II | 4th Engineer Regiment | Přemysl | general 1st Sequence (4th day) | Major Tadeusz Leon Chlebowski | 5th Infantry Division |
| 6 | II b | II a | 5. Engineers Battalion | Kraków | yellow (36 hrs.) | Major Jan Władyka | 6th Infantry Division |
| 7 | II a | II a | Engineer and Infantry Centre of the 7th Infantry Division | Częstochowa | blue (36 hrs.) 3 | Major Jan VI Szymanski | 7th Infantry Division |
| 8 | II | II | 1st Engineer Battalion | Modlin | blue (32 hrs.) 1 | Major Eng. Walerian Klimowicz | 8th Infantry Division |
| 9 | II | II and | 6th Engineer Battalion | Brest nad Bugem | red (30 hrs.) | Major Witold Bronisław Brzeziński | 9th Infantry Division |
| 10 | II and | II and | Engineer and Infantry Center 10. Infantry Division | Sieradz | green (36 hrs.) 3 | Major Ludwik Siemiński | 10th Infantry Division |
| 11 | II and | II and | Engineer and Infantry Center 10. Infantry Division | Stryj | General 1st Sequence (4th day) | Major Włodzimierz Kupryk | 11. Infantry Division |
| 12 | II and | II | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 12th Infantry Division | Tarnopol | green (36 hrs.) 4 | Major Stanisław Wojakowski | 12. Infantry Division |
| 13 | II and | II | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 13th Infantry Division | Równe | green (36 hrs.) 1 | Major Jan Roch Ulejczyk | 13. Infantry Division |
| 14 | II and 2 | II | 7th Engineer Battalion | Poznan | yellow (24 hrs.) | Major Henryk Kosicki | 14th Infantry Division |
| 15 | II a | II a | 8. Engineer Battalion | Toruń | blue (32 hrs.) | Major Jan Guderski | 15th Infantry Division |
| 16 | II and | II and | Engineer and Infantry Centre of the 16th Infantry Division | Grudziądz | blue (30 hrs.) 4 | Major Eugeniusz Szubert | 16th Infantry Division | 17 | II b | II a | 7th Engineer Battalion | Poznan | yellow (36 hrs.) | Capt. Aleksander Karchesy | 17th Infantry Division |
| 18 | II and | II and | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 18th Infantry Division | Łomża | blue (36 hrs.) 1 | Major Kazimierz Mizerek | 18th Infantry Division | 19 | II b | II | 3. Engineer Battalion | Vilno | Red (38 hrs.) | Major Stanislaw Maculewicz | 19. Infantry Division |
| 20 | II and | II | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 20th Infantry Division | Słonim | green (36 hrs.) 3 | Major Czesław Paczkowski | 20th Infantry Division |
| 21 | II b | II | 5th Engineer Battalion | Kraków | yellow (72 hrs.) | Major Maksymilian Orłowski | 21st Mountain Infantry Division |
| 22 | II b | II b | 4th Engineer Regiment | Přemysl | yellow (48 hrs.) | Captain Michal Knapik | 22nd Mountain Infantry Division |
| 23 | II a | II a | Engineer and Pioneer Center 23. Infantry Division | Mysłowice | yellow (30 hrs.) 4 | Major Marian Skierczyński | 23. Infantry Division |
| 24 | II b | II b | 4th Engineer Regiment | Přemysl | general 1st Sequence (5th day) | Major Stefan Pięta | 24. Infantry Division |
| 25 | II and | II and | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 25th Infantry Division | Kalisz | blue (30 hrs.) 4 | Major Gracjan Kazimierz Dąbrowski | 25th Infantry Division |
| 26 | II b | II a | 2nd Engineer Regiment | Puławy | black (24 hrs.) | Major Kazimierz Ferdynand Andrzej Wojakowski | 26th Infantry Division |
| 27 | II a | II a | Engineer and Infantry Center 27. Infantry Division | Sarny | green (44 hrs.) 3 | Major Roman Szymanowski | 27. Infantry Division |
| 28 | II b | II b | 2nd Engineer Regiment | Puławy | black (48 hrs.) | Captain Józef Salecki | 28. Infantry Division |
| 29 | II and | II | Engineer and Infantry Center of the 29th Infantry Division | Grodno | yellow (36 hrs.) 3 | Major Eugeniusz Ożóg | 29th Infantry Division |
| 30 | II b | II | 6th Engineer Battalion | Brest nad Bugem | red (30 hrs.) | Capt. Jerzy Skalski | 30th Infantry Division |
| 43 | II b | II b | Engineer Company SOP "Grodno" | Grodno | yellow (60 hrs.) | Capt. Edward Herman | 33rd Infantry Division (Reserve) |
| 46 | II b | 4th Engineer Regiment | Přemysl | general 1st platoon (6. Day) | Captain Tadeusz Franciszek Struś | 36th Infantry Division (reserve) | |
| 47 | II b | II a | 7th Engineer Battalion | Poznan | yellow (58 hrs.) | Captain Teofil Jaroszewski | Army "Poznan" |
| 48 | II b | II b | 8th Engineer Battalion | Toruń | blue (66 hrs.) | Major Wacław Wasilewski | Armada "Pomerania" |
| 50 | II b | II b | 4th Engineer Regiment | Přemysl | yellow (36 hrs.) | Major Władysław Zawalnicki | Army "Lodz" |
| 53 | II b | II b | 3rd Engineer Battalion | Vilno | red (66 hrs.) | Captain Edmund Wahren | Separate Task Force "Narew" |
| 55 | II b | II b | 5. Engineer Battalion | Kraków | General 2nd Sequence (3rd day) | Captain Zenon Schreyer | 45th Infantry Division (Reserve) 5 |
| 56 | II b | II b | 6. Engineer Battalion | Brest nad Bugem | general 2nd Sequence (4th day) | Major Tadeusz Górecki | 39th Infantry Division (Reserve) |
| 61 | II b | II b | 1. Engineer Battalion | Modlin | general 1st sled (4th day) | major Tadeusz II Pisarski | 41. Infantry Division (reserve) |
| 71 | II b | II b | 1st Engineer Battalion | Modlin | general 2. Sequence (4th day) | Captain Zygmunt III Zakrzewski | 44. Infantry Division (Reserve) |
| Notes: | 1 - 1. Engineer Company - Infantry at 20 hours and the Corps Area Commander was to agree with the Infantry Division Commander on its type (vehicles with tyres or steel wheel hoops). 2 - the engineer column was to be mobilized without the bridge platoon 3 - 1st Engineer Company - Infantry at the 24-hour deadline and the corps area commander was to agree with the infantry division commander on its type (vehicles with tires or steel wheel hoops). 4 - 1st Engineer Company - Infantry at 18 hours and the Corps Area Commander was to agree with the Infantry Division Commander on its type (vehicles with tires or steel wheel hoops). 5 - from 02.09.1939 it was in the composition of the 55th Infantry Division (reserve) |
The Engineer Battalion of the Land Coast Defence, composed of 126., 127th Reserve Engineer Company, and a Naval Reserve Engineer Company issued by the Naval Cadre - Major Jakub Witkowski was the commander (according to Cutter), but the 1939 schematic does not give this name.
101st Engineer Battalion in the "Warsaw" Army - Captain Henryk Kurowski
102nd Engineer Battalion in the "Warsaw" Army - Captain Reserve Czesław Wallner
The Engineer Battalion of the 50th Infantry Division under the command of Major Cyprian Ułaszyn (? not listed in the 1939 diagram), composed of:
23. 23, 121 Engineer Company, Motorized Engineer Company.
The Engineer Battalion of the 60th Infantry Division under the command of Major Stanislaw Wanicki (? not listed in the 1939 diagram), which included 3 engineer companies.
Resources:
Cutter, Zdzisław: Polskie wojska saperskie w 1939 r. : organizacja, wyposażenie, mobilacja i działania wojenne, Wydawnictwo Wyższej Szkoły Pedagogicznej, Częstochowa 2003.
Cutter, Zdzisław: Saperzy II Rzeczypospolitej, PAT, Kraków-Warszawa-Wrocław 2005
Pawłowski, Tymoteusz: Army of Marshal Smigly. The Idea of the Extension of the Polish Army 1935-1939, Oficyna Wydawnicza RYTM, Warsaw 2009
Rybka, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: The Best Weapon. Plan mobilizacyjny "W″ i jego ewolucja, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Adiutor″, Warszawa 2010
Rybka, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: Rocznik oficerski 1939, Akademicka Księgarnia, Fundacja Centrum Czynu Niepodległościowego, Kraków 2006
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Organizační schéma ženijního praporu typ II