Motorized Regiment of the 10th Cavalry Brigade - Pułk zmotoryzowany 10 Brygady Kawalerii
The motorized regiment as a military body of motorized cavalry was subordinated to the commander of the 10th Cavalry Brigade through its commander. The regiments' transition to wartime status did not follow the mobilization plan. Increased combat readiness and partial replenishment to war status of units of the 10th. JB was ordered already on 15.03.1939 in connection with the March occupation of the Czech lands and the declaration of independence of Slovakia. The regiments were supposed to issue one colorguard each on the war states, but the mobilization resources were released only when the alarm mobilization was announced in August 1939.
The regiments of 10. Cavalry Brigade:
| Name | Mobilization Center | Mobilization Group and Date of Reaching Cash | Commander as of 01.09.1939 | Superior Command | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Mobilisation Centre | Mobilisation group and standby date | Commander as of 01.09.1939 | Higher Command | Source | |
| Name | Mobilization Centre | Mobilization group and standby date | Commander as of 1 September 1939. | Superior command | Source | |
| 10. pluk jízdních střelců | Łańcut | černá A+32 hod. | dipl. pplk. Janusz Bokszczanin | 10. jezdecká brigáda | Majka, Jerzy: Brygada motorowa col. Maczek, Libra PL Publishing House, Rzeszów 2016, pp. 289 | |
| 10th Mounted Rifle Regiment | Lancut | black A+32 hours | Leutenant Colonel Janusz Bokszczanin | 10th Cavalry Brigade | ||
| 10th Cavalry Rifle Regiment | Lancut | black A+32 | Lt. Col. Janusz Bokszczanin | 10 Cavalry Brigade | Rybka, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: The best weapon. Plan mobilacyjny "W" i jego ewolucja, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Adiutor", Warszawa 2010, p. 247 | |
| 24 hulánský pluk | Kraśnik | černá A+32 hod. | dipl.plk. Kazimierz Juliusz Tadeusz Dworak | 10. jezdecká brigáda | Majka, Jerzy: Brygada motorowa płk. Maczek, Libra PL Publishing House, Rzeszów 2016, pp. 287 | |
| 24 Uhlans Regiment | Kraśnik | black A+32 hours | Colonel Kazimierz Juliusz Tadeusz Dworak | 10th Cavalry Brigade | ||
| 24th Uhlans Regiment | Kraśnik | black A+32 | Col. Kazimierz Juliusz Tadeusz Dworak | 10th Cavalry Brigade | Rybka, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: The best weapon. Plan mobilacyjny "W" i jego ewolucja, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Adiutor", Warszawa 2010, p. 246 |
The units of the Black Mobilization Group were intended to reinforce troops in the area of the threatened borders of the state.
The wartime strengths for the regiments of the 10th Cavalry Brigade were established by the order of the Main Staff L.dz.686/Mob of 23.12.1938 - tables of numbers 15-21
Organizational structure of the regiment 10. cavalry brigade:
headquarters with economic-technical administration, economic platoon with bodybuilding squad and back-up squad - table no. 15 (stat no. 15)
coupling platoon - table no. 16
motorcycle platoon - table no. 17
protitank platoon - table no. 18
2x rank road squadron - table no. 19
2x rank ground squadron - table no. 20
bullet squadron - table no. 21
The regiment was to have the following tabular numbers:
| Tabular numbers of the 10th Motorised Regiment. Cavalry Brigade | Number |
|---|---|
| Etat pułku zmotoryzowanego 10 BK | Number |
| officers | 34 |
| officers | 34 |
| NCOs | 175 |
| NCOs | 175 |
| privates | 765 |
| privates | 765 | pistole Vis wz. 35 | 171 |
| Vis pistols wz. 35 | 171 | carbines Mauser wz. 98 PWU | 781 |
| kbk Mauser wz. 98 PWU | 781 |
| submachine guns Suomi wz. 31 | 4 | machine pistols Suomi wz. 31 | 4 |
| handguns Browning wz. 28 | 43 |
| rkm Browning wz. 28 | 43 |
| heavy machine guns Maxim wz. 30 | 20 | ckm Maxim wz. 30 | 20 |
| 81 mm mortars wz. 31 | 2 |
| 81 mm mortars wz. 31 | 2 |
| 37 mm PT guns Bofors wz.36 | 3 |
| 37 mm ppanc cannons. Bofors wz. 36 | 3 |
| N1/S radios | 1 |
| N1/S radios | 1 |
| receiving ROD radios | 2 |
| ROD receiving radio stations | 2 |
| field telephones | 15 | field telephones | 15 | artillery tractors PZInż. 302 | 3 |
| artillery tractors PZInż. 302 | 3 |
| passenger cars | 1 |
| passenger cars | 1 | passenger off-road vehicles | 19 | rovers | 19 |
| small trucks up to 1t | 12 |
| cars with hose 1t | 12 |
| trucks up to 2t | 34 |
| cars trucks 2t | 34 |
| trucks for transporting fuel | 3 |
| tanker trucks | 3 |
| workshop trucks | 1 |
| workshops samochodowe | 1 |
| sanitní automobily | 1 |
| samochody sanitarne | 1 |
| radioautomobily | 1 | samochody-radio | 1 |
| trailers for transporting passengers | 10 |
| trailers for transporting fuel | 4 | trailers petrol | 4 |
| motorcycles Sokol 600 | 13 |
| motockle Sokol 600 | 13 |
| motorcycles Sokół 1000 with sidecar | 53 |
| motorcycles Sokół 1000 with trailer | 53 |
| field kitchen | 6 |
| field kitchen | 6 |
It is necessary to add, that in the spring of 1939 it was decided to form another motorized brigade (the Warsaw Tank and Motorized Brigade), which was to have a modified organizational structure and for which new tables were formed. The regiments were to be 10. JB reorganized. Some changes took place - for example, mortar platoons were formed. However, there was no time for major changes. Just before the outbreak of war, the manpower levels were filled, but the actual vehicle and equipment levels differed from the expected wartime levels.
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