Translated Polish army manual for infantry available

[Anatoli]

I've spent the last few days translating the Polish army manual for infantry, dating 1934, on which the Polish infantry units based their training and tactics.

It's particularly interesting for wargamers looking for proper representation of the Polish army during the late interwar period and during the September Campaign of 1939. As far as I know there is no previously translated work dealing with small unit tactics readily available, much of the information on the Polish army on the internet deals only with equipment and the tables of organizations while sometimes reaching as far down as platoon level have not been able to provide proper information on how the Polish troops actually worked.

This army manual is an abridged version concentrated down to around 60 pages out of the original 120. I have left out the drill instructions and all that information that doesn't have anything to do with actual combat. While I understand those parts too would have been interesting for re-enactment groups I simply do not have the time and energy to translate parts that aren't going to be used by the intended target audience - who are wargamers and rule writers.

Those interested should find everything they need to know about company, platoon and team composition. How units acted together and on their own. How the platoon was split up in teams and how the teams acted as a whole  or how they could be divided into smaller groups of soldiers depending on the situation and tactical need.

You can read more about this and find the download link from where you can download this translation for free over at my blog: http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/08/translated-polish-army-manual-for.html

[carlos marighela]

Excellent job! Thanks for sharing, it's a fascinating document.

[cstoesen]

Very nice.  Thank you for sharing.

[Helen]

Fantastic work in translating, thank you very much.

Cheers,

Helen

[Anatoli]

You're welcome guys, hope you get some use for it as well 

[wargamer1972]

Thank you for this!

[S_P]

Very useful- many thanks.