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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Did the Polish Forces use T16s during WW2?
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Originally posted by Garry Shipton
...did not the Polish Divsion as part of the Canadian 2nd Div at The Falaise gap have T16s? Something to look into!!
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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
If you could find out more info re. the use of T16 by Polish forces - or any other Commonwealth forces - that would be great.
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Hi friends,
Most likely, if only, several T16s served in the Polish Armed Forces but they were single vehicles.
The only one confirmed episode is the presence of T16s in slightly exotic Polish military structure in France. It was not related to UK-based Polish Government and its Polish Armed Forces with their London HQ. Too long and too complicated to explain it briefly. There was a time in 1944 when Poland had two Governments -- one UK-based (legal); the other one Poland-based (illegal). The T16s belonged to so-called Zgrupowanie Piechoty Polskiej we Francji, or ZPPwF, (The Polish Infantry Group in France) related to Poland-based Government. It was strongly related to French Communistic Party that was tolerated by the Allies and even equipped by them. More or less than 10 T16s served in the ZPPwF. In February 1945 the ZPPwF became the part of the French 1st Army.
Source:
Janusz Magnuski
Wozy bojowe Polskich Sił Zbrojnych 1940-1946
(The Combat Vehicles of the Polish Armed Forces 1940-1946)
Wydawnictwo Lampart, Warszawa 1998
(Lampart Publishing House, Warsaw 1998)
ISBN 83-86776-39-0
About the author Mr. Janusz Magnuski
http://www.explore-biography.com/sci..._Magnuski.html