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Operational structure of the Polish Land Forces

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The full structure of the Polish Land Forces is:

Armed Forces General Command

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The Inspector Land Forces, a two-star, major-general equivalent, reports to Commander, Armed Forces General Command, a three-star, general broni.

Separately and without seemingly any responsibility to the Inspector Land Forces, the divisions of the Polish Land Forces also report, separately, to the Commander, Armed Forces General Command.

1st Legions Infantry Division

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1st Legions Infantry Division organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)

The 1st Legions Infantry Division was reactivated on 9 January 2023.[1] The division is currently being formed and will reach full operational capability at the end of the decade. The division will be the largest Polish formation and equipped with Polish and South Korean equipment. As of 2025 the 1st Legions Infantry Division consists of the following units:[2][3][4]

  • 1st Legions Infantry Division "Marshal Józef Piłsudski", in Ciechanów
    • 1st Command Battalion, in Ciechanów
    • 1st Legions Mechanized Brigade, in Karakule
      • Command Battalion, in Karakule
      • 1st Legions Mechanized Battalion, in Karakule
    • 2nd Legions Armored Brigade, in Czerwony Bór
      • Command Battalion, in Czerwony Bór
      • 1st Legions Tank Battalion, in Czerwony Bór
      • 5th Legions Tank Battalion, in Czartajew
      • Logistic Battalion, in Czerwony Bór
    • 2nd Legions Motorized Brigade, in Ełk[5]
      • Command Battalion, in Wojewodzin
      • 1st Legions Motorized Battalion, in Ełk
      • 2nd Legions Motorized Battalion, in Wojewodzin
    • Legions Motorized Brigade, in Kolno (forming)
      • Command Battalion, in Kolno
      • 1st Legions Motorized Battalion, in Kolno
      • 2nd Legions Motorized Battalion, in Grajewo
    • 2nd Legions Artillery Brigade, in Iława
      • Command Battery, in Iława
      • Rocket Artillery Group, in Susz with Homar-K multiple rocket launchers
    • 1st Legions Anti-Tank Regiment, in Wielbark
      • Command Company, in Wielbark
    • 1st Legions Anti-Aircraft Regiment, in Ostrołęka
      • Command Battery, in Ostrołęka
      • 1st Legions Anti-Aircraft Group, in Ostrołęka
    • 3rd Legions Engineer Regiment, in Chełmno
      • Command Company, in Chełmno
      • Legions Engineer Battalion, in Chełmno
    • 1st Legions Logistic Regiment, in Mława
      • Command Company
      • Transport Battalion, in Czerwony Bór
    • 1st Legions Reconnaissance Battalion, in Białystok
    • 1st Legions Signal Battalion, in Ciechanów
    • 3rd Legions Chemical Battalion, in Brodnica
    • 1st Division Training Center, in Czerwony Bór
    • 2nd Division Training Center, in Ślubowo

8th Home Army Infantry Division

11th Armored Cavalry Division

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11th Armored Cavalry Division organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)
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10th Armored Cavalry Brigade Leopard 2A4 on maneuver
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Hibneryt anti-aircraft system
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DANA 152 mm self-propelled howitzer

12th Mechanized Division

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12th Mechanized Division organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)
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7th Coastal Defense Brigade BWP-1 on maneuver
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12th Mechanized Brigade with KTO Rosomak on winter maneuver

16th Mechanized Division

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16th Mechanized Division organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)
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20th Mechanized Brigade troops on parade

18th Mechanized Division

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18th Mechanized Division organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)
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2S1 Gvozdika artillery of 1st Armored Brigade
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21st Podhale Rifles brigade on maneuver

1st Army Aviation Brigade

6th Airborne Brigade

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Independent brigades organisation 2025 (click image to enlarge)

25th Air Cavalry Brigade

  • 25th Air Cavalry Brigade "Prince Józef Poniatowski", in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
    • 25th Command Battalion, in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
    • 1st Air Cavalry Battalion, in Leźnica Wielka
    • 7th Air Cavalry Battalion, in Tomaszów Mazowiecki
    • 22nd Carpathian Mountains Infantry Battalion, in Kłodzko
    • 1st Aviation Group, in Leźnica Wielka
      • 1st Squadron with 16x Mi-8T transport helicopters (planned to be replaced with AW101 helicopters)
      • 2nd Squadron with 16x Mi-17-1V transport helicopters (planned to be replaced with AW101 helicopters)
    • 7th Aviation Group, in Nowy Glinnik
      • 1st Squadron with 12x PZL W-3WA Sokół helicopters (being replaced by AW149 helicopters)
      • 2nd Squadron with 12x PZL W-3WA Sokół helicopters (being replaced by AW149 helicopters)
    • Air Medical Evacuation Unit, in Nowy Glinnik with 2x PZL W-3WA AE Sokół and 2x Mi-17AE medical evacuation helicopters
    • 25th Logistic Battalion, in Tomaszów Mazowiecki

Directly reporting regiments

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Units and Formations attached to the Land Forces

Armed Forces Support Inspectorate

  • 1st Pomeranian Logistic Brigade "Casimir the Great", in Bydgoszcz
    • 1st Command and Security Battalion, in Bydgoszcz
    • 1st Storage Battalion, in Ciechanów
    • 1st Logistic Battalion, in Bydgoszcz
    • 2nd Logistic Battalion, in Bydgoszcz
    • 3rd Logistic Battalion, in Glewice
    • 11th Transport Battalion, in Czarne
    • 52nd Maintenance Battalion, in Czarne
    • 112th Maintenance Battalion, in Giżycko
  • 10th Opole Logistic Brigade "Col. Piotr Wysocki", in Opole
    • 10th Command and Security Battalion, in Opole
    • 1st Logistic Battalion, in Opole
    • 2nd Logistic Battalion, in Opole
    • 10th Storage Battalion, in Opole
    • 55th Maintenance Battalion, in Opole
    • 82nd Transport Battalion, in Oleśnica
    • 91st Logistic Battalion, in Komprachcice
    • National Support Component Headquarter, in Opole
    • Medical Support Group, in Opole

Military Health Service Department

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Selected Land Forces elements, Armed Forces Operational Command

Multinational Corps North-East

  • Multinational Corps Northeast (MNC NE), in Szczecin, Polish Element
    • MNC NE Support Brigade, in Stargard
      • Brigade Command Company, in Stargard
      • 100th Signal Battalion, in Wałcz
      • 104th Support Battalion, in Wałcz
      • Force Protection Company, in Szczecin (will expand to 102nd Force Protection Battalion, in case of war)
      • Polish National Support Element, in Szczecin

Lithuanian–Polish–Ukrainian Brigade

Independent units and formations

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9th Command Support Brigade of the Armed Forces General Command

The brigade is made up mostly of Land Forces personnel, but it is independent from the LF.

Warsaw Garrison Command

The command is an independent formation made up mostly of Land Forces personnel.

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Land Forces structure graphic

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Polish Land Forces organisation 2025 (click to enlarge)

Geographic distribution

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Warsaw
Warsaw
1 Aviation Bde.
1 Aviation Bde.
6 Airborne Bde.
6 Airborne Bde.
25 Air Cavalry Bde.
25 Air Cavalry Bde.
16 Mechanized Div.
16 Mechanized Div.
9 Armored Bde.
9 Armored Bde.
15 Mech. Bde.
15 Mech. Bde.
16 Mot. Bde.
16 Mot. Bde.
20 Mech. Bde.
20 Mech. Bde.
1 Art. Bde.
1 Art. Bde.
14 Anti-tank Rgt.
14 Anti-tank Rgt.
15 Anti-air. Rgt.
15 Anti-air. Rgt.
16 Engineer Rgt.
16 Engineer Rgt.
16 Logistic Rgt.
16 Logistic Rgt.
12 Mech. Div.
12 Mech. Div.
2 Mechanized Bde.
2 Mechanized Bde.
7 Coastal Defense Bde.
7 Coastal Defense Bde.
12 Mechanized Bde.5 Engineer Rgt.
12 Mechanized Bde.
5 Engineer Rgt.
5 Artillery Rgt.
5 Artillery Rgt.
8 Anti-air. Rgt.
8 Anti-air. Rgt.
8 Logistic Rgt.
8 Logistic Rgt.
11 Armored Div.
11 Armored Div.
10 Armored Bde.
10 Armored Bde.
17 Mechanized Bde.
17 Mechanized Bde.
34 Armored Bde.
34 Armored Bde.
23 Artillery Rgt.
23 Artillery Rgt.
4 Anti-air. Rgt.
4 Anti-air. Rgt.
2 Recon Rgt.
2 Recon Rgt.
9 Recon Rgt.
9 Recon Rgt.
18 Recon Rgt.
18 Recon Rgt.
1 Engineer Rgt.
1 Engineer Rgt.
2 Engineer Rgt.
2 Engineer Rgt.
2 Engineer Rgt.
2 Engineer Rgt.
Operational structure of the Polish Land Forces
4 CBRN-Def. Rgt.
4 CBRN-Def. Rgt.
5 CBRN-Def. Rgt.
5 CBRN-Def. Rgt.
18 Mechanized Div.
18 Mechanized Div.
18 Motorized Bde.
18 Motorized Bde.
19 Mechanized Bde.
19 Mechanized Bde.
21 Podhale Rifles Bde.
21 Podhale Rifles Bde.
18 Artillery Rgt.
18 Artillery Rgt.
18 Anti-air. Rgt.
18 Anti-air. Rgt.
18 Engineer Rgt.
18 Engineer Rgt.
18 Logistic Rgt.
18 Logistic Rgt.
1 Legions Inf. Div.
1 Legions Inf. Div.
1 Leg. Mech. Bde.
1 Leg. Mech. Bde.
2 Leg. Armored Bde.
2 Leg. Armored Bde.
2 Leg. Mot. Bde.
2 Leg. Mot. Bde.
Leg. Mot. Bde.
Leg. Mot. Bde.
2 Leg. Art. Bde.
2 Leg. Art. Bde.
1 Leg. Anti-tank Rgt.
1 Leg. Anti-tank Rgt.
1 Leg. Anti-air. Rgt.
1 Leg. Anti-air. Rgt.
3 Leg. Engineer Rgt.
3 Leg. Engineer Rgt.
1 Leg. Logistic Rgt.
1 Leg. Logistic Rgt.
8 Home Army Inf. Div.
8 Home Army Inf. Div.
Home Army Armored Bde.
Home Army Armored Bde.
Home Army Mech. Bde.
Home Army Mech. Bde.
Home Army Mech. Bde.
Home Army Mech. Bde.
Home Army Mot. Bde.
Home Army Mot. Bde.
Home Army Art. Bde.
Home Army Art. Bde.
Home Army Anti-tank Rgt.
Home Army Anti-tank Rgt.
Home Army Anti-air. Rgt.
Home Army Anti-air. Rgt.
Home Army Log. Rgt.
Home Army Log. Rgt.
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