72HM0073 POLISH CKM WZ.30 WITH CREW SET 3 1939

Based on the experiences of World War I, but also on the experiences of the Polish-Bolshevik war of 1919-1921, the command of the Polish army appreciated the role of machine weapons in the interwar period, but budget shortages made it difficult to saturate Polish infantry with machine weapons in on the eve of the September campaign. As a result, just before 1939, the Polish infantry division had 320 manual machine guns (km for short), 34 light km and 124 heavy km. These numbers were clearly lower than those of the German infantry division, where, together with submachine guns, there were - full time - 857 machine guns! It is worth noting that the Polish infantry platoon had a total of only 4 manual machine guns - one per infantry team (the platoon consisted of three teams) and one subordinate to the platoon command. The most frequently used manual machine gun in the Polish Army was the Browning wz.28, which was clearly inferior to the MG34 - especially when it comes to the rate of fire. The most frequently used machine gun was the Browning wz. 30, cal. 7.92 mm.