Organizacja służby uzbrojenia w Wojsku Polskim w latach 1918–1939
Organization of the Armament Service in the Polish Armed Forces in the years 1918–1939

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the development and tasks of the Armament Service (AS) in the Polish Army. The main aim of the article is to describe the development of the AS since its formal establishment in 1918 up until 1939. The first part of the paper describes the tasks and development of the Armament Service structures within the artillery. After that the organizational development of the AS and the choice of its field of action in the interwar period up until the outbreak of World War II were presented. The development of the service has been shown on the example of its central unit in the Ministry of Military Affairs – the Technical and Artillery Department, Artillery Department, the Department of Artillery and Weaponry, and the Department of Weaponry, as well as its subordinated service units on the level of Corps District Commands, depots, workshops and military units. Moreover, the article presents the role and tasks of the AS related to securing the appropriate use of equipment, its repairs, maintenance, storage and delivery. Then the most important tasks related to formulating regulations on the use of military equipment in the Polish Armed Forces were indicated.

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