ВОЈНО-ТЕХНИЧКА САРАДЊА РЕПУБЛИКЕ ПОЉСКЕ И КРАЉЕВИНЕ СХС/ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ
Military-technical Cooperation between the Polish Republic and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Summary/Abstract: The first, unsuccessful, negotiations about purchase of weapons, above all rifles, from Poland were held in 1925 and 1926. However, even before that, with the treaty of November 3, 1924 between the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Poland, the first successful exchange of weapons took place. Poland supplied the Kingdom of Yugoslavia with 82 million of bullets of 8 mm for Manicherrifl es and got in exchange 87 former Austro-Hungarian howitzers 10 cm M 14 Skoda. In autumn 1931 a contract was signed about acquisition of a larger number of bomb-carriers constructed by Ing. Wladislaw Swiatackiego,which were duly delivered in 1932. Another contract about the delivery of these carriers was concluded on April 9, 1935. In the second half of 1938 Ing. Swiatackiego was hired to adapt, together with Yugoslav experts, his carriers for the new bomber plains Yugoslavia had bought. One of the fi rst purchases from Poland in accordance with the contract of March 18, 1933, was the delivery of 1.000 aircraft bombs of 12 kg wz. 27. During 1932 another exchange of war material with Poland took place. Until October 27, 1932, 22 hill howitzers of 10 cm M 16, 7 heavy howitzers of 15 cm M 14, 6 long cannon of 104 mm M 15 (3.200 grenades of 104 mm) and 32.000 (28.100) grenades for 15 cm caliber howitzers were bought from Poland. In exchange the Poles were supplied with 70 (69) French field cannon of 75 mm M 1897, (several Russian howitzers of 152 mm M09) and (3.800 grenades of 75 mm). Between 1934 and 1939 Yugoslavia bought from Poland a large quantity of various types of gun-powder and grenade ignitions. The Army of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia had in its arsenal also Polish rifles 7.9 mm wz. 29 which were bought, according to Polish data, in 1938-1939. The first air-business agreement between Poland and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia was realized in 1934 with the purchase of the license for schooling-tourist parasol RWD-8 which was produced by the „Rogožarski“ factory in March 1935 and offered to the Army which didn’t accept it (three RWD-8 made under license fl ew in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). The „Rogožarski“ factory bought the rights for production of the popular RWD-13 in 1938. This type was signed RVD-13 in Yugoslavia. „Rogožarski“ produced four RVD-13 and (originally) two pieces of the medic version RVD-13C. Yugoslavia also purchased aircraft equipment in Poland. Due to the outbreak of the war, the mortars were not delivered, but a signifi cant number of them were produced in Yugoslavia until April 6, 1941 in the factories „Jasenica“ in Smederevska Palanka, the „Wagon Factory“ in Kruševac and in the „Wagon Factory“ in Slavonski Brod.

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