Author: Karol

There was no flight without fuel. Vehicle fuel dispensers are one of the most important vehicles in the flight organization system. This is the basic equipment that guarantees the performance of any flights. In the aviation regiments there were fuel and lubricant depots, called MPS (Propellant and Lubricants). Just like the Car Park, MPS was…

Starting units are devices used to start turbojet and turboprop engines that drive airplanes and helicopters. I will not go into the details of starting the engines. Let me just mention that the typical way of starting aircraft engines was and still is to use the airport’s electricity source. The first turbojet aircraft in Poland,…

In the 1970s, almost all airports in Poland were military airports. Except for Okęcie Airport. The Okęcie airport was specific and consisted of a civilian and a military part, and was the only one in Poland with the status of an international airport. The second exception was the Rębiechowo-Gdańsk Airport opened in 1974, which was…

The GAZ-69 is a Soviet all-terrain vehicle produced in the period 1952-1955 at the GAZ plant in Gorky and until 1972 at the UAZ plant in Ulyanovsk (designated UAZ-69). It was the basic light off-road vehicle in the armies and services of the communist bloc and other countries in the economic or military sphere of…

The regiment was headed by a commander with the Regiment’s Command and the Staff. The commander was a pilot, usually had the rank of colonel and higher education, and was a member of the PZPR party. The commander reported directly to the Division or Corps commander. The commander had to help: Deputy commander for training.…

In the 70s, MiG-21 MF aircraft were the basic fighters in the Polish Army. The presented aircraft was used in the 10th PLM in Łaski. One of its pilots was Captain Andrzej Śliwiński. After service, the aircraft went to the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow.

As it will turn out in this article, a lot of various types of cars from the East were used in the Polish Army during the communist era. This situation was mainly due to the fact that the Moscow state provided us with specialist equipment already built; radio stations, radio lines, radar stations, aggregates, etc.…

Jelczańskie Zakłady Samochodowego is the second largest producer of trucks in Poland. The plants were located in Jelcz-Laskowice. They specialized in the production of heavy trucks. There were much fewer JELCZ trucks in the Polish Army than STAR trucks. This was due to several reasons, most notably the higher purchase price. JELCZ trucks turned out…

Two Polish truck brands were popular in the Polish Army; STAR from Starachowice (from 1948) and JELCZ in Jelcz-Laskowice (from 1952). The vehicles of these manufacturers were the most popular in Poland. Often built special for the needs of the Polish Army. The name STAR should not be associated with the English language – a…