I think desertion is key to supporting the various local Polish ORMO "militias" described in canon.
From discussions with a former Polish Army soldier (post Cold War), I take it that the actual Cold War ORMO was a very small organization. They were not generally armed with military grade weapons, if they were armed at all. This person is of the opinion that the Communist Polish government would never have considered arming civilians. Besides, most able-bodied males would have been conscripted into the Polish Army once the war was in full swing.
The only explanation for the number and strength of local militias, in my mind, is that thousands of Polish soldiers deserted- likely after the nuclear exchanges were well under way- with their weapons, returned home, and formed the cadres for the various local militias described in canon.
Polish troops- especially wartime conscripts- would have ample cause and opportunity to desert.
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