The Polish did things differently to an extant that often breaks the idea of a monolithic Kremlin controlled Eastern bloc asunder. They also used different small unit structures than the rest, e. g. they didn't switch away from GPMGs to LMGs and had tripods assigned to their third squads in platoons for fire support. They also built their own wheeled APCs and amphibious APCs together with the Czechoslovakians, instead of buying BTR-60s or BTR-50s (although some of the latter were initially purchased).
Also, they allegedly were focussing more on individual initiative than was taught in general Soviet doctrine. They didn't quite switch towards "mission-type tactics" (German: "Auftragstaktik"), but freedom of decisions was greater with NCOs and subaltern officers than in the Soviet Army.
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