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Kraków Defence Forces
Component units in the Kraków Defence Forces.
The unit controlling Kraków is listed as the "8th Motor Rifle Division", which is actually something of a misnomer. The Polish called those units "Mechanised Divisions" By the way, I really don't think the 8th are going to disband the colours and call themselves an OTK unit if for no other reason that the local OTK unit was already in place. Here's the official Order of Battle from 1985: 8th Dresden Mechanised Division - 16th Dnowsko-Łużycki Tank Regiment - 28th Sudecki Mechanised Regiment - 32nd Budziszyński Mechanized Regiment - 36th Łużycki Mechanised Regiment - 4th Artillery Regiment - 83rd Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment - 47th Rocket Artillery Battalion - 1st Tactical Missile Battalion - 15th Division Artillery Commander Command Battery - 5th Reconnaissance Battalion - 19th Sapper Battalion - 13th Signal Battalion - 8th Supply Battalion - 8th Maintenance Battalion - 39th Medical Battalion 64th Chemical Defence Company Also, the 8th will be associated with a few other units that would have been in Kraków. These are: 3rd Carpathian Brigade WOP ("Border Protection Troops") - 264th WOP battalion - 32nd WOP battalion - 34th WOP battalion Kraków Territorial Defence ("OTK"). This is who we think the "ORMO" were. They are the local military defence unit. Kraków Civil Defence Units ("OP") Kraków Militia ("MO") This was the pre-war police force. It must be remembered that Polish police were paramilitary. One unit you'll notice that are not here is the local ORMO units. This is because the ORMO was an arm of the Polish communist party, the guys the 8th are rebelling against. Also I should belabour the point that Polish society in the Cold War was more militarised than what we in the west (assuming the reader is western) are used to. Some sort of civil training was very common. Civil Defence was especially widespread. Note that "civil defence" meant just that; not only did they do disaster relief and medical services but the OP also did things like create strongpoints, assist AA weaponry and other military functions. |
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