T/O AND [ ] OF POLISH BORDER GUARDS (WOP)

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 3, 2002
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: April 16, 1952
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INFORMATION REPORT
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Organization of the Polish .OP
1. I learned the breakdown of UOP from orders, talks with other
and observation. The Ministry of Public Security
inisterstrwe Bezpeczenetwa Publicznego) is the direct superior
of the WOP (Wojskowa Ochrana Pograniczna) headquarters. It
is subdivided into 12 brigades throughout Poland. Each
brigade has from four to eight battalions, depending upon the
size and importance of the brigade area. The WOP battalion
has from five to seven !ward Units (Strazniey), depending
upon the importance and size of the battalion area. The Guard
Unit is dependent upon the battalion for administration,
supply, finan., and operations. The GPK (Graniezny Punkt
Kontrolny - Border Control Point), is subordinate to the
brigade office of the Director of RGKG (Border Traffic and
Border Problems) for operations, duty, and training; and to
the battalion for pay, food, clothing, and weapons. A
battalion can recoriond the neAd for setting up a GPK unit;
the brigade actually creates the GPK.
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Table of Organization
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Hrygad has the followingadtual T/O:
Guard Unit CO (Dowodea S?razniey) Lt or Qapt
Special Affairs Officer (Zaetepoa Dowodcy Straznicr dla
Spraw Specjalnych albo epraw zwiadu) - M/Sgt
Sergeant of aixard Unit (Szef Straznicy kapral eluzby
ozynne j) - cpl or Sgt
Investigations NCO (P dofieer' 0dzeniowy kapral
kapral eluzby zawo wej) - regular army corporal
who checks on the reliability of personnel
Signal Communications NCQ Pgdo1'ioer Zacznosci' kapral
eluzby zawodowej)
Two squad leaders (Dowodea druzyny)
24 EM
Total: 30 EM (Zolnierzy albo azeregowcy), one officer
/OOAActually calla for:
Three officers (*e C:apt, two Arta)
Nine NC?e
32 EM
Total: 41 EM, three officers
ae ;(14ra1.so.calas:2or. a political affairs off2ccr ~u.lcc~r
frP,.gOrgi9ant) Gastepca, Doody Strazx4cy;.a 4rz!~v Polit-
ypznych; a supply NCO; a tracki,lg-uog guide (i'rozewodnik
Transport
six horses - two for riding; four 4raft horses
four bicycles
(2) Functional duty aids '~ I 1
one tracking dog
four guard dogs for night ~atro4s
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Weapons and Ammunition
Actual;: T/E Cailo for
1 TT 7.62 mm pistol (Polish "de)
3
12 PPSh 7.62 mm SMGs, model 1941/M (Soviet
made)
14
24 KBK (K? t]ti Karabin Kawaleryjeki - short
Cavalry= .erarbine) 7.62 mmj. model 1930/44
('Palish, and Soviet made)."' 2 KBK 1891 (Polish and Soviet'ade)
20
1 RKM,r,(Reczny Karabin Masz3rnbwvv7 T .62 mm
Dej$t3 arev LMG Model 44 .(:3 1st Ma?e)
2
0 CKM (Ciezki Karabin Mas rry).7.62 mm
Maxim HMG Model:..?1910 ( et-n&de)'
1
20 F-i serrated de3`ensive gtoenades (Soviet
de
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20
2 0 *
2 _ (,Reczn 02 , at- De yarev -Degt arew
had renades) , cylindrical o~'tineiv Mgreli-
adee (Soviet made) )
20
1680 rounds PPSh 7.62 mm (polish made)
(Polish'abbreviation Is PM (Pistolet?
Maszynowy - Machine Pietbi))' 19
60
1575 rounds KBK 7.62 mm (Pb:4ieh made) 26
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40
7 flare pistols (Raki
tn1ca),(three Soviet
made; four German de) t``
9
120 rounds of flare ition (Rakiety)
(P o l i sh'~.made) Un
known
Some of our ammunition boxes bore the le#ters PF8,, which
mean Polska Fabryka Broni Polish Arms Factory. = 7 heard'
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from an unidentified source, that this t`il tory is at. Radom
Poland and that some PPSh (PM) SMGe, c* nes and Tm ~,.,.
pistols are manufactured at the factory.
I Fad no artillery or mortar -shells, +r,,r am s n s
Arms and ammunition warehouse. ~R.
Among the flare pistol cartridggs,onahand were red flares
for use at night, red smoke flardp f iier daytime use, and green,
yellow and white flares. If - a gaaltrd wrong
in the con r " rea, a flare, usual green one at the
was fired. If a 'bp, crosser was seen,
one are was fired as a . signal - aid 'another flare was fired
bR give the direction of the escape.
5. Other equipment on hand is as follows:
Actual
Five Polish made field glasses
(Lornety) for daytime observation
from heights 5
One Soviet made Adrianov compass (Kompas) 1
Six field telephones (Aparato*..'telefon-
icznych polowych), one US m, one
German made, four Soviet ma 8
Ond 10-drop telephone bWitchboard
(Centrals telefoniczna -'telephone
central), Polish. made 1
One Polish desk telephone (aparat tele-
foniczny jiejeki)
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6. The T/E Parr a Guard U*it ' id on -an-I, elaeti6 rather than a
fixed basia ? ie eve !"thougt ;there' tirePS"ao1y 30 IM in the
es were kept on
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serriee
53 airs of
hand,: the ex ran being replay ante for old'or-worx-out
shoes. In WOP, officers.. aa*9` .gra'tesi~e$ clothing sjkd
field equipment at government expexse'and ithrr"iosaes.are
fficers WD e' 4 sstted e? ou*to*made '
O
made periodically. worsted summer uniform, a khaki wool afs$ cottox ufi fdrii,
and a gabardine dress4uniforn. The time allowed for?vsar o?
theme uniforms is considered to 'be between MnA 4nCT'tyo .peons.
The clothing and. field equipment of the
is as.'followst
On
62 01oth ov; coats
isue per, soldier
SJx1C: pair, -boots. with heels
30 pair glovei `
30 wool. scarves
3t~_ wool hoods
30 cottom 3erkins
30 pair.cotton.trousers.
3e pair ear, muffs
40 flannel shirts
1?0 suer shirts
40 flannel drivers
0 four-cornered field caps
60 eloth.caps
180 towels
121 sheets - ?
?.128 pair foot xr}ps
52 wool blankets'
220-handkerc1hic s
2.
,2
2
1 pair' .
1 pair
I pair.
2
2 pair.
58 leather- unir'orn belts l .
.a long, sheep skin coats. (issued ly to guards)
20 three-qu ter length sheepski .scats (issued only
in freeziI''.Heather)
5 pair felt 'bgbte (iisued'"enl~, to guards in freezing
weather)
tore,g Equipment7. A one-story barracks building, lhi)gh is -.the next to the
last hours on the left side .of- he dfrom'
sleepiWanu,
.ines^ing facilities or officers 1 En, guard room, a
telephone switchboard, and a . food suup7,.y. sufficie*t.- for ones-,
Keith, ao?well as clothing (uxiform ,. field:squipmeht,'etc.),
kitchen utensils, weapons and Ammunition... The,' food and other
supplies. are shared in the .attic, and basement of the,
barraakss.
82d ..wOp $ * : J X O L e .
8. The 82d Bn headquarter.s.in_Lesna.(Mark7,isea) contains approx-.
inately 50 officers .and IN. The, r+omainder and larger part of
the battalion is located, in, the Guard Unite\,(Straznioy).
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W 'blot '~3let and eta Bas, *& OP i de, ;contain dwi 4u
tats each. Sao em GTA4 qri l a approxinatel ? ~F$
fioersa and Woo the total T/O of the ,8th lOP Briga a .is
proximately 1200, excluding GPL'a (ay Puaslc
Llpatrolay - Border Control point): Until JMa ary l 51, wheaa
the 30th WOP Ba ( which belonged 8t k lOP Briade). me
ta?sasrerred to the L:rdsnc6 Brigade, T/0 q this. 8th 1M0?
Brigade was O proximately 1500 Of taws and
;
the en's is, eaoludias
.
.19 ._.. was I11~~,e is info win t T/b -of the foilowin*
h Sri a * to from tal 1a with off
logs, fro& special bulletins t-
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am froal personal oboe ePositions are
e Daly b*es I:1me*s.
(a) Ba CO - it col or aaJ (usually a:aajor).
(b) Political Affairs Officer (ZAst0pea Dowodoy Batkljoai.
do sprat polityczaych -"rapt or 'lit it. Main. ftalleltion:
political indoctrination. The sebtio* also iaoludea
a propaganda officer (Orb cer"V ropa y) and a ZMP
(ZIPiazek llolodzierz7 po]L )jj `''Union df Polish 'youth)
Instructoro
(gip) special Affairs Officer (Z s In D& Dowoder, Batalionu
d
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praw Spec jalpuch .ib
o
attd*s) - Also calla chief
of the Tth. Sactjoao Nail fuactbons: IBC control,
border transport and doouaeoat ft rol. Cooperates
closely with the security of4cer. section co taias
a capt and two Its.
(4) Executive Officer (Szef sztabu Zastopoa Dowodcy
Batalioau) - capt or ma j. 'Office also includes two
military training ACOs (Podoticery Cwiczeaia
Uojskowego); chief of alasilfioatioa (Szef Xlasy- ~..
fiko ji) , :m/ ; a general ad*iaist~~rrative NCO
(Podoficer Ogolayck Sprak), sad a itgt.
(C) Security Officer (Oficer I*tor ac ji) - rapt or 3A W it.
Functions: checks oa pol.tiogl reliability,
positive intelligence, o?gatwr intelligence and
investigations. AssigSsasFaNt1 74sually originate in
Special Affairs Office. One-,other officer aids the
( ) Baa Quartermaster (Lwaterzdi rzJatalioau) - Capt.
I aja Tlaaation: -od and olothisg 'supp2-r .o-f the
'battalion. The office a.ao inbludes"'thee' foilowing:
(1) Finance Officer (ofliser ,'inatasowy) - lot or 2d it
(2) Veterinary Instructor (paauczycie1 Weterayaraki-
Iastruktor) - lot or 2d It - treats horses
.(3) Clothing Officer (0ficer Uauadorowanie) - lit
or 2d It
(4)
Medical Iastruator (Nauezyciel Saaitaray-
Iaastruktor) - lot-or 2d It - first aid for
unit personnel
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Transport of Motor NCO (Podoficer Transpdrt--
acyjay lub Motorow!)
Armorer Artificer NCO ('Podofici~r;4promi) _ ojpl
Chief of Tan Signal Cpmmunicatignat (Szef
Lacnzoaci B* talio p .. 1st 1Lo ' :This oftiov
also include2 the
. ,alZcp/isa~
ao Platoon. leade (D.awodea Pl'btomla - opi or nSt
This office. haz .4har..ge of telephones,
tel hone limes and controls. All calf
sire In 4 code which changes each month;
cg, Qb of 10th Guard Unit, calls to 82d
Bn h .dquarters, '"Tower 8 this is Krgda
10 crtllingo" In this example Breda, 10 is
the code name for the Guard Unit and Tower
8 is the code name for.tho battalion.
b. Cryptographic NCO (Kryptografista, Pod-
;aticer albo Szyfry Podoficer) - m/sgt.
Be encodes and decodes aesuagep. All his
work in regrirded "as secret and he is
.responsible only.to brigade he4dquarters.
c. Inv6htigatiohRi NCO '(Podoficer Doct'i,gdzeniowy)
sgt o Checks' thd' 'reliability of perso"el
I can give no T/E information about the 82d WOP Bn except
that it contained two Willya Jeeps and two old AIS truckrys.
8th WOP Brigade
10.' 1 an not certain of how many WOF Brigades Poland has,,but I
believe
el-
2eard of a 13th Brigaae. I have heard the Klodzko
(Qlatz), Krakow, Szczecin (Sett.i.n),.Krosno, Lauban (Luban)
Chelsa, Przemysl, Bialystok, Slupsk (; tolp) , Elbing (Elbl4g),
gtrzyn, and Gdansk (Danzi )(orI Qdynja) Brigades mentioned
by Mme only. The Gdansk (or Qdynia) Brigade Is a seaport
WDP Brigade. I can give only the following offices of the
8th WOP Brigade T/O o
(..)
(b)
(!)
(g)
Political Affairs Officer '(Zastepca Dp.wodcy
Brygady WOP do Spraw Poll tg'rznych) >gsaj
8-ej
Director or Operations Sectfi'oii ,tr ? ist' Section
(Kierownik Operacyny alto 1-s'a sekcjn) - capt
Director of Military Trainingadr?2d Section (Kierownik
C*iczenia Borowego albo 2-ga sekoja) - capt
Director of Evidence (political reliability), or 4th
Section (Kierownik-Ewidencji aibo Lt-ta sekcja) -
capt
Biid^ector of Security Se:ctidraa o1' 5th Section (Kierownik
Tnfoz tae jl alb. 5-ea sekc 3)'l'' capt
Director of FI11K03or 6th Section (Kierownik Ruch: Grani-
cznego i Konfiikt Granicznl~kgo albo 6-tit sekcja -
Director of Border Traffic and Border Problems or
6th Section) - 1ss-t It or .apt
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(fit) Direet of SpeciE ffai ror.?th Sectloici (Kieroxa k
(1)
(.3)
(x)
+-Pd ne.Leratu - alpee jal rl Spraw alto Zlfiadu) -
r or capt
Chief of Security ,660!loa :(Szef;~oddzialu Informac ji)
capt
Chief of Staff s{, 'uecut1vE Officer) (Szef Sztzbu) - Maj
Party Evidence Officer (Oficer Ewideft ji Party jne j) -
let it. Checks on party aeO.ership, party star &ng,,
background, etc.
(1); Chief of Political Department (Azef W"ydzialu Polityanego)
cpat. Supervises politieai'indoctrination.
11. The area secured by the 10th Guard it, 82d Bn, 8th WOP
Brigade is from Stary Zawidow (old'SEide'nberg) to Tratow,
distance of 12 key and 2l00 m.
r?
12. The co of the 8th WOP Brigade, Col F:'ugene Buchwalow, is a
Soviet officer.
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