ARMAMENT OF POLISH VESSELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030605-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 605
• Publication Date: March 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSI FICATiON SECRE~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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Following is a listing of Polish rissela with armament as indicated:
Uukubv (Destroyer)
Your in recoil guns 120mm capable of firing at 700 angle and can be used as
antiaircraft guns. These guns are fired eloctrioaily.
TWO aaunte for 1} caliber "Bofare".
$bur mounts for "Orlikone".
four torpedo tubes - recoil type equipped with British type 400 mm torpsdoca.
xbur special catapults, two on each side of the ship for releasing depth charges.
.acs generators for laying smoke screen.
Jt (ftbmarins)
One main 301 sie gun which was exchanged for a doviet weapon of approximately the
sass caliber
eight torpeee tubes
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One main 305 mm gun
one small antisirsraft gun
bur torpedo tubes
This vessel on also be used for laying both drifting sine and anohortd mines.
OMJKA - 21UTIA - NSWA
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CIAUIFICATION
DATE DISTR. I"" nor 1953
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a =i5 mm gun of Soviet construction which is mounted on the bow of the vessels.
The antiaircraft equipment consistad of heavy antiaircraft machine puns.
KACZCRY - These are so called Poles because they resemble ganders or drakes.
Each of these is equipped with a 75 mm gun and water-cooled machine guns? They
are also capable of laying and sweeping mines.
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