Some Polish pre WWII military prices c.1935/39

Started by Borys, August 28, 2009, 11:57:03 AM

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Borys

Zloty exchange rate at that time:
5 Zloty = 1 USD
25 Zloty = 1 GBP

raising a
battalion of 12 100cm howitzers (Skoda 14/19) - with cost of construction of barracks, parts, personell
– 4 927 000 z?

battallion of 12x75mm AA, with cost of baracks included
– 9 212 000 z?

coy of Renault FT tanks – (16 tanks)
– 3.000.000 z?

battalion of light tanks (Vickers 6 tone or similar) with buildings
– 18 830 000 z?

flight/escadrille of bombers with buildings 
– 11 024 000 z?
flight/escadrille of scout-bombers (PZL 23) with buildings
– 7 918 000 z?
flight/escadrille of fighters (PZL 11c) with buildings
– 6 500 000 z?

battery 4x155mm howitzers (horse draught)
– 600 000 z?

Light Motor Brigade - motirisation of 2 battalions of infantry + brigade troops + stores for 3 months of war (?))
– 20 000 000 z?

tank batallion - 3 coys (51), 7TP tanks (with ammo for 3 months fighting )
- 13 mln z?

Cost of raising Infantry Division
- 30 000 000 zl

Upkeep of Infantry Div
– 7 500 000 p/a

Cost of raising Cavalry Brigadfe (not sure if 3 or 4 regiments)
- 20 000 000 zl
Upkeep of Cavalry Brigade 
– 5 500 000 p/a

Cost of raising National Defense Division (3rd line formation)
- 7 000 000 zl
Upkeep of National Defense Division
- about half of Infantry Division

Upkeep of Heavy Artilery Regiment (not sure what this was)
– 1 600 000/rok

yearly upkeep of a horse
c.300 Zloty
1Dpanc - oko?o 300 000 000 z?
Koszt rocznego utrzymania konia to ok. 300z? +- 30%

Field Pigeon Coop - 60 to 150 birds, with transport –
c. 5000 z?

upkeep of military pigeon
- 10 z? p/a

2 dzia?owy pluton z armat? kal.155 mm na platformie – 2.565.000 z?

Cost of raising unit with two barrage baloons
– 31.846 z?

OR dinner - 2 Zloty
OR supper - 1,30 Zloty

Umocnienia i infrastruktura:
1 km road  – 3000 z? -
1 km railroad  5000  z? (est., together with infrastructure))
1 km of Maginot line  – 50 000 000 z?
1 km of Zygfryd line 30 000 000 z?
1 concrete blokhouse for 2 HMG - Polish Pattern - c. 30 000 z?
1 Hungarian Pattern concrete blokhouse for 1xAT gun and 1xHMG  - 300 000 z?

battery of 305mm guns, in armoured turret, with ammo and stuff  – 10 580 000 z?
brick barracks per 1 soldier  – 700 z? (min 20 soldiers)
ammunition/ordnance factory (single production line) with workers colony  – 27 mln z?
vehicle/ aircraft manufacturing line (single production line) with workers colony   – 45 mln z?
workers colony  - 2,5 mln zl

I also have prices for various planes, telephones, trucks, guns, ammo.
E.g. 12kg (c.25 lbs) aerial fragmentation bomb - 98 zloty
field telephone exhange - 9-12000 zloty
Batallion level radio - 2500
Regimental level radio - 5000
hand grenade - 2,80-2,90 zloty

7 TP tank - 7 tonnes, 1x37mm,1x7,92mm HMG -
unarmed - 180,000, armed - 230,000 Zloty

light motorcycle - c.1000
heavy motorcycle  - c.1800 +500 sidecar





NEDS - Not Enough Deck Space for all those guns and torpedos;
Bambi must DIE!

Borys

Artyleria
20mm automatic cannon c. 30.000 z? [1939 - pierwsza seria]
37mm AT Bofors license wz.36 (Bofors) 22.900 z? [1937]
100mm wz.14/19P Skoda howitzer ok. 147.620 z?
220mm wz.32 (Skoda) mortar 700.000 z? [1933] - with 100 rounds - 770,000
40mm AA Bofors wz.36 - 103.500 z?
75mm AA Polish made  – 135 tys. (round - 90 z?)
75mm AA imported  – 220 tys.
149,1 mm cannon – 712.000 z? (1928)
prime move for 149,1 mm cannon – 47.300 z?
155 mm Schneider cannon – ok. 900.000 z? (1930)
155 mm Schneider cannon modified – 525.000 z? (1930)
Stockes-Brandt 3" mortar wz.31 – 2819 z?
152,4mm Bofors naval cannon - 210,000
NEDS - Not Enough Deck Space for all those guns and torpedos;
Bambi must DIE!

Borys

The Polish Infantry Division would fit in WWI quite nicely, if one subtracted the 37mm Bofors AT guns

    * 515 Officers
    * 15 977 NCOs and OR
    * 320 light machine guns (magazine fed)
    * 34 light machine guns (belt fed)
    * 124 heavy machine guns
    * 92-90 AT rifles
    * 81 46 mm grenade throwers
    * 20 81 mm mortars
    * 27 AT 37 mm
    * 4 AA  40 mm
    * 30x75 mm cannon - 1897 FRench
    * 12x100 - Austrian M14
    * 3x105 mm cannon
    * 3x155 mm howitzer
    * 6939 horses
    * 76 cars/trucks
    * 28 w/t sets


NEDS - Not Enough Deck Space for all those guns and torpedos;
Bambi must DIE!