| Unit Name: | Special Troops Command |
| Native Name: | Polish: Wojska Specjalne |
| Start Date: | 2007 |
| Type: | Special forces command |
| Size: | 3 841 soldiers (2023)[1] |
| Command Structure: | Polish Armed Forces |
| Garrison: | Kraków |
| Battles: | Operation Uphold Democracy War in Afghanistan Iraq War Syrian civil war Personnel recovery Emergency evacuation |
| Commander1: | Gen. broni Rajmund Andrzejczak |
| Commander1 Label: | Chief of the General Staff |
| Commander2: | Gen. broni Jarosław Mika |
| Commander2 Label: | General Commander |
| Commander3: | Gen. bryg. Sławomir Drumowicz |
| Commander3 Label: | Special Operations Component Commander |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Flag[2] |
The Special Troops Command (Polish: Wojska Specjalne) is the special forces command of the Polish Armed Forces (SZ RP). The command was formed in 2007 and is the fourth military branch of the SZ RP.
The Special Troops Command (Dowództwo Wojsk Specjalnych) is based in Kraków and comprises:
GROM - Operational-Maneuver Response Group "Cichociemni" (Silent Unseen)
JW Komandosów - Army Commandos
JW Formoza – name comes from the colloquial name of the units base, the post-German torpedo house in Gdynia, called "Formoza".[3]
JW NIL – Support Unit of Command and Security of Special Forces[5]
Special Operations Aviation Unit – based in Powidz
| Name | Type | Photo | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard firearms of the Polish Armed Forces | ||||
| Assault rifle | Most commonly used weapon | |||
| Polish made grenade launcher, used from its introduction to the army | ||||
| Sniper Rifle | ||||
| General purpose machine gun | ||||
| Standard firearms of the Polish Special Forces | ||||
| Semi-auto pistol | Standard pistol in JW GROM, JW NIL and JW komandosów | |||
| Semi-auto pistol | Standard pistol in JW Komandosów, JW AGAT and JW NIL | |||
| Semi-auto pistol | Standard pistol in JW Formoza (Navy Unit) | |||
| Semi-auto pistol | Standard pistol for close protection in JW Grom | |||
| New addition SMG for direct force operations in JW Grom | ||||
| Submachine gun | Standard SMG for direct force operations in JW GROM, JW komandosów, JW Formoza and JW AGAT | |||
| Submachine gun | Standard SMG for close protection in JW Grom | |||
| Assault rifle | Mostly supplanted the Beryl in JW GROM and JW NIL (M4A3) | |||
| Assault rifle | Assault rifle used by the Polish SOF, JW Grom, JW Komandosów, JW NIL and JW Agat. Various barrel options used (10, 14.5 and 16.5 inch). Most commonly used assault rifle of the Special Forces | |||
| Grenade launcher | Standard under-barrel grenade launcher used with the HK416 | |||
| Assault rifle | Used in JW Formoza and JW GROM | |||
| Grenade launcher | Standard grenade launcher used with the G36 | |||
| Most common light machine gun in the Polish SOF | ||||
| Other firearms | ||||
| Semi-auto pistol | ||||
| Assault rifle | Clones made by KAC and Bushmaster | |||
| Assault rifle | ||||
| Upgraded to EBR standard | ||||
| Grenade launcher | ||||
| Grenade launcher | ||||
| Sniper rifle | ||||
| Sniper rifle | ||||
| Sniper rifle | ||||
| Sniper rifle | ||||
| Name | Type | Variant | In service | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | M1151A1M1165A1 | 42? | In 2009, JW AGAT and JW Komandosów each received 15 M1151A1 vehicles. The remaining 12 vehicles, probably without Frag Kit armor but equipped with an advanced communication system, were delivered to JW GROM. Additionally, later the Special Forces Command decided to purchase an unspecified number of M1165A1 Special Ops, the so-called Ground Mobility Vehicle, i.e. a vehicle configured exclusively for the needs of special forces[9] | ||
| MRAP | M1240A1 | 45[10] | Donated by the United States.[11] | ||
| Four-wheel drive vehicle | Land Cruiser Hilux[12] | Used by GROM and 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów (1st Special Commando's Regiment) | |||
| Four-wheel drive vehicle | 90 110 | 4[13] 6 | Used by JW GROM and JW Formoza | ||
| Four-wheel drive vehicle Truck | G-class Atego 1323AK | 6 10[14] | The Polish Armed forces currently operate a total of 140 G-class vehicles.[15] The Land forces operate 121 GD 290s and MB290GD WDs. The military police uses 13 GD 290s. | ||
| 4x4 | Honker Skorpion 3 special version | Used by JW komandosów | Polish made off-road vehicles, best variants are powered with Polish Andoria engines | ||
| Defenture VECTOR | Four-wheel drive multi-purpose vehicle | Defenture GRF 4x4 | 2 option of ordering additional units[16] | Purchased by Grom. Defenture GRF vehicles will join the fleet of the Polish Tier 1 unit.[17] | |
| Truck | Star 1444 (MAN TGM 18.280 BB) | 1 | Polish made trucks, now modernised to adjust to new weaponry and specifications | ||
| Truck | Volvo FM 8x4 Volvo FM 6x6 Volvo FM 4x4 | 10 11 2 | |||
| Yamaha | Motorbike | Yamaha XT660 | unknown | Used in JW NIL | |
| Polaris | Quad | Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI | unknown | Used in all Polish SOF units | |
| Range Rover | SUV | Range Rover Armoured | unknown | Used in Polish SOF Command |
| FlyEye | Small UAV | 44 | |||
| RQ-21 Blackjack | Small UAV | 10[19] | |||
| ScanEagle | Small UAV | 10 | As a result of the contract concluded in 2010 by the United States Department of Defense with Insitu, the Polish Army received one ScanEagle Block D UAV set free of charge, containing a ground system and 10 air platforms. Its user is the Jednostka Wojskowa NIL | ||
| Aeronautics Orbiter | Mini UAV | 13[20] | The first set of mini Aeronautics Orbiter class UAVs (4 flying devices) was purchased in October 2005 for the Jednostka Wojskowa GROM, the next three sets (3 flying devices each) were purchased in February 2007 | ||
| Mayfly | Mikro UAV | 24[21] | |||
| Black Hornet 3 | Nano UAV | 40 sets[22] |
See main article: Polish Armed Forces rank insignia.
| NATO Code | OF-9 | OF-8 | OF-7 | OF-6 | OF-5 | OF-4 | OF-3 | OF-2 | OF-1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Special Forces | ||||||||||
| Polish name | Generał1 | Generał broni | Generał dywizji | Generał brygady | Pułkownik | Podpułkownik | Major | Kapitan | Porucznik | Podporucznik |
| Abbreviation | gen. | gen. broni | gen. dyw. | gen. bryg. | płk | ppłk | mjr | kpt. | por. | ppor. |
| 1 Until 2004 Generał armii | ||||||||||
| NATO Code | OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Special Forces | |||||||||||
| Polish name | Starszy chorąży sztabowy | Starszy chorąży | Chorąży | Młodszy chorąży | Starszy sierżant | Sierżant | Plutonowy | Starszy kapral | Kapral | Starszy szeregowy | Szeregowy |
| Abbreviation | st. chor. szt. | st. chor. | chor. | mł. chor. | st. sierż. | sierż. | plut. | st. kpr. | kpr. | st. szer. | szer. |