Polish made AK pattern rifle grenade launchers.
The first attempt was with rifle grenade.
Locally called the Kbkg wz 1960 it was within a decade replaced with underbarrel grenade launcher the kbkg wz. 1974
It was a 40mm granade laucher attached to a standard AKM.
Any AK could use this weapon provided you install this forward grip on the rifle.
The 5,45mm Tantal and the 5,56mm Beryl AK pattern rifles can also use it.
This grenade system remains in service with the Polish army to this day. It will remain there likely till the last AK pattern rifle does.
So for the next 100 years give or take a decade.
Polish service pistols.
P-64
This simple blowback pistol was developed to use the then-new 9x18mm Makarov round.
It had a 6 round magazine.
While well made and robust the user feedback about heavy trigger-pull and small magazine size as well as high production cost give birth to new pistol:
P-83
Also a blowback pistol in 9x18mm Makarov.
Cheap reliable no thrill weapon. Currently in process of being phased out.
Funny enough this weapon outlived two of its would-be replacements. It is currently slowly being replaced by license made Walther P-99.
Lim 6 Bis.
This plane has a very simple story. Polish AF wanted a ground attack aircraft. So in the 1960s, they tested what they had in their inventory. MiG-21 Su-7 and MiG-17.
Turns out MiG-17 lowest speed made it the most accurate ground attack platform (duh).
So the later model MiG-17 that were produced in Poland under license as Lim-6 got a second pair of hardpoints and a landing parachute and rudimentary today but back then pretty advance all weather system. The plane was called Lim-6bis.
First deliveries of Lim-6bis stated in 1963. Later in 1970's when the usefulness of MiG-17 platform as a fighter became insufficient all remaining Lim-5 and 6 were converted to Lim-6Bis standard. There was also a recon version with an added camera.
The last were removed from service in 1992
On a personal note as a young boy one of those flown over my head. I remember how archaic it looked.
Lim is short for
Licencyjny
myśliwiec eng licensed fighter.
Lim-1 was the MiG-15
Lim-2 was the MiG-15bis
Lim-5 was the MiG-17
There was no Lim 3 and 4.
And just for shits and giggles.
A picture of SKOT-2 armored personnel carrier.
Pictured made during Polish Martial Law.
The vehicle stands in front of "Moscow" cinema in Warsaw. The billboard on it says "Apocalypse Now" a movie by Francis Ford Coppola.
