Warsaw Military District

Warszawski Okręg Wojskowy

Military Unit: 0000

Activated 1949 in Warsaw, Poland.

In case of war, the district would have been mobilised as the 4th Army.

Organisation 1970:

• 1st Mechanised Division (Legionowo, Poland)
• 3rd Mechanised Division (Lublin, Poland)
• 9th Mechanised Division (Rzeszow, Poland)
• 6th Airborne Division (Krakow, Poland)
• 1st Artillery Brigade (Wegorzewo, Poland)
• 32nd Missile (Training) Brigade (Orzysz, Poland) with Scud missiles
• 2nd Engineer Brigade (Kazun, Poland)
• 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Goldap, Poland) with SA-6 missiles
• 7th Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Deblin, Poland)
• 9th Communications Regiment (Bialobrzegi, Poland)
• 3rd Chemical Defense Regiment (Biskupiec, Poland)
• 9th Security Battalion (Warszawa, Poland)
• 48th Special Company (Krakow, Poland)
• 1st District Military Hospital (Lublin, Poland)
• 5th Regional Military Hospital (Krakow, Poland)

Organisation 1980:

• 1st Mechanised Division (Legionowo, Poland)
• 3rd Mechanised Division (Lublin, Poland)
• 9th Mechanised Division (Rzeszow, Poland)
• 6th Airborne Division (Krakow, Poland)
• 31st Reserve Mechanised Division (Rzeszow, Poland)
• 1st Artillery Brigade (Wegorzewo, Poland)
• 32nd Missile (Training) Brigade (Orzysz, Poland) with Scud missiles
• 2nd Engineer Brigade (Kazun, Poland)
• 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Goldap, Poland) with SA-6 missiles
• 7th Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Deblin, Poland)
• 9th Communications Regiment (Bialobrzegi, Poland)
• 3rd Chemical Defense Regiment (Biskupiec, Poland)
• 9th Security Battalion (Warszawa, Poland)
• 34th Radio-Technical Battalion (Modlin, Poland) - activated 1973
• 48th Special Company (Krakow, Poland)
• 1st District Military Hospital (Lublin, Poland)
• 5th Regional Military Hospital (Krakow, Poland)

Organisation 1988:

• 1st Mechanised Division (Legionowo, Poland)
• 3rd Mechanised Division (Lublin, Poland)
• 9th Mechanised Division (Rzeszow, Poland)
• 6th Airborne Brigade (Krakow, Poland)
• 31st Reserve Mechanised Division (Rzeszow, Poland)
• 1st Artillery Brigade (Wegorzewo, Poland)
• 32nd Missile (Training) Brigade (Orzysz, Poland) with Scud missiles
• 2nd Engineer Brigade (Kazun, Poland)
• 15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Goldap, Poland) with SA-6 missiles
• 7th Pontoon Bridge Regiment (Territorial) (Deblin, Poland)
• 9th Communications Regiment (Bialobrzegi, Poland)
• 3rd Chemical Defense Regiment (Biskupiec, Poland)
• 9th Security Battalion (Warszawa, Poland)
• 34th Radio-Technical Battalion (Modlin, Poland)
• 48th Special Company (Krakow, Poland)
• 1st District Military Hospital (Lublin, Poland)
• 5th Regional Military Hospital (Krakow, Poland)

District coordinates:

• Warszawa barracks [US designation: Warsaw Army Barracks 006]: 52 15 58N, 20 59 59E (District HQ and 9th Security Battalion)
• Wegorzewo barracks [US designation: Wegorzewo Army Barracks 001]: 54 12 29N, 21 45 25 (1st Artillery Brigade)
• Orzysz barracks [US designation: Orzysz Army Barracks 001]: 53 48 01N, 21 56 42E (32nd Missile Brigade)
• Kazun barracks [US designation: Kazun Army Barracks 002]: 52 25 35N, 20 40 32E (2nd Engineer Brigade)
• Goldap barracks [US designation: Goldap Army Barracks 001/002]: 54 18 23N, 22 17 33E (15th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment)
• Deblin barracks [US designation: Deblin Army Barracks 003]: 51 33 25N, 21 50 07E (7th Pontoon Bridge Regiment)
• Bialobrzegi barracks [US designation: Zegrze Army Barracks 003]: 52 26 37N, 21 03 35E (9th Communications Regiment)
• Biskupiec barracks [US designation: Biskupiec Army Barracks 001]: 53 51 42N, 20 56 34E (3rd Chemical Defense Regiment)
• Krakow barracks [US designation: Krakow Army Barracks 007]: 50 03 47N, 19 52 02E (48th Special Company)
• Lublin barracks [US designation: Lublin Army Barracks 006/506]: 51 15 04N, 22 32 02E (1st District Military Hospital)
• Krakow barracks [US designation: Krakow Army Barracks 509]: 50 04 34N, 19 56 03E (5th Regional Military Hospital)

Subordination:

• Ministry of Defence, 1949 - 1990