Battle of Glowaczow first time tank desant *
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Date: September 10, 1939*
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Glowaczow, Small city on west Wisla river bank between Warsaw and Lublin, Poland*
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Battle Type: Historical scenario. Poland advance vs Germany delay, *
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Description: On the 10th September, 1939 on the west bank of the Wisla river, were groups of 7TP tanks from the 1th Tank Company. Short before the war this unit was the part of intervention corps at Pomorze for the eventual use in the free city of Gdansk but on the  30th of  August it was send to the Reserve army between Lodz and Piotrkow Trybunalski. Here it was unloaded from trains on the 1 September, and used to patrol the river crossing at Pilica. Between 4 and 9 September they fought elements of the 1th Panzer Division and on the 10 September they, like all of the Reserve Army. began to retreat to the East Wisla river bank.*
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Blocking the path to the river crossing, near the small city Glowaczow, were units from the German 60th Infantry regiment of the 13th Motorized Division and some tanks from the 2th Light Division.  Seven Polish tanks are loaded with infantry and sent into battle destroying two German tanks , one of them a PzKw-IVc. Street battles ensued that involved both infantry and tanks and Polish Infantry from 3th battalion of 44 Infantry Regiment captured the city and forced the Germans to retreat opening a path to Wisla for the rest of Reserve Army*
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The fighting in Glowaczow was the first use of desant infantry, a tactic that was later commonly used by the Russians and Germans during the war. The Polish Commander used his experience from the early days of the war against the Germans to expose the shortcomings of the German tanks. Their relatively weak armour was no match for the 37mm gun the 7TP was equipped with when the 7TP was properly employed*
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Sources: Szubanski, R; Polska Bron Pancerna w 1939 roku (Polish tanks weapon in 1939), pp. 214-215*
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Design by: Blazej Ciepluch.**










