uhlan regiment (two of them were destroyed by Wiktor Ziemiński himself). 37mm of podporucznik Wiktor Ziemiński from 14. Orzeszko) and 3 by platoon of AT guns cal. horse rifle regiment) lost 56 men – 14 KIA and 42 WIA.įrom the second group the Poles eliminated 11 tanks – including 2 by direct fire of artillery platoon from 14. During combats with this group the Poles (7. horse rifle regiment (the majority by regimental AT guns). light artillery dyon (direct fire) and 7. Both groups were defeated and dispersed.įrom the first group the Poles eliminated 27 tanks – 7 by Orlik, 20 by 7. took part in that attack – or at least some part of it). German tanks were attacking (according to Bade – but Polish sources confirm it) in two separated groups at the same time (it is possible – but not certain -, that apart from Panzer-Abteilung 65. According to Bade (and also according to German daily reports) the remaining German tanks escaped towards Hornówek and Lipków. which took part in the attack (and most probably the whole Abteilung took part) were eliminated during that battle. The majority of tanks of Panzer-Abteilung 65. lost 26 KIA and WIA tank crewmen (including 4 officers, 5 NCOs and 17 soldiers). German sources say that during the failed German Panzer counterattack on Sieraków, Panzer-Abteilung 65. Orlik’s victories (kills) during the battle of Sieraków He was later fighting in Warsaw until 28th of September 1939. armoured dyon of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade (both of them were TKS tankettes with 20mm automatic guns) which broke through to Warsaw (during the night from 20th to 21st of September 1939). His tankette was one of 2 tankettes from 71. Most of those 7 tanks eliminated (most probably 6 of them) were Pz-35(t) tanks. battalion of Panzer-Regiment 11.) during the battle of Sieraków. On 19th of September Orlik eliminated 7 German tanks (from Panzer-Abteilung 65. He was born in 1916 and was first son of Victor III August and Elizabeth zu Oettingen-Oettingen und Öttingen-Spilberg. The whole his platoon was eliminated during that combat and Prinz Victor IV Albrecht von Ratibor was heavily WIA and severely burned – and after a few minutes he died. He also tried to rescue the crew of one of those eliminated by him German tanks – which started to burn – but he – unfortunately – didn’t manage to rescue them and all of them died.Īmong tanks eliminated by Orlik on 18th of September there was tank of Leutnant (or Oberleutnant ?) Victor IV Albrecht von Ratibor – commander of a platoon. He also destroyed several motorized vehicles during that combat and took 2 prisoners of war (tank crew). On 18th of September during the combat of Pociecha he eliminated 3 tanks from Panzer-Regiment 11. armoured dyon of Wielkopolska Cavalry Brigade) was one of the first tank aces of WW II.
Sudan maintains and repairs her mixed fleet of MBTs, IFVs and APCs at the Military Industry Corporation workshops in the centre of Khartoum and is now manufacturing a series of jeeps, APCs and truck based self-propelled guns.
Sudans oil insured large scale purchases of Chinese armour such as the Type 85 Il, Type 59D and YW-531 APC’s to mention a few Side by side with Chinese tanks and an assembly plant in Khartoum, the South of the country gained independence in a referendum in 2011 ending the North’s war in the part of the country but not in Darfur in the west North Sudan continued an eclectic pattern of procurement obtaining Cobras BMP-1 based APC and BTR-80 conversions made in the Czech Republic, BTR-3 and T-72 AVs from Ukraine and Safir-74’s from Iran. With the end of the Cold War, Sudan underwent political change with the coming to power in a coup in 1989 Omar Al Bashir, it was during the 90s that Osama Bin Laden was allowed a safe haven by Khartoum. During the Cold War, Sudan was seen as a possible bulwark against Soviet expansion in neighbouring Ethiopia and the United States provided advanced equipment such as M60 tanks and F-5E fighter aircraft. Further arms shipments were obtained from the Soviet Union, China and the United States leading to BTR-50s operating side by side with Type 62 mountain tanks and V-100 commandos. The Sudan military obtained its first armed vehicles from Britain in the form of Saladins and Ferret armoured cars. Sudan, once the largest in Africa was effectively ruled in the north by Musli Arabs while the South was made up of Christian and Animist Africans. Having gained independence from Britain in 1955 the Sudanese armed forces consisted of more than 5000 members this was quickly expanded to deal with an ongoing counter insurgency in the South and West.