The entrants included machine guns by Lewis, Madsen, Benèt-Merciè, the Hotchkiss Model 1922, and three versions of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR): the US M1918, the Fabrique Nationale Modèle 1922 (which was actually made by Colt), and the US M1922 Cavalry Machine Rifle. In July, 1924 a Polish Army Board was convened to organize a competition to choose a new light support weapon. It was decided that that a new light machine gun would be chosen by the army with which to replace all the disparate and obsolescent types." () There were Lewis guns, Bergmann MG15na's, Madsens, Chauchats, and Maxims. The light machine gun inventory was no exception to this situation.
The military charged with defending the nascent state found itself equipped with a collection of weapons that was eclectic to say the least. "The Armistice that ended World War One saw the re-emergence of the Polish state after more than 100 years of domination by powers including Prussia, Russia, Germany, and Austria. The Armaments Legacy confronting the Wojsko Polskie of the 2nd Republic: Based upon the Belgian R75 variant of the Colt M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) designed by American John Moses Browning, the Polish government purchased 10,000 modified rifles from Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre of Herstal, Belgium in 1929 and negotiated to produce licensed copies in Poland.Ĭavalry training with the rkm wz.28. The rkm wz.1928 was the standard LMG used by almost all Polish infantry and cavalry units during the German-Soviet Invasion of Poland in 1939.
Reczny Karabin Maszynowy wzor 28 (rkm wz.28)
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