Military Gendarmerie (Poland)


The Military Gendarmerie is a military provost created in 1990 in Poland as an independent part of the Polish Armed Forces.

History

Polish military police traces its history to the communist era Military Internal Service, World War II-era Service for Protection of the Uprising, interwar-era military police in the Second Polish Republic, formations of the January and November Uprising, Duchy of Warsaw and finally, some officials of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, first created in early 17th century.
The modern Polish Military Gendarmerie was formed on September 1, 1990 on the basis of order No. Pf-42 / Org. Minister of National Defense of 18 April 1990 and order No. 062 / Org. Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army of June 15, 1990. At this formation the structure was as follows:
In addition, the following Military Gendarmerie Departments were established: Warsaw, Krakow, Bydgoszcz, Szczecin, Wrocław and Poznań, and also the Military Gendarmerie Training Center in Mińsk Mazowiecki.
In December 2011 the Żandarmeria Wojskowa made an application to the European Gendarmerie Force to become a full member state, and has been since 2013.
police car from the Żandarmeria Wojskowa.

Structure

The ŻW is organized into:
The current commander is brigadier general Mirosław Rozmus.

Infantry weapons

Vehicles

Members who have died in service

Soldiers of the Military Police died during their official duties: