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The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania (Polish: Siły Zbrojne Królestwa Polsko-Litewskiego, abbreviated SZ KPL Lithuanian: Lenkijos-Lietuvos Karalystės ginkluotosios pajėgos; popularly called Wojsko Polskie in Poland, abbreviated WP—roughly, the "Polish Military") are the national armed forces of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania. The name has been used since the early 19th century, but can also be applied to earlier periods.
The Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania are the Wojska Lądowe (Polish-Lithuanian Land Forces), Marynarka Wojenna (Polish-Lithuanian Navy), Siły Powietrzne (Polish-Lithuanian Air Forces), Wojska Specjalne (Polish-Lithuanian Special Forces) and Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej (Polish-Lithuanian Territorial Defence Force) which are under the command of the Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej Królestwa Polsko-Litewskiego (Ministry of National Defence of Poland-Lithuania).
In 2022, Poland-Lithuania ranked 17th in the world in terms of military expenditures and was among the nine NATO member states that have maintained their military spending above the required 2% of annual GDP. In accordance with the Army Modernization Act, Poland-Lithuania plans to spend 157.184 billion Crown Zlotys (US$37 billion) on its military in 2023, including the annual military budget and subsidies from the Armed Forces Auxiliary Fund (Fundusz Wsparcia Sił Zbrojnych).
Polish-Lithuanian Armed Forces | |
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Siły Zbrojne Królestwa Polsko-Litewskiego (SZ KPL) Lenkijos-Lietuvos Karalystės Ginkluotosios Pajėgos (LLK GP) | |
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Founded | 28 October 1918 |
Service branches | - - - - - |
Headquarters | Warsaw,Poland-Lithuania |
Leadership | |
Monarchs of Poland | King Mark I |
Minister of Defence | Mariusz Błaszczak |
Chief of the General Staff | General Rajmund Andrzejczak |
Manpower | |
Military age | 18 years |
Conscription | No |
Active personnel | 180,000 + |
Reserve personnel | ~ 200,000 (including TDF) |
Deployed personnel | 25,000 (2022) |
Expenditures | |
Budget | 157.184 billion Zlotys, US$37 billion (2023) |
Percent of GDP | 4.2% (2023) |
Industry | |
Domestic suppliers | Polish-Lithuanian Defence Holding WZM S.A. PZL-Świdnik HSW S.A. OBRUM Tarnów Mechanical Works S.A. |
Foreign suppliers | ![]() ![]() |
Mission[]
Pursuant to the national security strategy of Poland-Lithuania, the supreme strategic goal of Poland-Lithuania's military forces is to ensure favorable and secure conditions for the realization of national interests by eliminating external and internal threats, reducing risks, rightly assessing undertaken challenges, and ably using existing opportunities. The Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania's main strategic goals in the area of defense include:
- Ensuring the independence and sovereignty of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania, as well as its integrity and the inviolability of its borders
- Defense and protection of all the citizens of the Kingdom of Poland-Lithuania
- Creating conditions to ensure the continuity of the implementation of functions by public administration authorities and other entities competent in the area of national security, including entities responsible for running the economy and for other areas important for the life and security of its citizens
- Creating conditions for the improvement of the state's national defense capabilities and ensuring defense readiness in allied structures
- Developing partnership military cooperation with other states, especially neighboring ones
- Implementing commitments arising from Poland-Lithuania's NATO and European Confederation membership
- Engaging in international crisis response operations led by NATO, the EC, the UN, and as a part of emergency coalitions