MILITARY TECHNICAL ACADEMY IN WARSAW

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• Publication Date: March 10, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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Military Technical Academy in Warsaw;
DATE DISTR. 10 MAR 1o
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The Military Technical Academy (Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna - WAT),
located on Bielanska Street, Bemowo (formerly Boernerowo-N 52-15;
E 20-54), had faculties for armament, aeronautics, armored vehicles,
engineering, signals, and general sciences. The faculty for general
scien s cJordinated the instructional programs proposed by the other
fae:ltles and determined the curriculum. Students were accepted to
W.AT upon the recommendations of their commanding officers and after
han_`.g passed examinations on mathematics, physics, chemistry, and the
Polish language.
2. In April 1957 students at WAT whose grades or discipline were unsat-
isfactory were dismissed. After this reduction, the student body numbered
X000 to 1100, with a command and teaching staff of 550 to 600. The
increase in the level of achievement thereby increased the reputation
of WAT. Prior to 1957, the majority of students were recruited from
graduates of secondary and vocational school; in 1957 their number was
reduced, and in 1958 only officers were accepted.
The curriculum for the first year study was identical for all faculties.
The techniques for general scientific subjects were based on Polish
textbooks for institutes of higher learning. The military subjects were
based on publications of WAT (which in turn were based on Soviet material),
of the General Staff Academy, and of the Educational Directorate of the
Ministry of National Defense.
WAT had all the technical equipment required for practical training of
its students. The laboratory equipment was of Polish and foreign manu-
facture (East German, Soviet, ) . The installations 50X1-HUM
and military equipment were made in Poland and the USSR. The library
was well stocked with Polish, Russian, and foreign language books. It
read both a public and a secret department; the former contained various
scientific textbooks, and the latter consisted of textbooks on military
subjects, WAT publications, translations of textbooks published by foreign
armed forces, and books on the organization of foreign armed forces.
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5.
The following changes occurred at WAT in October 1956:
a.
The number of political subjects in the curriculum was greatly
reduced;
b.
Some Soviet officers were removed;
were
c.
Political pressure was alleviated and students,/allowed to express
opinions more freely (the younger students appeared to be
nationalistic and anti-Soviet);
d.
The tendency to dismiss civilian teachers was halted, and
apparently some lecturers from the Polytechnicum were invited
to teach at WAT.
6. The curriculum of the faculty for signals was as follows:
a. First year - mathematical analysis (parts 1 and 2), analytical
geometry, chemistry, physics, technical drawing, geometrical
drawing, theoretical mechanics (second semester), combustion
engines, general tactics of the infantry battalion, signals
tactics of a battalion, Russian language, physical training,
drill, and rules and regulations.
b. Second year - mathematical analysis (parts 3 and 4), theoretical
mechanics, strength of materials, elementary electrotechnics,
machine parts, metallurgy, properties of electrotechnical
measurements? vacuum tubes, general tactics of the infantry
regiment, signals tactics in defense and attack, history of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union, foreign language, drill,
rules and regulations, physical training, and study of arms and
range practice.
c. Third year - theory of the electric field, general telecommunications,
vacuum tubes and transistors, feeder installations, electrical machines,
line installations, telecommunications measurements, economics,
general tactics of the infantry division, foreign language (Western),
infantry signals tactics, physical training, rules and regulations,
and firing practice.
d. Fourth year - theory of long-distance communications, carrier
telephony installations, elementary radiotechnics (line
communications group), elements of communications, elementary
telegraphy, elementary impulse technics, radio receiving instal-
lations, antennas, general tactics of the corps or army, signals
tactics, history of warfare, military geography, physical training,
and firing practice. (Some groups graduated after the fourth year,
but the majority continued for an additional year.)
e. Fifth year (first semester) - carrier telephone installations,
telegraphic installations, communication centers, military radio
stations, radio communication installations, elements of strategy
and operations, and strategic and operational: signals tactics.
The second semester of thefifth year was reserved for the
preparation of the student's thesis for his diploma.
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7. The following differences existed in the curriculum of the various
groups in the signals faculty:
a. The engineering group received a shortened theoretical program:
small portions of the third part and all the fourth part of
mathematical analysis were eliminated; the number of hours
devoted to theoretical mechanics and to strengths of materials
was reduced; and only a small part of the electric field theory
was studied.
b. The commanders group received more instruction in general and
signals tactics and less attention was given to technical
subjects. Only officers with the rank of full lieutenants and
above were accepted in the commander group.
c. The radio, line communications, and radar groups had a common
curriculum for the first two years. In the third year each
group received separate training in the elementary subjects
in which they specialized.
d. The line communications and radio groups did not have the
same number of lessons in their special subjects during the
last two years of the curriculum.
e. The radio group substituted elementary radiotechnics and
tadiotechnical measurements in the third year for general
communication and telecommunication measurements.
8. Attached are the following appendices:
a. Organization of WAT.
b. Organization of the faculty of general sciences.
c. Organization of the faculty of armaments.
d. Organization of the faculty of aeronautics.
e. Organization of the faculty of armored vehicles (AFV's).
f. Organization of the faculty of civil and military equipment.
g. Organization of the faculty of signals.
h. Officials or former officials at WAT.
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a. Brigadier General Bednarz (fnu), deputy commander 50X1-HUM
of the political directorate at Polish General Headquarters
b. Major Czernowicz (fnu), lecturer in air force tactics,
c. Dr. Gierula (fnu), head of the department of physics 50X1 -HUM
and also assistant at the Warsaw Polytechnicum
d. Lt. -Colonel Hr nriewicz (fnu), head of the department
of elementary telecommunications
e. Colonel Iwazkiewicz (fnu
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f. Lt. -Colonel Kaliski (fnu), head of the department of 50X1-HUM
theoretical mechanics and strength of materials
g. Lt. -Colonel Kaszynski (fnu), commander of the faculty
for signals since December 1950
h. Colonel Kolski (fnu), deputy (operations) and chief of
staff since the establishment of WA
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J. Colonel Kowal (fnu), deputy head and later head of the
faculty for general sciences since 195
k. Lt.-General Leoszenia (fnu), commanding officer of 50X1-HUM
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1. Brigadier General Owenymikow (fnu), commanding 50X1-HUM
officer of WAT since October 1956
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m. Professor Witold Pogorzelski, head of the department
n. Potocki (fnu), senior lecturer in engineering tactics,
o. Professor Urbanski (fnu), head of the department of
chemistry
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signals organization
r. Major-General Wotodzin (fnu), head of the faculty for
signals until his dismissal in December 195
s. Professor Ziemba (fnu), previously head of the depart-
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