Talk:Polish Armed Forces rank insignia

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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:17, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Polish military ranks names incorrect
This article needs should be updated with official translations provided by the Poland's Ministry of National Defense. Linked is the Ministry of National Defense's official translations for Polish military ranks. It differs from the list here, on Wikipedia: INSIGNIA OF MILITARY RANK Naval ranks are listed here: Military ranks in the Polish Navy

LMPogoda (talk) 09:13, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

The Polish salute
The following section is wrong: "Uniquely, Polish forces use a two-fingered version of the salute, and the saluting custom insists one is saluting the eagle (pinned to almost all headwear) rather than the counterparty, therefore one doesn't salute superiors if they are not wearing a cap/beret etc."

Actually the lower rank soldier/officer salutes the elder rank soldier/officer by touching two fingers to his headgear (cap, beret or helmet), quite irrespective of if the elder has a headgear on or not. However, the finger salute is only performed with a headgear on one's own head. When a soldier is inside a building, and especially in a room (not corridor) he takes his headgear off (except of the helmet) unless his is "on duty". In such cases he greets his superior standing to attention and moving his head decisively towards the greeted one. According to the Polish army saying "you don't salute to your empty head" (i.e. without a headgear). There is no saluting in latrines and toilets. --Jidu Boite (talk) 13:34, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Polish military rank names corrected
I have tidied up the mess in the article, providing U.S. equivalents to Polish rank names. As the structure of Polish rank names substantially differs from the English one, it seems more appropriate to give U.S. equivalent, based on common NATO codes, rather than to provide literal translation which can lead to numerous misinterpretations. I have chosen U.S. rather than U.K. ranks, as the former seem to be closer to the structure in the Polish Armed Forces. Providing the equivalents based on NATO codes, however illogical and inconsitent they could be, is more precise and leaves less room for free interpreting. LukGasz (talk) 12:19, 31 October 2014 (UTC)