| Abbreviation | Description |
| AA | Antiaircraft |
| AAMG | Antiaircraft Machine Gun |
| Art | Artillery |
| AT | Antitank |
| ATR | Antitank Rifle |
| BAR | Light Machine Gun (Browning Automatic Rifle) |
| Bn | Battalion |
| Brig | Brigade |
| Cav | Cavalry |
| Co | Company |
| COS | Chief of Staff |
| Div | Division |
| Engr | Engineer |
| HMG | Heavy Machine Gun |
| How | Howitzer(s) |
| Hvy | Heavy |
| Inf | Infantry |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General (Field Court) |
| KOP | Border Guard Corps (Polish: Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza) |
| L | Lancer (Polish: Ulanów) |
| LMG | Light Machine Gun |
| Lt | Light |
| LtH | Light Horse (Polish: Szwolezerów) |
| MG | Machine Gun |
| MP | Military Police |
| MR | Mounted Rifles (Polish: Strzelców Konnych) |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer |
| ON | National Defense (Polish: Obrona Narodowa) |
| Plt | Platoon |
| R | Rifle (Polish: Stzelcuw Pieszyh) |
| Recon | Reconnaissance |
| Res | Reserve |
| Rgt | Regiment |
| SG | Border Guard (Polish: Straz Graniczna) |
| SHQ | Supreme Headquarters of the Armed Forces |
