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Jednostka Wojskowa AGAT (JW 3940)
Fitness exam for combat and assault teams — category I (egzamin sprawności fizycznej, kategoria I)

For combat, assault and combat support teams (category I), JW AGAT sets four fixed standards, the same for men and women and with no points: a 5,000 m run under 23 minutes, at least 12 strict pull-ups, at least 75 sit-ups in 2 minutes and a 100 m swim under 2 minutes. The fitness exam is part of stage 2 of recruitment, alongside psychological tests and a language check; stage 3 is a field selection with no published standards.

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5,000 m run (marszobieg 5000 m)–

minimum 23:00

Strict pull-ups on a high bar (≥ 220 cm) (podciąganie siłowe na drążku wysokim)–

minimum 12

Sit-ups in 2 min (skłony tułowia w przód)–

minimum 75

100 m swim, any stroke, dive start or start in the water (pływanie 100 m)–

minimum 2:00

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Pay · free · rates from 1 Jan 2026

What a JW AGAT operator earns — Gliwice

Pay grade

Years of service (wysługa lat)4 yrs

Gross · Kapral (mat) · grupa uposażenia 2 · 4 yrsPLN 8,324 per month, before tax · tax-free

Base pay grows with service — tap a bar

Not included in the total

Service allowance in JW 3940 / 4724, 3 to 6 years, NCOs and privates — instead of the amount above (§ 28 ust. 1 pkt 4)PLN 600 – PLN 750 per month
Service allowance in JW 3940 / 4724, more than 6 years, NCOs and privates — instead of the amount above (§ 28 ust. 1 pkt 4)PLN 900 – PLN 1,200 per month
JTAC service allowance (0.2–0.5 × 1,500 zł; instructor and evaluator more) — paid instead of the unit allowance if higher (§ 27 ust. 1 pkt 6a)PLN 300 – PLN 750 per month
Parachute allowance for more than 100 jumps (0.30–0.45 × 1,500 zł) — instead of the amount above (§ 18)PLN 450 – PLN 675 per month
Motivation allowance for an “exemplary” appraisal (once / twice in a row: 0.17 / 0.27 × 1,500 zł) — instead of the amount above (§ 33)PLN 255 – PLN 405 per month
Additional annual pay, “thirteenth salary”: 1/12 of the year’s basic pay with permanent allowances (dodatkowe uposażenie roczne, art. 442) provisional8.33% of salary per year
Holiday grant, at least 35% of the lowest basic pay per person, for the soldier and each family member (gratyfikacja urlopowa, art. 446) provisionalPLN 2,275 per year

Rates from the 2026 pay regulation (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 212, applied from 1 Jan 2026) and the consolidated allowances regulation (Dz.U. 2026 poz. 611); allowances are multiples of a fixed 1,500 zł. AGAT (JW 3940) has its own service allowance bracket, much lower than JWK or FORMOZA (0.10–0.30 instead of 0.80–0.90 in the first 3 years), and no unit-specific special allowance. The default is a corporal with 4 years of service, less than 3 in AGAT, on a post with parachute jumps; actual posts are not public. A JTAC qualification can replace the unit allowance if it is higher (only the higher service allowance is paid).

provisional = official source with a provisional legal status, a secondary source or our own calculation; see the sources.

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The test, event by event

Event	Category I standard (men and women)
5,000 m run (marszobieg 5000 m)	23:00
Strict pull-ups on a high bar (≥ 220 cm) (podciąganie siłowe na drążku wysokim)	12
Sit-ups in 2 min (skłony tułowia w przód)	75
100 m swim, any stroke, dive start or start in the water (pływanie 100 m)	2:00

Also required

Age limits: up to 33 for combat team posts for privates (does not apply to soldiers from other special forces units on such posts), 35 for combat team posts for NCOs and officers, and 35 for support posts for privates. Candidates: serving soldiers, civilians after JATA training at the special forces training centre (CSWS), reservists and officers of other services; sex makes no difference.
Four stages: (1) questionnaire by registered letter and an interview; (2) psychological tests, the fitness exam and a language check (STANAG 6001 or a test); (3) further psychological tests and the field selection; (4) a military medical board (fitness for special forces service) and an interview. Stage 2 can be attempted at most three times; a pass is valid for a year, also in other special forces units. Selection completed in another special forces unit exempts from AGAT’s.
The field selection has no published standards (distance, time or pack weight). The unit only publishes a kit list: among other things a watch without GPS, food for the whole period at the candidate’s own expense and water in factory-sealed bottles; those who drop out get no transport from the unit.

Sources:

Category I standard (men and women) — JW AGAT — Kryteria egzaminu sprawności fizycznej dla kandydatów do służby w JW AGAT (PDF) (2026-01-19)

Questions

What about category II?

Category II covers AGAT’s other posts: the 2024 Ministry of Defence test (3,000 m, pull-ups or bench push-ups, envelope or 10 × 10 m, sit-ups), scored by age group, where 90–100 points is “very good” and 80–89.9 “good”; the pass mark is not named, so most likely 80. A continuous 200 m swim within 6:00 (pass/fail) is also required; the document places it under category II, and it is unclear whether it also applies to category I. AGAT’s categories are the unit’s own split, not the categories of the regulation.

Is exactly 23:00 or 2:00 enough?

The document says “below 23 minutes” and “below 2 minutes”, so the time has to be strictly faster. The calculator shows 23:00 and 2:00 as the limits; plan to be at least a few seconds under them.

Where do the numbers come from?

From the JW AGAT document “Kryteria egzaminu sprawności fizycznej dla kandydatów do służby w JW AGAT” (PDF created on 19 January 2026) and the unit’s recruitment page on agat.wp.mil.pl, both read on 18 October 2026; the kit list is the unit’s PDF of January 2026.