This is a new post from Gábor Széplaki. During the First World War, not much limelight was given to those formations that served the fighting units and were not directly [ … ]
Month: July 2022
Tatra class destroyers
The Austro-Hungarian navy underwent rapid development before the Great War. This happened because, after the establishment of Italian unity, Italy began to act as a maritime power in the Adriatic, [ … ]
29th Insurgent Infantry Regiment
Relatively little is known about the insurgent battalions and regiments of the Monarchy. There are several reasons for this. These regiments received reservists of older age groups. They were not [ … ]
01M mounted field bakery oven
By “weapon” in this section, I sometimes rather mean technical equipment. I believe that this is also justified, since these tools also contributed significantly to the success of the war [ … ]
Machine gunners
I believe that one of the most formidable weapons of the Great War was the machine gun. Artillery destroyed more enemies with countless use of grenades. But the work of [ … ]
Trench mortar troop insigna
I have already written twice on the site (here and here) about the construction, operation and battlefield application of trench mortars. My friend Gábor Széplaki wrote about the weaponry insignia [ … ]
Tatarka 1916-17
After the 40th Infantry Division was transferred from Eastern Galicia to Bukovina on June 24, 1916, this front section became the troop’s “home”. The “Fokos Division” was primarily responsible for [ … ]
Assault troop badge
A wide variety of assault badges were produced by badge makers during the Great War. I included in an earlier post one of the general attack badges, a work of [ … ]
IR 27 of Graz
The 27th Infantry Regiment was the home regiment of the city of Graz. It was founded in 1682 during the Turkish war. Like the other German-speaking regiments, it received special [ … ]
IR 69 “Hindenburg”
It is now not the first time that the 69th Infantry Regiment of Székesfehérvár appears on this site. There are several reasons for this. On the one hand, we know [ … ]