The various air force units underwent rapid development during the Great War. The backbone of the branch was the two-seater reconnaissance aircraft. From 1917, fighter planes grew in number and [ … ]
Category: Special units
Zsófia Military Hospital
One of the most beautiful badges about which we know very little. During the Great War, a huge medical capacity had to be operated to care for the wounded and [ … ]
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 [ … ]
Detachment Fráter
From the staff of the divisions disembarking from the horse, the command of the Monarchy converted temporary mounted detachments for some special purpose as needed. Such was the Frater detachment [ … ]
Trench mortars
The 22cm heavy trench mortar was already shown here before. The image in this post is another nice shot that shows not only the gun but also the operators and [ … ]
100 years of Kaiserschützen
Tyrol’s status changed several times in the Austrian Empire in the 18th and 19th centuries. Bonaparte Napoleon separated away the province from Austria for a while and annexed him to [ … ]
Mounted squadron of the 1st Cavalry Division
The reader may rightly ask, “What is special about a cavalry squadron belonging to a cavalry division? Riders among riders! ” There were few things as sad that happened during [ … ]
FLIK 26
Extra classic photo, extra classic badge! The photo depicts one of the planes of the 26th flight company, with its crew. This unit was put up in Straßhof in Austria [ … ]
Polish Legion
At the beginning of the Great War, independent Poland did not exist. The territories inhabited by Poles were owned by the Russian, German and Austro-Hungarian states following the earlier partition [ … ]
Genie troops
Warfare requires very much a solution of technical problems. This applies to all areas of the use of military force. The maintenance of armaments and equipment affects combat units most [ … ]