Special units

Machine gunners

I believe that one of the most formidable weapons of the Great War was the machine gun. Artillery destroyed more ...
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Detachment Fráter

From the staff of the divisions disembarking from the horse, the command of the Monarchy converted temporary mounted detachments for ...
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Trench mortars

The 22cm heavy trench mortar was already shown here before. The image in this post is another nice shot that ...
/ Men at arms, Special units

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 ...
/ Men at arms, Special units

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! ...
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FLIK 26

Extra classic photo, extra classic badge! The photo depicts one of the planes of the 26th flight company, with its ...
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Polish Legion

At the beginning of the Great War, independent Poland did not exist. The territories inhabited by Poles were owned by ...
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Genie troops

Warfare requires very much a solution of technical problems. This applies to all areas of the use of military force ...
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Cycling battalions

This was a truly special troop, as among the innovations of the age, in addition to motorization, the muscle driven ...
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Austro-Hungarian Navy

The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the sixth strongest in the world on the eve of the Great War. The development of ...
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