Weapons
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Tegetthoff-class battleships
The Monarchy’s navy developed at a rapid pace from the 1880s onwards. The effort resulted in the world’s sixth largest ...
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M 15 searchlights
At the beginning of the war, the searchlight units were attached to fortress artillery. Each regiment had 2-3 lighting platoons, ...
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M 17 assault knife
At the beginning of the Great War, the soldiers of the Monarchy were equipped with rifle-mounted bayonets. Such was, for ...
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15 cm howitzer shell
We have already talked about the earlier and the later, more modern versions of the 15 cm howitzers. In this ...
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M 15 12 cm trench mortar
Mortars were an important artillery tool in trench battles. Their projectiles moved on a steep trajectory, so they could reach ...
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Steel helmet
In the conditions of the Great War, the greatest danger to the troops standing in the trenches was the projectiles ...
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M15 3,7 cm Infantry cannon
This was a small-caliber artillery tool specially developed for trench warfare. His task was to destroy machine gun nests reinforced ...
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M 99 15 cm heavy howitzer
It was the main gun type of the Monarchy’s heavy artillery at the beginning of the Great War. The first ...
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Field telephone
In the trench battles of the Great War, constant communication between troop units, observers and headquarters was critically important. In ...