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Formation of the German Field Artillery Brigade - Aug 1914 |
Field Artillery Brigade |
2 Field Artillery Regiments |
Field Artillery Brigade Headquarters: |
Brigade Commander = Generalmajor or Oberst |
Brigade Adjutant |
Field Artillery Regimental Staff: Commander, Adjutant, Orderly Officer, Medical Officer |
Veterinary Officer, Train Transport Commander |
* Field Artillery Brigade directly subordinate to Infantry Division HQ |
* 2 August 1914: 102 Field Artillery regiments, 29 Reserve regiments, 11 Horse Artillery |
battalions, 40 Ersatz battalions, 3 Landwehr battalions |
die Feldartillerie-Brigade: diagram of a Field Artillery Brigade 1914 |
Feldartillerie-Brigade composed of: |
Feldartillerie-Regiment (2x) |
Field Artillery Regiment = 2 Field Artillery Groups (Abteilungen) |
Feldartillerie-Abteilung (4x) |
Field Artillery Group = 3 Batteries (Batterien) |
Batterie (12x) |
Battery = 6 guns (Geschützen) |
Geschützen (72x) |
Field Guns = 54 per brigade (7.7 cm Feldkanone 96) |
Howitzers = 18 per brigade (10.5 cm leichte Feldhaubitze 98/09) |
(three Brigade Groups had the 7.7 and the fourth Group had the 10.5) |
Cron's Imperial German Army 1914-18 |
and various sources |
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