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The Škoda 30.5 cm Mörser M. 11 was a siege howitzer produced by Škoda Works and used by the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...Hussar (original Hungarian spelling: huszár, plural huszárok, Polish: Husarz, Slovak: Husár) refers to a number of types of light cavalry created in Hungary[1] in the 15th century and used throughout Europe and even in America since the 18th century. Some modern military units retain the title 'hussar' for reasons of tradition. During the 18th and 19th centuries hussars were raised by a number of European armies as light horse.[2] A separate type of cavalry were the heavy hussars of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Austrian troops in early war hechtgrau uniforms, M95 Steyr rifles and pony fur back packs. Notice officers knot hanging from bayonet. Issued were 1 cap, 1 jacket,1 overcoat,1pair trousers,1pair puttees,1shoulder roll,2sets underwear,1cotton vest,1 neck cloth,1 pair heavy and 1 pair light boots,1 pair wool gloves,1 back pack,1 cartridge box,1 waist belt, bayonet, cartridge pouches, leather rifle sling, pack straps, bread bag, water bottle, brass dog tag case, eating untensils,part of a tent and cleaning brushes.

Hussar's or light cavalry.

By the spring of 1915 General Luigi Cadorna had 25 infantry and 4 cavalry divisions. Grouped into four armies, Cadorna only had 120 heavy or medium artillery pieces and some 700 machine guns. Despite the shortage of artillery Cadorna launched mass attacks on Austria-Hungary in May 1915. The defending army quickly built trenches and the Italians suffered heavy casualties. In the first two weeks of the Isonzo Offensive, the Italian Army lost 60,000 men. By the time the attacks were called off that winter, Italian casualties had reached 300,000. Cadorna had also lost 3,000 field guns.

Austrians battling Russian forces

Russia engaged Austria-Hungary with much better success. The Russian Army quickly shattered their front line on the border of Galacia, forcing the Austrian army to retreat. On September 3, 1914, the Southern Russian Army captured Lemberg, the capital of Galacia (present-day L'vov in Western Ukraine). Undaunted by success, the southern army continued to push on to Cracow (present-day Kraków of Poland) and aimed to continue into Silesia (South-Western portion of the German Empire — present-day Czechoslovakia).

Sepp Innerkofler was a member of the Third Company of the Austrian Standschutzen, the alpine militia based in Sexten. With their symbolic edelweiss badge and spielhahnstoss [black mountain grouse feather] in their caps, the Standschutzen were government subsidized rifle clubs made up of those too young [14 to 20 years old] or too old [40 to 70] for active duty. Defense of their alpine province was the sole mission of these reservists.

The Austro-Hungarian Army made extensive use of dogs to pull small carts. They also used dogs to locate the wounded.

Austrian soldier , bravery decorations and M1917 helmet

Austrian priest hearing confession

wounded Standschutzen

30.5 Morser was very accurate!

Schwartzlose machine-gun model 1907/12 on tripod.

Germans and Austrians fighting together in Serbia

Austrian medics help wounded Italian troops

Kaiserjager troops in parade dress. The hat was made of hard felt with leather trimmings. The dark green cocks feathers were held in place by the Jager badge.

Austrian Generals checking the battle situation.

Gebirgsjäger, in English Mountain Huntsmen, is the German designation for mountain infantry. The word Huntsman (Jäger) is the traditional German term for light infantry. The mountain infantry of Austria have their roots in the three "Landesschützen" regiments of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.