British Infantry Division 1914/1916 – Visualization – Organization & Structure
Basic Numbers of a 1914 British Infantry Division In 1914 a British infantry division consisted of about 18100 (18073) men. The division was equipped with 5600 (5592) horses. 24 Machine guns, 54 18 pounder field guns, 18 4.5 in howitzers and 4 60 pounder heavy field guns. (Source: Richard Rinaldi: Order of Battle of the British Army 1914 and others …
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Infographic – German Infantry Division 1914/1918 – Organization, Structure & Numbers
Video German Infantry Division 1914/18 – Visualization – Organization & Structure Sources Stachelbeck, Christian: Deutschland Heer und Marine im Ersten Weltkrieg (amazon.de affiliate link) amazon.com amazon.de
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German Infantry Division 1914/18 – Visualization – Organization & Structure
Infographic – German Infantry Division 1914/1918 – Organization & Structure Intro – Basic Numbers of 1914 Division In 1914 a German infantry division consisted of about 18000 men. The division was equipped with 4600 horses. 24 heavy Machine guns and 72 light field guns. (Source: Stachelbeck: Deutschland Heer und Marine im Ersten Weltkrieg (S. 120) – amazon.de affiliate link) Organization …
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The First German Tank – The A7V Sturmpanzerwagen
Introduction The A7V or “Sturmpanzerwagen A7V” was the first German Tank and saw action in the later stages of the First World War. The rather unusual name of the tank was directly derived from a transport department in the war ministry, notably the department 7. (Abteilung 7 Verkehrswesen) (S. 54/2). The A7V was not only the first German tank, it …
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