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The field artillery was raised in three regiments (increased to four in 1802), each consisting of four battalions divided into four companies, that could increased to a total of 22 in wartime. In 1805, an artillery company was made up of 4 officers, 14 non-commissioned officers, 159 gunners and 5 other men.
Artillery 6-pdr Foot Company 6 x 6-pdr, 2 x 5.7-in how ... during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1792-1815 ... "Austrian Army Regimental Names". Total ...
A few months before the outbreak of war, Austrian infantry regiments were reorganized into four line battalions and one grenadier battalion. Each battalion consisted of four companies each of 160 musketeers. [7] Archduke Charles. Armee von Italien: Feldmarschall Archduke Charles [8]
Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars continued to use the cannon and howitzers of the previous century. These were smooth-bore, heavy, cast artillery pieces moved by limbers, usually at a slow pace. Siege artillery Siege artillery were very heavy cannon, howitzer and mortar artillery pieces used to force surrender of fortresses during a siege ...
The Imperial Austrian Army formed the land forces of the Austrian Empire.It arose from the remains of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor after its dissolution and in 1867 was reformed into the Common Army of Austria-Hungary and the Imperial-Royal Landwehr after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
The Austrian Army introduced the Girardoni M1780 repeating air rifle as a specialist weapon and used them in the Napoleonic Wars. A multi-shot breech loader, it only had an effective full charge range to about 150 yd (140 m).
1 First Austrian Republic (1919-1938) 2 Second Austrian Republic (since 1955) ... Towed artillery. Skoda 75 mm Model 15; Skoda 100 mm Model 1916; 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99;
Excluding the "Army of Inner Austria", the forces that Charles had available for the two days of battle were about 138,000 men, with 414 artillery pieces. [ 4 ] Archduke Charles, aged 37 at the time of the battle, had under his direct command the Kaiserlich-königliche Hauptarmee , the main Austrian army. [ 4 ]