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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 .
By 1800, the siege park had grown to 248 pieces, including 128 heavy guns, 32 heavy howitzers, and 88 mortars. In 1805, of the 1,257 field guns in service, 184 were classified as cavalry pieces. Following the 1808 reforms, many 3pdrs were kept in depots, resulting in the Austrian field force having 742 guns organised into 108 batteries.
The Austrian Empire was the main beneficiary from the Congress of Vienna and it established an alliance with Britain, Prussia, and Russia forming the Quadruple Alliance. [8] The Austrian Empire also gained new territories from the Congress of Vienna, and its influence expanded to the north through the German Confederation and also into Italy. [8]
Although Austria was successful against Italy, they were unable to stop the Prussian advance. This war not only caused Austria to lose German leadership, but it was also the beginning of Austria's permanent military decline. From 1867 to 1918, the Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Soldier of the Landwehr-Regiment Nr. 6 in battle dress. The Austro-Hungarian Army, also known as the Imperial and Royal Army, [A. 1] was the principal ground force of Austria-Hungary from 1867 to 1918.
The National Archives of Austria (German: Österreichisches Staatsarchiv), also known as the Austrian State Archives is the central archive of the republic of Austria, located in Vienna. On the basis of the Austrian Federal Archives Act, it stores the archives of the federal government.
Austrian military-related lists (1 C, 4 P) M. Military alliances involving Austria (1 C, 12 P) Military campaigns involving Austria (3 P) Military and war museums in ...
Grenz infantry or Grenzers or Granichary (from German: Grenzer "border guard" or "frontiersman"; Serbo-Croatian: graničari, krajišnici, Hungarian: granicsár, Serbian Cyrillic: граничари, крајишници, Russian Cyrillic: граничары) were light infantry troops who came from the Military Frontier in the Habsburg monarchy (later the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary).