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After the Romanian troops had managed to bring the enemy to a halt at Moldavia's Gates, on the Eastern Carpathians, the Siret River and the Danube Delta alignment in cooperation with Russian military forces, Romania embarked on the reconstruction and strengthening of its combat capability during the first half of 1917 through multiple national ...
[7] [8] Up until Romania's entry into the war, the focus was on light and medium guns. Between 1914 and 1916, 332 gun carriages were produced for guns up to 75 mm. During the same time period, 1,500 caissons were also produced. [1] After Romania entered the war, however, the heavy pieces were also turned into field guns.
The French military mission in Romania helped rebuild the Romanian Army, as Russia's was disintegrating. The reorganization of the Romanian Army had been completed by June 1917. The 1,500-strong French military mission, headed by General Henri Berthelot , included 300 officers who provided expert instruction in the use of new weapons and ...
After a series of quick tactical victories on the numerically overpowered Austro-Hungarian forces in Transylvania, in the autumn of 1916, the Romanian Army suffered a series of devastating defeats, which forced the Romanian military and administration to withdraw to Western Moldavia, allowing the Central Powers to occupy two thirds of the national territory, including the state capital, Bucharest.
This is a list of World War I infantry weapons. ... (Mostly captured by Ottoman forces) Martini-Henry; Machine guns. Vickers Mk I; ... (Pre World War 1) Field guns.
Romanian military equipment of World War I; 0–9. 10.5 cm Feldhaubitze M.12 This page was last edited on 21 November 2024, at 11:03 (UTC). ...
The First Army was one of the major units of the Romanian military in both World War I, partaking in such operations as the Romanian offensive in Transylvania in 1916 [4] and the Battle of Mărășești in 1917, [5] [6] and World War II, seeing action on the Eastern Front, particularly after the 23 August 1944 Coup, when the First Army fought westwards alongside Soviet units in battles such as ...
The Royal Romanian Navy during World War I (1914–1918) was divided into two fleets and fought against the forces of the Central Powers.When Romania entered the war in August 1916, the Romanian Navy was officially divided as follows (although usage of the warships was fluid and their assignments changed as the war progressed): [1]