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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.
One foot artillery company; Austrian-Dutch army ... 5 Austrian bns, 3 Austrian sqns, 2(?) Émigré sqns, 16 guns ... The Napoleonic Wars Data Book.
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 ...
Austria & Prussia confronted each other for a last time to which power should have leadership and unite Germany in the Austro-Prussian War. The war resulted with a disastrous Austrian defeat at Königgrätz, and although the Austrians outperformed the Italians at Custoza & Lissa, it didn't stop the Prussians from advancing to Vienna. [15]
The light infantry, variously known in different armies by different names, were first introduced into the regular armies during the wars of the 18th century as irregular troops, but became permanent parts of regular Napoleonic armies either as units in their own right, or as companies in the line infantry battalions.
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;
The Napoleonic Wars were a defining event of the early 19th century, and inspired many works of fiction, from then until the present day. Leo Tolstoy's epic novel War and Peace recounts Napoleon's wars between 1805 and 1812 (especially the disastrous 1812 invasion of Russia and subsequent retreat) from a Russian perspective.