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Gemeine
''Gemeiner'' (pl. ''Gemeine'', en: private or soldierLangenscheidt's Encyclopaedic Dictionary of the English and German language: „Der Große Muret-Sander“, Part I German-English First Volume A–K, 9th edition 2002, p. 661 – «de: Gemeiner / en: private (common soldier)») was until 1918 the common designation to soldier(s) in the Austro-Hungarian Army (k.u.k. Army) and German Army. In line to the particular branch of service it contained the rank file as follows: *''Dragoner'' (en: dragoon), *''Grenadier'', *''Husar'' (hussar), *''Infanterist'' (infantryman) *'' Jäger'' (rifleman), *''Füsilier'' (fusilier or fusileer), *''Kanonier'' ( gunner, cannoneer), *''Musketier'' (musketeer), etc. *''Pionier'' (engineer) *''Sanitätssoldat'' (medicalman) *''Trainsoldat'' (trainman) *''Ulan'' (uhlan) ;Gallery, "k.u.k. Inf.Rgt. Hoch- und Deutschmeister Nr. 4" (l.t.r) Offizier und Gemeiner von Hoch- und Deutschmeister 1798–1809.png, Offizier und Gemeiner von Hoch- und Deutschmei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infanterist
''Infanterist'' (en: infantryman) – was the designation to the lowest private rank of infantry, the biggest armed forces branch of the common Austro-Hungarian Army (k.u.k. Army) from 1867 to 1918. However, until 1918 Infanterist was also the common or generic designation to soldiers, rank independent, of the Infantry branch in the Austro-Hungarian Army as well as in the Army of the German Army (German Empire), German Empire. In line to the appropriate branch of service it did belong to the so-called Gemeine, Gemeine rank group, comparable to private, soldier or G.I. in Anglophone armed forces. Other ''Gemeine ranks'' were as follows: *''Dragoner'' (en: dragoon#Dragoner rank, dragoon), *''Füsilier'' (fusilier or fusileer), *''Grenadier'', *''Husar'' (hussar), *''Infanterist'' (infantryman) *''Kanonier'' (Gunner (rank), gunner, cannoneer), *''Musketier'' (musketeer), etc. *''Pionier'' (engineer) *''Sanitätssoldat'' (medicalman) *''Trainsoldat'' (trainman) *''Ulan'' (uhlan) ;' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rank Insignia Of The Austro-Hungarian Armed Forces
This article deals with the rank insignia of the Austro-Hungarian Army, as worn by the Austro-Hungarian Army after the reorganisation in 1867 until 1918. In the Austrian army rank insignia are traditionally called Paroli (uniform), ''Paroli'' (pl. ''Parolis'') and are worn as gorget patch or collar tap, appliquéd to the gorget fore-part of the uniform coat, uniform jacket and/or battle-dress. Austro-Hungarian Army The rank insignia – so-called ''Paroli (uniform), Paroli'' – of the Austro-Hungarian Army (1867–1918) were worn on the fore-part of the sleeves for jackets, but never on shoulder straps of shirts, service jackets, and dress uniforms. This extended to the Common Army as well as to the Imperial-Royal Landwehr. However, the mountain corps wore additionally an edelweiss since 1907 behind the distinction star(s). The rank or distinction stars of enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers (NCO) were made from white celluloid, those of the ranks Feldwebel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragoon
Dragoons were originally a class of mounted infantry, who used horses for mobility, but dismounted to fight on foot. From the early 17th century onward, dragoons were increasingly also employed as conventional cavalry and trained for combat with swords and firearms from horseback. While their use goes back to the late 16th century, dragoon regiments were established in most European armies during the 17th and early 18th centuries; they provided greater mobility than regular infantry but were far less expensive than cavalry. The name reputedly derives from a type of firearm, called a ''Dragon (firearm), dragon'', which was a handgun version of a blunderbuss, carried by dragoons of the French Army. The title has been retained in modern times by a number of armoured warfare, armoured or ceremonial mounted regiments. Origins and name The establishment of dragoons evolved from the practice of sometimes transporting infantry by horse when speed of movement was needed. During th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jäger (infantry)
(; ; , ) is a German military term referring to specific light infantry units. In German-speaking states during the early modern era, the term ''jäger'' came to denote light infantrymen whose civilian occupations (mostly hunters and foresters) made them well-suited to patrolling and skirmishing, on an individual and independent basis, rather than as part of a large-scale military unit or traditional line infantry. As a consequence, ''jäger'' was used to describe skirmishers, scouts, sharpshooters and runners. The word's usage and derivatives broadened over time. For instance, was the name given by the Prussian Army to scouts and runners. Conversely, in the modern German army (), is the name given to military police. is usually translated into English as: * " rifleman" (in an infantry role) or "Rifles" (in regimental names); and * " ranger" (especially in North American English; see below). In English is often written as (both pl. and sgl., which is the alternat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soldat Der K
Soldat , plural Soldats Soldaten Soldater , may refer to: * Soldat (horse) * ''Soldat'' (rank), lowest rank of enlisted men in the land-based armed forces of Germany, Austria, Ukraine, and Switzerland * Soldat (Romania), lowest rank of armed forces of Romania * "Soldat" (song), by Aya Nakamura * ''Soldat'' (video game) * Soldat Island, Australian Antarctic Territory * Soldat Jahman (born 1979), French hip hop performer * Soldat Ustinov (born 1960), ring name of American professional wrestler * ''Soldaten'' (Gurlitt), opera by Manfred Gurlitt 1930 * ''Die Soldaten ' (''The Soldiers'') is a four-act opera in German by Bernd Alois Zimmermann, based on the 1776 play by Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz. In a letter accompanying his newly printed play (23 July 1776, aged 24) that he sent to his best friend, the ...'', opera by Zimmermann 1965 * Ihor Soldat (born 1991), Ukrainian football defender * Marie Soldat-Roeger (1863–1955), Austrian violinist * , novel by the Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Of Austria
The Austrian Armed Forces () are the combined military forces of Austria. The military consists of 16,000 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 1.0% of national GDP (including pensions) or €3.317 billion (2023,without pensions). History Interwar In 1918, the Republic of German-Austria established a military known as the ("People's Defence"). ''Volkswehr'' forces took part in military confrontations with Royal Yugoslav Army troops which occupied parts of Carinthia that Austria claimed as its own. In 1920, after the Republic of German-Austria transitioned into the First Austrian Republic, the new regime changed the military's name to the ("Federal Army"), which it has been known by ever since. In 1938, officers led by Alfred Jansa developed a military operation plan to defend against a potential invasion by Nazi Germany, which ultimately went unused due to a lack of political willpower when Austria was annexed by the Germans in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountain Infantry
Mountain warfare or alpine warfare is warfare in mountains or similarly rough terrain. The term encompasses military operations affected by the terrain, hazards, and factors of combat and movement through rough terrain, as well as the strategies and tactics used by military forces in these situations and environments. Mountain ranges are of strategic importance since they often act as a natural border and may also be the origin of a water source such as the Golan Heights. Attacking a prepared enemy position in mountain terrain generally requires a greater ratio of attacking soldiers to defending soldiers than a war conducted on level ground. Mountains present natural hazards such as lightning, strong gusts of wind, rockfalls, avalanches, snowpacks, ice, extreme cold, and glaciers with their crevasses; in these ways, it can be similar to cold-weather warfare. The generally uneven terrain and the slow pace of troop and material movements are additional threats to combatants. Moveme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infantry
Infantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadly encompasses a wide variety of subspecialties, including light infantry, irregular infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, Airborne forces, airborne infantry, Air assault, air assault infantry, and Marines, naval infantry. Other subtypes of infantry, such as line infantry and mounted infantry, were once commonplace but fell out of favor in the 1800s with the invention of more accurate and powerful weapons. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French , from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word ''cavalerie'', itself derived from ''cheval'' meaning "horse") are groups of soldiers or warriors who Horses in warfare, fight mounted on horseback. Until the 20th century, cavalry were the most mobile of the combat arms, operating as light cavalry in the roles of reconnaissance, Screening (tactical), screening, and skirmisher, skirmishing, or as heavy cavalry for decisive economy of force and shock attacks. An individual soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations depending on era and tactics, such as a cavalryman, Equestrianism, horseman, trooper (rank), trooper, cataphract, knight, Drabant Corps of Charles XII, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, samurai or horse archer. The designation of ''cavalry'' was not usually given to any Military animal, military forces that used other animals or platforms for mounts, such as chariots, Camel cavalry, camels or War elephant, elephants. Infantry who m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jäger Der K
Jäger, Jager, or Jaeger (), meaning "hunter" in German, may refer to: *Jäger (surname), also Jaeger and Jæger, including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname Fictional characters *Jaeger, in the television series ''Altered Carbon (TV series), Altered Carbon'' *Jaeger, a group of vampire hunters in the anime series ''Sirius the Jaeger'' *Jaegers, a List of Akame ga Kill! characters#Jaegers, group in the ''Akame ga Kill!'' manga and anime *Jaegers, piloted robots used to fight alien monsters in the 2013 film ''Pacific Rim (film), Pacific Rim'' and the 2018 sequel *Jaeger (alt. Jäger; Yeager), refers to a family from the manga series Attack on titan and it’s anime adaptation anime series of the same name. Known member of the family: Eren Yeager, Grisha Yeager, Zeke Yeager In biology *Jaeger, the North American name for the smaller species of the skua family of seabirds *Jaeger 70, a hybrid of two American species of grape *Jaeger's anetia, a species of bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunner (rank)
Gunner (Gnr) is a rank equivalent to private in the British Army Royal Artillery and the artillery corps of other Commonwealth armies. The next highest rank is usually lance-bombardier, although in the Royal Canadian Artillery it is bombardier. Historically, there was an inferior rank, matross. Monuments There is a bronze statue of a gunner called "The Ammunition Carrier" as part of the Royal Artillery Memorial in Hyde Park Corner, commemorating the Royal Artillery Regiment's service and memorializing its losses in World War I. The other bronze figures are "The Captain" (at the front), "The Driver" (at the left side), and "The Fallen Soldier" (at the rear) and it is topped with an elevated stone howitzer. The statues were done by Charles Sargeant Jagger and the stone monument was designed by Lionel Pearson. The gunner statue, along with the officer, the bombardier and the unknown soldier, are characters in Charlie Fletcher's '' Stoneheart''. See also * Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
