K. k. Field Artillery Regiment No. 144

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Imperial-Royal Field Artillery Regiment No. 144

active 1916 to 1918
Country Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austria-Hungary
Armed forces Austro-Hungarian Land Forces
Armed forces army
Branch of service artillery
Type Artillery Regiment
structure See outline
Location See garrisons
management
Commanders See list of commanders

The Imperial and Royal Field Artillery Regiment No. 144 was a regiment of the Imperial and Royal Landwehr from 1916 to 1918 and thus part of the land forces of Austria-Hungary .

history

Surname

The regiment was established in mid-May 1916 as the Imperial and Royal Landwehrfeldhaubitz Regiment No. 44 . The main troops were the kk Feldhaubitzdivision No. 44 established on January 1, 1909 and the "sister unit" established on January 1, 1913, the kk Feldkanonendivision No. 44 . At the request of the Imperial and Royal Ministry for National Defense, implemented by the Kaiser by means of a resolution of the highest order on February 27, 1916, these were renamed regiments, previously reinforced by additional batteries. In 1917 the designation "Landwehr" was abolished and the regiment was designated as the Imperial and Royal Feldhaubitz Regiment No. 44 . When it was reorganized in June 1918, it was given the name kk field artillery regiment No. 144 .

garrison

As a war formation, the regiment had no peace garrison. The combined Imperial and Royal replacement battery No. 44 was located in Linz and was responsible for the Imperial and Royal Field Artillery Regiments No. 44 and 144 as well as for the Heavy Field Artillery Regiment No. 44.

The replacement personnel were recruited from the Prague military command area.

Participation in skirmishes and combat operations

In the Austro-Hungarian Army in World War I , the regiment was deployed on the Eastern and Southwest Fronts.

  • May 1916: The regiment was in South Tyrol for restoration .
  • June to July 1916: Due to the great offensive of the Russian Army under General Brusilov's on the eastern theater of war, the Army High Command was forced to shorten the front in South Tyrol and create two divisions, including a. The Imperial and Royal Landwehr Infantry Troop Division No. 44 and thus also the newly established Imperial and Royal Landwehrfeldhaubitz Regiment No. 44, to be relocated there.
  • August 1916 to October 1918: In August 1916 the regiment was relocated to the south-western front , and the regiment was used in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Isonzo battles.
  • November 1918: After the capitulation, the march back to Linz took place. There the regiment was demobilized and finally disbanded.

organization

Association membership

From the day of its establishment, the regiment was subordinate to the Imperial and Royal (Landwehr) Field Artillery Brigade No. 44 and thus part of the Imperial and Royal Landwehr Infantry Division or Rifle Division No. 44.

structure

In 1914 the kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivisionen consisted of two howitzer batteries with six guns each. When they were mobilized, they were brought to a state of war. In 1916 these were used to set up the Landwehrfeldhaubitz regiments comprising four batteries, which were expanded by two to six batteries in 1917. In May 1917 the war level per battery was reduced by around 28 men to 251 soldiers. In 1918, the uniform field artillery regiments with mixed equipment took the place of the previous field howitzer regiments.

Organization in 1916 as kk Landwehrfeldhaubitz Regiment No. 44 (LFHR 44)

  • Rod
  • Field howitzer battery No. 1, renaming of battery No. 1 of the kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivision No. 44, built in 1909
  • Field howitzer battery No. 2, renaming of battery No. 2 built in 1909 for the kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivision No. 44
  • Field howitzer battery no.3, renaming and rearming of field cannon battery no.3 of the kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivision no.44 built in 1915
  • Field howitzer battery No. 4, renaming of the battery No. 5 of the kuk Turkey field howitzer regiment, which was built in 1915

Organization in 1917 as kk Feldhaubitz Regiment No. 44 (FHR 44)

  • Rod
  • Field howitzer battery No. 1, was previously battery No. 1 of the LFHR 44
  • Field Howitzer Battery No. 2, was previously battery No. 2 of the LFHR 44
  • Field howitzer battery No. 3, was previously battery No. 3 of the LFHR 44
  • Field howitzer battery No. 4, was previously battery No. 4 of the LFHH 44
  • Field howitzer battery No. 5, rebuilt in 1917
  • Field howitzer battery No. 6, rebuilt in 1917

Division 1918 as kk field artillery regiment No. 144 (FAR 144)

Commanders

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment
1. Lieutenant Colonel Vincent Martys ?
2. Colonel Karl Kropf 1918

Armament and equipment

Main armament

The kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivisions were initially equipped with outdated 10 cm M.99 field howitzers without a return pipe, but with a spur and rope brake. Gradually these were replaced by the modern 10 cm field howitzers made of steel M. 14.

References

swell

Austrian State Archives : holdings of the war archive

literature

  • M. Christian Ortner : The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918 , Verlag Militaria, Vienna 2007, ISBN 978-3-902526-12-0
  • Georg Sobicka: Old batteries. A contribution to the history of our field artillery (reprint from Streffleuer's military. Magazine) , published by J. Roller & Co., Vienna 1914
  • Georg Sobicka: Structure and development of the batteries of the Austro-Hungarian field and mountain artillery in the World War 1914–1918 , Verlag Karl Harbauer, Vienna and Leipzig 1920

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Ortner 2007, p. 380.
  2. ↑ See Sobicka 1920, pp. 29, 83 and 86, and Ortner 2007, p. 378.
  3. ↑ See Sobicka 1920, p. 86.
  4. ↑ See Sobicka 1920, p. XII.
  5. ↑ See Sobicka 1920, pp. 83 and 86.
  6. ↑ See Sobicka 1920, p. 86

Remarks

  1. ^ A "division" in Austria-Hungary consisted of two batteries or companies. The major military organization "Division" was called the Troop Division.
  2. ↑ With a total of 16 cannons.
  3. ↑ This was set up in 1915 from an alarm battery.
  4. ↑ The Turkey Field Howitzer Regiment consisted of modern howitzers that were originally intended for Turkey, but were now used for their own purposes.
  5. ↑ In 1913 and 1914 he was in command of the kk Landwehrfeldhaubitzdivision No. 44. Further information cannot be determined at the time.