Line regiment
The regiments of the line set up in the early 20th century, the broad mass of the regiments of the standing army . It was all the regiments that - if the army had a guard - did not belong to the guard.
The line regiments differed from guard regiments , Landwehr (military) , Landsturm and irregular light troops. When the light infantry , which had previously been organized in smaller units such as the free battalions , became part of the line troops and landed military forces, national guards, etc. The term line regiment was used to distinguish these regiments from the constantly active regular units.
There were line regiments in the infantry ( line infantry ), cavalry and artillery . They usually made up the largest share of the troop strength. Today we speak of field and territorial armies in this context .
In the case of cavalry, the term also served to differentiate it from other mounted units such as hussars , lancers and dragoons , which until then had not formally belonged to the cavalry.
See also
literature
- Oskar Schlattmayer: The modern military and its origins , Trient 1910