STORM TROOPS Austro-Hungarian Assault Units & Commandos in the First World War, Tactics, Organisation, Uniforms & Equipment #1486

M. Christian Ortner This impressive and lavishly illustrated volume is by the same publishers of “The German Army in the First World War” The assault troops ranked among the elite units of the Austro-Hungarian army and permanently influenced the image of the soldier in the static and trench warfare of the First World War. In trench warfare, they had the assignment to remove enemy obstacles and to eliminate sentries in hand-to-hand combat with hand grenades or with daggers and clubs, thus enabling following attacking troops to reach their objectives. Equipped with steel helmets, shortened rifles and hand grenades, supported by machine guns, submachine guns and infantry guns, the assault trooper of the First World War ultimately epitomised the ‘modern’ soldier of the twentieth century This outstanding book shows their operational tactics, battle doctrine, organisation, uniforms and equipment in hundreds of b/w and full colour photos. Clear views of submachine guns, machine guns, trench mortars, infantry guns, flamethrowers and signals equipment provide an impressive overview of the arms and equipment of the elite of the k.u.k. army. The book also includes a section on assault troop badges as originals and on photos of their wearers. 320pp. over 850 b/w & colour photos. English edition. LARGE FORMAT Details   Price: £125.00 Options   Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart

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