Austria Tactical Notes : Troops & Units :
Keys Tactical
Notes: The Austrian Army probably stopped using close order infantry
formations at about the same time that the French stopped their use. Some
mountain and specialist units doubtlessly began the war trained in techniques
of dispersed deployments. Much of the army's rank and file were from Slavic
recruiting districts and did not like helping their German officers fight
fellow slavs in the Russian Army.
Troops and
Units: The orders of battle shown below offer a list of average unit
values in order to give 1916 players an idea of how historical formations
should be represented for game play. Real life units varied in type, strength
and quality, depending on their location and readiness level. Overall, there
were a huge variety of units created during the war, from forestry battalions
to assault companies. This prevents us from trying to list them all, and
players are encouraged to use these lists as guidelines for creating other
units they would like to use on the battlefield. Note: Trench mortar quantities
are estimated.
- Infantry Battalion 1914
- Units:4 | Bases:12 | Morale:Steady | Training:Poor | Machine Guns:1
heavy
- Jager Battalion 1914
- Units:8 | Bases:6 | Morale:Steady | Training:Average | Machine Guns:2
heavy
- Infantry Battalion 1915-16
- Units:5 | Bases:9 | Morale:Shaky | Training:Poor/Abysmal
| Machine Guns:2 heavy
- Infantry Battalion 1917
- Units:5 | Bases:9 | Morale:Shaky | Training:Poor/Abysmal | Machine Guns:3 heavy, 2 light | Mortars:1 light
- Infantry Regiment 1914/15
- Units:4 battalions
- Jager Regiment 1914/15
- Units:3 battalions
- Infantry Regiment 1916
- Units:4 battalions
- Infantry Regiment 1917
- Units:3 battalions
- Infantry Division
- Regiments:4 infantry regiments | Battalions:1 Jager
- Troop and Unit Key:
- Formation Type - Year
- Units:number of subunits in the formation ¹ |
Bases:number of bases per subunit |
Morale:approximate formation morale
| Training:approximate training level of the
units | Machine Guns:average number
of machine guns which the formation may possess |
Mortars:average number of trench mortars which the
formation may possess | Towed Cannon:average number of towed cannon which the formation may
possess. | Special:special weapons
or conditions, such as flamethrowers, etc.
¹ Note
that higher level formations will be composed of companies, battalions or
regiments instead of bases and units.
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