The German Army in World War I (3) by Nigel Thomas

Author:Nigel Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: The German Army in World War I (3): 1917–18
ISBN: 9781780965758
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2012-01-30T16:00:00+00:00

Of the 34 regiments of Lancers, 18 – 12 Prussian (2 Gds, 1, 2, 6–8, 10, 12–14, 16; Gds Res), two Saxon (17, 18), two Württemberg (19, 20) and two Bavarian (1, 2) – retained their mounts, while 16 regiments – 14 Prussian (1, 3 Gds; 3–5, 9, 11, 15; 1–6 Res), and two Saxon (17, Res) – fought dismounted. Five Reserve regiments (1–3, 5, 6) were subsequently disbanded, leaving 29 in Nov 1918. On the M1915 field tunic officers wore shoulder boards with a red underlay and secondary regimental-colour inner underlay; enlisted men, red shoulder straps with secondary regimental-colour piping. The Bavarian regiments had crimson underlays, and straps with dark green piping. Officers of the three Prussian Guards regiments (1–3 Gds) had two matt silver-grey embroidered Guards collar braids; enlisted men, grey linen braids.

Prussian and Bavarian Light Horse comprised 25 regiments. Their wartime value for mounted liaison meant that 21 regiments – 11 Prussian (1, 3–5, 7–12; 1 Res) and 10 Bavarian (1–8; 1, 6 Res Cav) – retained their mounts, and only four regiments – three Prussian (2, 6, 13) and one Bavarian (5 Res Cav) – fought dismounted. One Reserve regiment (5 Bav Res) was disbanded on 12 Feb 1918, leaving 24 in Nov 1918. On the M1915 grey-green field tunic with a dark grey-green collar, Prussian officers wore shoulder boards with a green underlay and regimental facing-colour inner underlay; enlisted men, green straps with regimental facing-colour piping. On the field-grey M1916 field tunic with a field-grey collar, Bavarian Light Horse and Reserve Cavalry officers wore plain shoulder boards with a regimental facing-colour underlay and a dark green inner underlay; enlisted men, plain regimental facing-colour shoulder straps with dark green piping. No regiments wore Guards collar braids.

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