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James A Pratt III
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Austrian Tech comp

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Post by James A Pratt III » 26 Jul 2014, 00:43

In reading Austria-Hungary's last war 1914-1918 volume 2 on the OOB pages 336-7 there are mentions of "tech comp". For their I corps I think they are:
3comp/SB 1
4 comp/SB 2
3 comp/ PB 10
5 comp/ PB 2

Does any one know what they are? I would say tech comp is technical company but I have never heard or read of the rest SB or PB before. Thanks in advance.

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Re: Austrian Tech comp

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Post by IanE » 26 Jul 2014, 02:41

3 comp/SB 1 3rd Company Sappeurbatallion 1
4 comp/SB 2 4th Company Sappeurbatallion 2
3 comp/ PB 10 3rd Company Pioneerbatallion 10
5 comp/ PB 2 5th Company Pioneerbatallion 2

Sappers were responsible for the following tasks:
Building of defenses,
Establishing and maintaining communications,
Mining,
laying provisional tracks, and
Building half permanent bridges where needed (or temporary structures)

Pioneers were responsible for:
Pioneer service is entirely concerned with water transit, either by building bridges or ferriage in its various forms/modes.


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