German Motorised Supply Troops

[Peter H]

According to Cron,Imperial German Army 1914-1918 :

Particularly numerous were the supporting motorised vehicle formations that Germany provided to Turkey during the course of the war.If it was at first a matter of completing the as yet uncompleted railway lines in the Taurus and Amanus Mountains,so later was added the need to supply Army Group F in Palestine.In total there were in Turkey 1 Army Motorised Vehicle Park,4 Motorised Vehicle Parks,1 Medical Motorised Vehicle Park,1 Motorised Vehicle Echelon,15 Army Motorised Vehicle Columns,17 Motorised Vehicle Columns and 1 Motorised Vehicle Section.A service command of German motorised vehicles in Turkey had been set up on 5 November 1916.From 30 January 1918 it was called "Motorised Vehicle Command with the German Military Mission in Constantinople".From 23 July 1917 military supervision was carried out by Stokraft 771,who on 17 September 1918 took the designation "Rekokraft Turkey".Under his command were the Akokrafts of the 6th Turkish Army..the 7th Turkish Army and the 8th Turkish Army who in February 1918 were renamed respectively Akokraft Iraq,Syria and Palestine.

[Helen Bachaus]

Thats very interesting Peter - thankyou, especially as the Austrian-Hungarian supported the Turks with a large number of motor vehicles too.

Do you have any photos of German or Austrian transport in Palestine?

God Bless

Helen

[Peter H]

Helen,

Some photos here:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=29379


Kraftfahrt Park 505 discussed here as well:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=88038


Regards
Peter

[Helen Bachaus]

Helen,

Some photos here:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=29379


Kraftfahrt Park 505 discussed here as well:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=88038


Regards
Peter

Thanks Peter, I've just received a booklet on the German organisations for the Middle-East which covers the TOE from Gallipoli onwards and errata made by the staff during the course of the campaigns. Whilst some of the information is speculative is provides information useful to the researcher. Here is the booklet I bought from Caliver in the UK.

"German Armies' Establishments 1914/1918 Volume 4: German Forces in the Middle East" by Dirk Rottgardt.

God Bless

Helen

[Peter H]

Thanks Helen.

Also should be mentioned are the German Railway units sent to Turkey.The lineage was expanded,improved,the way through the Taurus Mts being such a case.

From Cron:

..into Turkey had been sent 12 Railway Special Detachments,2 Special Drilling Detachments for wells and a Special Fuel Detachment Arabia to procure heating material.

I guess we forget that steam engines needed burnable fuel and water to run.

[stevebecker]

Mates,

I have some of these on record of German Transport and others;

(Motor Lorries & Ordnance) units -

Pasha 1 units
205th Column
501st column? 503rd Park? 504th Park 505th Park 506th park 507th MT Column 508th column? 511th column? 514th column? 515th column

Pasha 11 units
701st 702nd 703rd 704th 705th 706th 707th 709th 711th 712th 714th 715th MT Columns
731st depot 741st M/C sect 751st Park 781st Ambulance Column 202nd Field Hosp

S.B

[Tosun Saral]

Monument of German Automobile colonne at Çamalan on Tourus Mauntains
Tosun Saral collection

[Tosun Saral]

Kuk ambulance at Palestine

[Tosun Saral]

Autokolonne and caravan