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Rumantsev's Germany Army OOB Aug 1914

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Post by waldopepper » 18 Jun 2018, 05:59

The attached document (broken into 5 parts to accommodate the forum's attachment size limitation) was published by EA Rumantsev. The original full document is here:

http://www.grwar.ru/library/Rumyantsev- ... index.html

This exerpt contains tables on the Germany Army in August 1914. In the original the text is in Russian and the data in the tables in Russian and German. I have translated the Russian into English to make the data more widely available. Should you have any issues with the data please consult the original document.

Enjoy

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Here is the table of Contents for the attachments:

Table of Contents
2.1. INFANTRY. ............................................................................................................................................ 8
2.1.1. INFANTRY OF THE STANDING ARMY. ............................................................................................ 8
TABLE №1. Standing Army Infantry Regiment Organization .......................................................... 8
TABLE №2. Standing Army Infantry Regiments Of The German Army ........................................... 9
TABLE №3. Standing Infantry Brigades ........................................................................................ 29
TABLE №4. Infantry Divisions of the German Army ..................................................................... 39
TABLE №5. Jäger Battalions of the German Army ........................................................................ 59
Table №6 Total Number of Standing Army Infantry Formations ................................................... 61
2.1.2 RESERVE INFANTRY. ..................................................................................................................... 62
Table №7 Reserve Infantry Regiments .......................................................................................... 62
Table №8 Reserve Infantry Brigades.............................................................................................. 69
TABLE №9. Reserve Infantry Divisions ......................................................................................... 73
TABLE №10. Reserve Jaeger Battalions.......................................................................................... 81
Table №11 Total Number Of Reserve Infantry Formations ......................................................... 82
2.1.3. LANDWEHR INFANTRY. ............................................................................................................... 83
Table №12 Landwehr Infantry Regiments ................................................................................... 83
TABLE №13. Landwehr Infantry Brigades ...................................................................................... 91
TABLE №14. Landwehr Infantry Divisions ...................................................................................... 94
Table №15 Total Number of Landwehr Infantry Formations ....................................................... 95
2.1.4. LANDSTURM INFANTRY. ............................................................................................................. 96
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Table №15a Landsturm Infantry Battalions ................................................................................... 96
Table №15b One Landsturm infantry brigade was formed.......................................................... 129
Table №15c Total Number Of Landsturm Infantry Formations ................................................... 129
2.1.5. BRIGADE ERSATZ INFANTRY. ..................................................................................................... 129
TABLE №16. Brigade Ersatz Infantry Battalions and Regiments................................................... 129
TABLE №17. Ersatz Infantry Brigades........................................................................................... 134
TABLE №18. Ersatz Infantry Divisions .......................................................................................... 137
TABLE №19. Total Number Of Ersatz Infantry Formations .......................................................... 139
2.1.6. MARINE INFANTRY UNITS. ........................................................................................................ 140
TABLE №20. Marine Infantry Regiments ..................................................................................... 140
TABLE №21. Total Infantry Formations Mobilized August 1914 .................................................. 140
2.2. CAVALRY .......................................................................................................................................... 141
2.2.1. CAVALRY OF THE STANDING ARMY ........................................................................................... 141
TABLE №22. Standing Army Cavalry Regiments........................................................................... 141
TABLE №23. Cavalry Brigades ...................................................................................................... 148
TABLE № 24. Cavalry Divisions ..................................................................................................... 150
TABLE №25. Machine-Gun Sections ............................................................................................... 157
Table №25 Total Number Of Standing Army Cavalry Formations .............................................. 158
2.2.2. RESERVE CAVALRY..................................................................................................................... 158
TABLE №26. Reserve Cavalry Regiments ..................................................................................... 158
Table №27 Total number of Reserve Cavalry Formations ......................................................... 160
2.2.3. LANDWEHR CAVALRY ................................................................................................................ 160
TABLE №28. Landwehr Cavalry Regiments and Squadrons ......................................................... 160
2.2.4. LANDSTURM CAVALRY .............................................................................................................. 163
TABLE №30. Landsturm Squadrons ............................................................................................. 163
Table №31 Total number of Landsturm Cavalry Formations ..................................................... 166
2.2.5. ERSATZ CAVALRY UNITS ............................................................................................................ 166
TABLE №32. Ersatz Cavalry Regiment, Battalion and Squadrons ................................................. 166
Table №33 The total number of Ersatz Cavalry Formations ...................................................... 168
Table №34 Total Number Of Cavalry Formations .......................................................................... 168
2.3. ARTILLERY ........................................................................................................................................ 170
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2.3.1. ARTILLERY OF THE STANDING ARMY ......................................................................................... 170
2.3.1.1 Field Artillery ................................................................................................................... 170
TABLE №35. Field Artillery Regiments ......................................................................................... 170
TABLE №36. Field Artillery Brigades ............................................................................................ 178
TABLE №37. Total Number of Standing Army Field Artillery Formations and Armament............ 182
2.3.1.2 Foot Artillery ................................................................................................................... 183
TABLE №38. Foot Artillery Regiments and Separate Heavy Batteries .......................................... 183
TABLE №39. Total Number of Standing Army Foot Artillery Formations and Armament ............ 188
TABLE №40. Organization and Armament of Foot Artillery Formations ...................................... 189
2.3.2. RESERVE ARTILLERY................................................................................................................... 190
2.3.2.1. Reserve Field Artillery. ....................................................................................................... 190
TABLE №41. Reserve Field Artillery Regiments ............................................................................ 190
TABLE №42. Reserve Field Artillery Brigades ............................................................................... 192
TABLE №43. Total Reserve Field Artillery Formations ................................................................. 192
2.3.2.2. Reserve Foot Artillery ......................................................................................................... 192
TABLE № 44. Reserve Foot Artillery Regiments .......................................................................... 192
TABLE №45a Total Reserve Foot Artillery Formations .................................................................. 196
TABLE №45b Reserve Foot Artillery Battalions Armament ........................................................... 196
TABLE №45c Reserve Foot Artillery Batteries Armament ............................................................. 196
TABLE №45c Total Reserve Artillery Armament............................................................................ 196
2.3.3. LANDWEHR ARTILLERY .............................................................................................................. 197
2.3.3.1. Landwehr Foot Artillery ..................................................................................................... 197
TABLE №45. Landwehr Foot Artillery Battalions and Batteries.................................................... 197
TABLE №46. Total Landwehr Foot Artillery Formations and Armament ......................................... 199
2.3.4. LANDSTURM ARTILLERY ............................................................................................................ 200
2.3.4.1. Landsturm Field Artillery .................................................................................................... 200
TABLE №47. Landsturm Field Artillery Batteries .......................................................................... 200
2.3.4.2. Landsturm Foot Artillery .................................................................................................... 201
TABLE №48. Landsturm Foot Artillery Battalions ........................................................................ 201
TABLE №49. Total Landstrum Foot Artillery Formations ............................................................. 203
2.3.5. ERSATZ ARTILLERY ..................................................................................................................... 203
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TABLE №50. Ersatz Field Artillery Battalions ................................................................................ 204
TABLE №51. Total Ersatz Field Artillery Formations .................................................................... 206
TABLE №52. Total Number of All Field Artillery Formations ............................................................... 207
TABLE №53. Total Number Of All Foot Artillery Formations ............................................................... 207
2.4. AUXILIARY TROOPS .......................................................................................................................... 209
2.4.1. FORTRESS MACHINE GUN SECTIONS ........................................................................................ 209
TABLE №54. Fortress Machine Gun Sections ............................................................................... 209
TABLE №54a Reserve Machine Gun Sections ................................................................................. 210
2.4.2. PIONEER UNITS ......................................................................................................................... 210
TABLE №55. Pioneer Battalions ................................................................................................... 211
Reserve Pioneer Companies ........................................................................................................... 215
Ersatz Pioneer Companies............................................................................................................... 217
2.4.3. SIGNAL CORPS ........................................................................................................................... 217
TABLE №56. Heavy Wireless Stations [Long Range] .................................................................... 218
TABLE №57. Light Wireless Station [short-range] ........................................................................ 219
Total deployed Signal Corps units: .................................................................................................. 220
2.4.4. AVIATION AND AERONAUTICAL UNITS. .................................................................................... 220
TABLE №58. Field Flying Sections ................................................................................................ 221
TABLE №59. Fortress Flying Sections ........................................................................................... 222
TABLE №60. Aeronautical Sections .............................................................................................. 223
TABLE №61. Total deployed air and aeronautical units ............................................................... 224
2.5. GERMAN ARMY GARRISONS ............................................................................................................ 225
TABLE № 62. Composition of Garrisons in Germany .................................................................... 225
2.6. ARMY CORPS OF THE GERMAN ARMY ............................................................................................. 231
TABLE №63. Army Corps .............................................................................................................. 231
Reserve Corps ..................................................................................................................................... 241
WOYRSCH LANDWEHR CORPS ............................................................................................................ 244
2.7. CAVALRY CORPS OF THE GERMAN ARMY ........................................................................................ 245
ТАBLE №64. Cavalry Corps ........................................................................................................... 245
2.8. FIELD ARMIES ................................................................................................................................... 247
Table №65. German Field Armies ................................................................................................... 247
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2.9. SUPREME GOVERNING BODIES OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE ........................ 256
2.10. THE MOBILIZED ARMY TOTALS ...................................................................................................... 259
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Post by The Ibis » 18 Jun 2018, 14:52

Thanks much for posting this Waldo!
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Post by Hoplophile » 25 Aug 2018, 04:20

Thank you, Waldo. This is splendid!

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