Hat 8257 WWI Russian Artillery Crew

Russian artillery, as well as the entire Russian armed forces, underwent changes after the defeat in the war with Japan in 1904-1905. First of all, efforts were made to improve the training of privates, but also non-commissioned officers and officer cadres, and efforts were also made to use the bloody experience in tactics and operational art. Most of all, however, several new types of guns were introduced into service, to mention the so-called a short division cannon model 1913 caliber 76 mm or the guns model 1910 caliber 107 mm imported from France and later produced in Russia, and howitzers model 1913 caliber 152 mm. It is worth adding that just before the outbreak of World War I, the tsarist empire had approx. 6,850 guns of all types and types, and during the course of hostilities, the Russian industry was able to produce another approx. 11,700,000 guns. Department. It is also worth remembering that at the start of the Great War, the Russian artillery was divided into foot and horse. The main, superior, foot artillery formation was a brigade, and a single brigade was assigned to an infantry division. This brigade consisted of 6 to 9 batteries, and each of them consisted of 8 guns. On the other hand, horse artillery was divided mainly into batteries, each of which consisted of 6 to 8 guns.