The Gew 88 rifles carried by the artillery crew in the first photo are interesting. The Kar 88 and Gew 91 were used throughout the war, but the Gew 88 was generally phased out by that time. Obviously, a few of them made it that far.
Portrait of an Austro-Hungarian Zugsführer of K.u.K Feldjäger Battalion No.11 on the Eastern Front, 1917. Note the holster for his Roth-Steyr M.1907 pistol.
Young Austro-Hungarian soldier armed with an older Mannlicher M.1888/90 rifle and issued with 'ersatz' ammunition pouches made of impregnated cardboard. The quality of the army's uniforms and equipment deteriorated significantly during the war!
A7V tank "Elfriede" which turned over in a pit during the first German attack on 24 April 1918, one kilometre from Villers-Bretonneux on the Hangard-en-Santerre road, 8 May 1918.
Nighttime photo of the snow-covered Italian positions on Mt. Sief, lit up by two Austro-Hungarian flare rockets, 26 March 1917. The barbed wire in front of the Austro-Hungarian trenches can be seen in the foreground.
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