"In the Field": A Collection of Photographs of K.u.K. Army Soldiers in the Great War

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Photo 1: two soldiers of the kuk army rest on a self-made snack table inside their trench system and read the newspaper. The walls of the trench are secured with elaborately woven willow branches.
Photo 2: An infantry platoon of the kuk army lined up for a group photo. In addition to the field equipment and weapons with which the soldiers here are equipped for the cold season, with their overcoats as the top item of clothing, the rarely depicted muffs for warming the hands are worthy of note.
Photo 3: A 30.5 cm heavy mortar produced by the Skoda works in Pilsen and its crew in action on the Eastern Front
Photo 4: A Schwarzlose machine gun and its crew posed for a group photo.
Photo 5: two Soldiers resting on a selfe made snack table inside their trench system.
Photo 6: A group of soldiers in an improvised shelter made of stones and a sheet of tent pose for a photo. Note the Austrian steel helmet on the shelter.
Photo 7: A naval gun mounted in a shelter on land is being loaded while the gunner is already taking aim through the periscope.
Photo 8: An artillery position with obsolete howitzers in the background, while two soldiers are building a shelter in the foreground. Corrugated iron and sandbags can be seen.
Photo 9: An entire infantry battalion of the kuk army on the move, marching into a forest from a hillside road.
Photo 10: Improvised dugouts in the field.
Photo 11: Group of kuk army soldiers on a dugout built from tree trunks.
Photo 12: Group shot of soldiers of the kuk army, with beautiful equipment details and canteens carried on canvas straps.
Photo 13: General view of a trench system with barbed wire entanglement.
Photo 14: Portrait shot of a soldier of the kuk army with great equipment details such as canteen and ammunition pouches made of sheet iron.

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