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Here I am sharing some pictures of this old lady who saw a lot of action during the World War I. Let me present you my Roth-Steyr M7 (or Repetierpistole 1907), serial number 6631, made by the Waffenfabrik Steyr. Note that the gun does not have the visible pin on the right side, which is typical of early production guns. The M7 is marked "DR 15 182" on the right grip´s disc, which means 15th Dragoon Regiment, weapon number 182.
I won´t repeat the info that Mr. Still already posted here on another thread, but I was fortunated enough to track its battle story, which is very interesting. At this point I´d like to thank the Members of this forum as well Mr. Glenn Jewison from the Austro-Hungarian Army Forum (http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm ).
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The complete name of the unit was Dragoner Regiment Erzherzog Joseph (Archduke Joseph) Nr 15 and the regimental Headquarter before the War was Wiener-Neustadt. until the late summer of 1916 Dragonerregiment Erzherzog Joseph Nr.15 was an integral part of the 21st Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division. As usch it was deployed exclusively on the Galician front against the Russian Army. It took part in the great cavalry battle at Jarowslawice on the 21st of August 1914 when it came into action against the Russian 10th Cavalry Division.
It saw further action at Zloczów from the 26th to 28 August, the Gnila Lipa on the 29th and 30th August, Rawa-Ruska - Lemberg from 6th to the 11th of September followed by the withdrawal behind the River San and further to the River Dunajec. It advanced to the San again from 4th to 12th October and at Przemysl from the 10th Oct to 4th November. Following the action at Lawrów the division withdrew to the Carpathian Mountains, saw further fighting on the upper Dunajec and at the battle of Limanowa-Lapanów in the first two weeks of December 1914.
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The regiment spent the winter of 1914/15 in the Carpathian Mountains and then took part in the Gorlice-Tarnów offensive in May, the engagemant at Sanok and the pursuit of the Russian forces to the East seeing fighting at Luck and at Rowno in the late summer. It remained on the Southern Sector of the Eastern Front throughout the remainder of 1915 and the first part of 1916.
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At some stage either in late 1916 or early 1917 the the 15th Dragoons were detached from the 21st Cavalry Brigade and became utilised as Divisional Cavalry Squadrons. A summer 1918 Order of battle shows squadrons under command of the following divisions:
1. Schwadron - 25th Infantry Division
2. Schwadron - 4th Infantry Division
3. Schwadron - 13th Schützen Division
4. Schwadron - 46th Schützen Division
Wartime Regimental Commanders:
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Otto Graf von Huyn: Dec 1910- Sep 1914
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Alfred Brósch Edler von Fohraheim: Sep 14-Dec 17
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Franz Neusser: Dec 17 - Nov 18
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(Dragoon from the Austrian-Hungarian Army c. 1910)
Hope you have enjoyed this short presentation.
Douglas.
Here I am sharing some pictures of this old lady who saw a lot of action during the World War I. Let me present you my Roth-Steyr M7 (or Repetierpistole 1907), serial number 6631, made by the Waffenfabrik Steyr. Note that the gun does not have the visible pin on the right side, which is typical of early production guns. The M7 is marked "DR 15 182" on the right grip´s disc, which means 15th Dragoon Regiment, weapon number 182.
I won´t repeat the info that Mr. Still already posted here on another thread, but I was fortunated enough to track its battle story, which is very interesting. At this point I´d like to thank the Members of this forum as well Mr. Glenn Jewison from the Austro-Hungarian Army Forum (http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm ).
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The complete name of the unit was Dragoner Regiment Erzherzog Joseph (Archduke Joseph) Nr 15 and the regimental Headquarter before the War was Wiener-Neustadt. until the late summer of 1916 Dragonerregiment Erzherzog Joseph Nr.15 was an integral part of the 21st Cavalry Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division. As usch it was deployed exclusively on the Galician front against the Russian Army. It took part in the great cavalry battle at Jarowslawice on the 21st of August 1914 when it came into action against the Russian 10th Cavalry Division.
It saw further action at Zloczów from the 26th to 28 August, the Gnila Lipa on the 29th and 30th August, Rawa-Ruska - Lemberg from 6th to the 11th of September followed by the withdrawal behind the River San and further to the River Dunajec. It advanced to the San again from 4th to 12th October and at Przemysl from the 10th Oct to 4th November. Following the action at Lawrów the division withdrew to the Carpathian Mountains, saw further fighting on the upper Dunajec and at the battle of Limanowa-Lapanów in the first two weeks of December 1914.
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The regiment spent the winter of 1914/15 in the Carpathian Mountains and then took part in the Gorlice-Tarnów offensive in May, the engagemant at Sanok and the pursuit of the Russian forces to the East seeing fighting at Luck and at Rowno in the late summer. It remained on the Southern Sector of the Eastern Front throughout the remainder of 1915 and the first part of 1916.
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At some stage either in late 1916 or early 1917 the the 15th Dragoons were detached from the 21st Cavalry Brigade and became utilised as Divisional Cavalry Squadrons. A summer 1918 Order of battle shows squadrons under command of the following divisions:
1. Schwadron - 25th Infantry Division
2. Schwadron - 4th Infantry Division
3. Schwadron - 13th Schützen Division
4. Schwadron - 46th Schützen Division
Wartime Regimental Commanders:
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Otto Graf von Huyn: Dec 1910- Sep 1914
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Alfred Brósch Edler von Fohraheim: Sep 14-Dec 17
Oberstleutnant/Oberst Franz Neusser: Dec 17 - Nov 18
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(Dragoon from the Austrian-Hungarian Army c. 1910)
Hope you have enjoyed this short presentation.
Douglas.
