New 1911 P-08. Seeking opinions....

George Anderson · 03-23-2010, 08:27 AM

Reed, the A.F. marking indicates Artillerie zu Fuss or Foot artillery as opposed to Field Artillery. Foot artillery were "heavies". Each regiment was made up of two battalions, a heavy field howitzer (15cm) battalion and a Mortar (21cm) battalion.

The mortar battalion consisted of two batteries of four mortars each. These were batteries 5 & 6. The howitzer battalion consisted of batteries 1 thru 4; each battery had four guns.

03-23-2010, 08:27 AM	#13
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Reed, the A.F. marking indicates Artillerie zu Fuss or Foot artillery as opposed to Field Artillery. Foot artillery were "heavies". Each regiment was made up of two battalions, a heavy field howitzer (15cm) battalion and a Mortar (21cm) battalion. The mortar battalion consisted of two batteries of four mortars each. These were batteries 5 & 6. The howitzer battalion consisted of batteries 1 thru 4; each battery had four guns.