
奥地利后备军
The concept of Landwehr was always viewed with unease by the authorities, but by June 1808 the Austrian National Militia was finally formed, service being compulsory for all men aged between 18 and 45, unless they belonged to exempt categories or were army reservists already. There were two categories, normal and volunteer units, raised from the local districts. Normally attached to Line formations, they were not the best of troops as discipline was poor. Still the Austrian-Hungarian Empire used a wide variety of Landwehr units in the defence of its vast territories.
尽管在奥地利军方看来,建立一支后备军并不是很稳重的决定。但是奥地利还是在1808年的6月组建了国民卫队,征募的对象基本来自所有18-45岁的男性公民,除非他们被免除兵役或者已经是预备役军人。后备军的概念有两种,正常服役以及志愿服役,但基本都是奥地利本国人。他们一般被按照线列步兵的章法训练,由于训练水平的差距,他们并不是一支军队中的中坚力量。但他们仍然是奥地利-匈牙利帝国用以防御其广阔领土的后备军单位种类。
奥地利猎兵
The Austrians formed battalions of jaeger. The light troops used terrain, trees and houses as a cover though on few occasions the jaeger were also used to attack fieldworks and served as regular line infantry. The jaeger were superbly trained, by 1813 the number of jaeger battalions had been increased as they were a solid part of the Austrian light infantry capacity. The main weapon used was the hunting carbine and rifle, as most jaeger were excellent hunters, woodsmen and marksmen.
Not only jaeger were used as skirmishers, the 3rd ranks of line infantry skirmished as well. The first being sent forward were those 3rd rankers taken from both flank companies of the battalion. Then, if necessary, more skirmishers from other companies were also sent out.
这些奥地利人组成了被称为“jaeger”的营。这些轻型部队利用地形,树以及房屋作为最基本的掩护,虽然有时他们也会被命令组成正规线列步兵的队形对工事发动进攻。“jaeger”往往是训练有素的,在1813年,由于他们在奥地利军队中的地位越来越牢固,“jaeger”营的数量也随之上升。因为大部分“jaeger”营的士兵都是来自优秀的猎手,伐木工人或者射击手,所以他们的基本武器也是擅长射击的卡宾枪和来复枪。
并不仅仅是“jaeger”会被用来作为战场上的射击力量。线列士兵中的第三列往往也拥有不错的射击水平。通常来说第三列士兵总是被从侧翼的营中抽调出来。随后,如果必要,更多其他团的射手也会被抽调进来。