WWI Austro-Hungarian Stormtroopers - Armed to the teeth

            I know I'm going out of line here with a Austro-Hungarian postcard, but I could't leave it lying there for that price. It is certainly one of my personal favorites. 

It depicts 6 Austro-Hungarian soldiers and an officer. The belt buckles indicate that they are from the Cislatin part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (the German part). The unit is most likely to be a  dismounted cavalry Sturmpatrouille in mid-1917. They can be compared with German Stosstruppen or Sturmtruppe.

All are wearing early type Feldbluse and the Stahlhelm. Two helmets are German M1916, while the rest are either German M1917 or Austrian M1916. 

Other than that they have a wide variety of interesting items on them:
M95 Steyr-Mannlicher rifles and M95 bayonets
Some have M1916 trench knifes in their boots
Several types of hand grenades can be seen: 
-zeitzunder handgranate (the ones with the loop)
-stielhandgranaten (German M1917, except for one other one)
-kugelrohrhandgranate (the ball on a stick) 
Most also have wirecutters and the officer has a double barreled flare gun tucked in his belt. 
Notice the absence of gasmask, i.e. they're not near the frontline, they just took out their assault gear for the picture. 
   

Taken on: June 13, 2011

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