2nd heavy artillery regiment

Mobilization

15cm L/12 not QF how. division

1st – 15cm L/12 not QF howitzers battery (4 hows.)

2nd – 15cm L/12 not QF howitzers batteries (4 hows.)

3rd – 15cm L/12 not QF howitzers batteries (4 hows.)

12cm L/28 not QF division

1st – 12cm L/28 not QF battery (4 guns)

2nd – 12cm L/28 not QF batteries (3 guns)

3rd – 12cm L/28 not QF batteries (3 guns)

10.5cm L/30 QF division

1st – 10.5cm L/30 QF battery (2 guns)

2nd – 10.5cm L/30 QF battery (2 guns)

15cm L/14 QF howitzers battery (4 hows.)

At the beginning of the war 15cm L/14 QF how. bty. was assigned to 3rd heavy art. rgt.

11.09.1916

A new 4th – 15cm QF Serbian how. bty. was raised by the regiment

06.12.1916

1st and 2nd – 15cm L/12 not QF how. bty. were rearmed with 15cm QF Russian howitzers

08.02.1917

With the guns of the 1st and 2nd – 12cm L/28 not QF bts. Of 1st heavy art. rgt., that had been rearmed with 10.5cm L/35 not QF Romanian guns, the regiment raised 4th and 5th – 12cm L/28 not QF bts.

A new 3rd – 53mm turret guns platoon (4 guns) was raised by the regiment

16.04.1917

Shumenski fortress artillery gave the following batteries to the regiment:

1st – 15cm L/35 not QF bty. (4 guns) from Trutrakan

1st – 15cm L/30 not QF bty. (4 guns)

2nd – 15cm L/30 not QF bty. (2 guns)

1st – 12cm L/25 not QF bty. (4 guns) from Ruse

1st – 10.5cm L/35 not QF bty. (4 guns) with a platoon at Tutrakan and a platoon at Silistra

mixed bty. from Tutrakan (2 – 87mm not QF Krupp guns and 1 – 12cm L/10 howitzer)

2nd – 87mm not QF Krupp position bty. (6 guns)

1st – 87mm not QF Krupp platoon from Silistra

1st – 75mm not QF Krupp field position bty. (6 guns) from Ruse

7th – 75mm not QF Krupp field position bty. (6 guns) from Ruse

1st – 75mm not QF Krupp bty. (4 guns) from Tutrakan

1st – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) from Varna

2nd – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) from Varna

3rd – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) from Varna

1st – 53mm turret guns platoon (8 guns) from Tutrakan

2nd – 53mm turret guns platoon (8 guns) from Silistra

26.04.1917

mixed bty. was disbanded and its personnel was assigned to 4th heavy art. rgt.

1st and 7th 75mm not QF Krupp field position bty. from Ruse were disbanded and their personnel was assigned to 4th heavy art. rgt.

27.05.1917

1st – 10.5cm L/35 not QF bty. was assigned to 4th heavy art. rgt.

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3rd – 15cm L/12 not QF how. bty. was rearmed with 15cm QF Serbian howitzers

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A new 5th – 15cm L/12 not QF how. bty. was raised by the regiment

17.04.1918

The units of the regiment were renumbered as follows:

1st battery = 1st – 12cm L/28 not QF battery

2nd battery = 2nd – 12cm L/28 not QF battery

3rd battery = 3rd – 12cm L/28 not QF battery

4th battery = 4th – 12cm L/28 not QF battery

5th battery = 5th – 12cm L/28 not QF battery

6tht battery = 3rd – 15cm QF Serbian howitzers battery

7th battery = 4th – 15cm QF Serbian howitzers battery

8th battery = 1st – 15cm QF Russian howitzers battery

9th battery = 2nd – 15cm QF Russian howitzers battery

10th battery = 5th – 15cm L/12 not QF howitzers battery

11th battery = 1st – 10,5cm L/30 QF battery

12th battery = 2nd – 10,5cm L/30 QF battery

13th battery = 1st – 15cm L/35 not QF battery

14th battery = 1st – 15cm L/30 not QF battery

15th battery = 2nd – 15cm L/30 not QF battery

16th battery = 1st – 12cm L/25 not QF battery

17th battery = 2nd – 8,7cm not QF position battery

30.04.1918

4th – 12cm L/28 not QF bty., 10th – 15cm L/12 not QF how. bty., 14th – 15cm L/30 not QF bty. and 16th  - 12cm L/25 not QF bty.  were rearmed with 15cm L/14 QF howitzers 13

1st, 2nd and 3rd – 12cm L/28 not QF bts. were rearmed with 10cm L/35 QF guns with German guns coming from 2., 3., 4. Bt./R.FuίAR. 16

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1st – 75mm not QF field position bty. from Tutrakan (2 – 87mm not QF field guns and 4 – 75mm not QF field guns) was assigned to 5th heavy art. rgt. as its 10th bty.

23.05.1918

10th – 75mm not QF field position bty. of 5th heavy art. rgt. was assigned to the regiment as its 18th bty.

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18th – 75mm not QF field position bty. was rearmed with 15cm L/40 QF guns coming from German schw.15cm KnBt. 11

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13th – 15cm L/35 not QF bty. was assigned to position art. rgt.

18.07.1918

4th, 5th and 6th – 57mm turret guns platoons were attached to 5th art. rgt. as its 7th, 8th, 9th platoons

29.07.1918

1st, 2nd and 3rd – 53mm turret guns platoons were attached to position art. rgt.

 

Shumenski fortress artillery regiment

Mobilization

15cm L/30 not QF division

1st – 15cm L/30 not QF battery (4 guns)

2nd – 15cm L/30 not QF batteries (2 guns)

87mm not QF Krupp field division

1st – 87mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

2nd – 87mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

3rd – 87mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

75mm not QF Krupp field division

1st – 75mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

2nd – 75mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

3rd – 75mm not QF Krupp field battery (6 guns)

1st – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) at Shumen

2nd – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) at Shumen

3rd – 57mm turret guns platoon (2 guns) at Varna

28.02.1916

2nd and 3rd – 75mm not QF Krupp field bty. were rearmed with 87mm not QF Krupp field guns and were assigned to 3rd not QF field div. of 5th art. rgt.

A new 87mm not QF field art. bty. was raised at Varna and assigned to the regiment

15.04.1916

With the guns of 1st and 2nd – 75mm not QF Krupp field bty. of Shumenski fortress art. rgt. and 7th – 9pdr bty. of Vidinski fortress art. rgt., that had been rearmed with 87mm not QF Krupp field guns and assigned to 5th art. rgt., at Ruse three new batteries were raised and assigned to the regiment:

         2nd – 75mm not QF Krupp position bty.

         3rd – 75mm not QF Krupp position bty.

         7th – 9pdr position bty.

1st – 12cm L/25 not QF bty. was raised at Ruse and assigned to the regiment

The four batteries raised at Ruse were grouped in a position artillery division.

11.10.1916

At Silistra 3rd – 87mm not QF Krupp field bty. was rearmed with 75mm QF Krupp Romanian guns and assigned to 23rd art. rgt. as its 6th bty.

1st 57mm turret guns platoon (3 guns, one coming from 2nd platoon) was disbanded

30.09.1916

1st – 75mm not QF Krupp field bty. was disbanded

22.11.1916

7th – 9pdr position bty. from Ruse was rearmed with 75mm not QF Krupp field guns

06.12.1916

1st – 87mm not QF Krupp field bty. was rearmed with 77mm QF field guns and assigned to Shumenski mixed field division as its 1st bty.

1916

2nd – 75mm not QF Krupp position bty. was rearmed with 87mm not QF Krupp guns

08.02.1917

1st – 77mm QF field bty. Shumenski mixed field division was assigned to 23rd art. rgt. as its 1st bty.

2nd 87mm not QF Krupp field bty. was assigned to mixed art. rgt. as its 7th bty.

3rd 87mm not QF Krupp field bty. was assigned to 23th art. rgt. as its 6th bty.

87mm not QF Krupp field bty. raised at Varna on 28.02.1916 was assigned to mixed art. rgt. as its 8th bty.

 

The following batteries raised with Romanian guns in Dobruja were assigned to the regiment:

A)   from Tutrakan

15cm L/35 not QF bty. (4 guns)

half 10.5cm L/35 not QF bty. (2 guns)

75mm not QF Krupp bty. (4 guns)

mixed bty. (2 – 87mm not QF Krupp guns and 1 – 12cm L/10 howitzer)

four 53mm turret guns platoons (8 guns)

B)   from Silistra

half of 10.5cm L/35 not QF bty. (2 guns)

87mm not QF Krupp platoon from Silistra

four 53mm turret guns platoon (8 guns) from Silistra

15.02.1917

At Varna 1st 57mm turret guns platoon was re-raised and the 2nd 57mm turret guns platoon received its second gun

16.04.1917

Shumenski fortress artillery was disbanded and its units were assigned to 2nd heavy art. rgt.

 

Composition of the regiments at the end of the World War