War establishment of the Bulgarian QF
field artillery in 1908
Battery |
Men |
Horses |
Carts |
|
Fighting unit |
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Battery commander |
1 |
1 |
6 ammunition wagons |
|
Platoon commanders – subaltern officers |
2 |
2 |
||
Gun commanders – junior NCOs |
4 |
4 |
||
Ammunition wagons commanders – junior NCOs |
6 |
6 |
||
Gunners |
12 |
− |
||
Ammunition wagon servants |
18 |
18 |
||
Drivers for the guns |
12 |
24 |
||
Drivers for the ammunition wagon |
18 |
36 |
||
First supply echelon commander – senior NCO |
1 |
1 |
||
Trumpeter |
1 |
1 |
||
Orderlies – junior NCOs |
3 |
3 |
||
Scouts – junior NCOs |
3 |
3 |
||
Observers – senior NCOs |
2 |
2 |
||
Signallers-telephonist |
junior NCOs |
2 |
2 |
|
gunners |
9 |
− |
||
Total |
92 |
83 |
6 |
|
Battery Reserve |
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Feldwebel |
1 |
1 |
6 ammunition wagons 1 field forge 1 entrenching tools cart |
|
Battery reserve commander – park senior NCO |
1 |
1 |
||
Ammunition wagons commanders – junior NCOs |
6 |
6 |
||
Drivers for the ammunition wagon |
18 |
36 |
||
Ammunition wagon servants |
18 |
− |
||
Trumpeter |
1 |
1 |
||
Horse keeper – senior NCO |
1 |
1 |
||
Platoons senior NCOs |
2 |
2 |
||
Drivers for the field forge |
1 |
2 |
||
Drivers for the entrenching tools cart |
1 |
2 |
||
Blacksmiths |
2 |
1 |
||
Saddle-makers |
2 |
1 |
||
Artillery master – feldwebel |
1 |
1 |
||
Locksmith – senior NCO |
1 |
− |
||
Medical NCO |
1 |
1 |
||
Medical gunners |
4 |
− |
||
Veterinary NCO |
1 |
1 |
||
Reserve gunners |
10 |
|
||
Reserve drivers |
20 |
|
||
Reserve horses |
|
16 |
||
Total |
92 |
73 |
8 |
|
Transport Train |
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Transport train commander – senior NCO |
1 |
1 |
1 field kitchen 1 food supply cart 6 forage carts 1 officers’ baggage cart |
|
Locksmith – junior NCO |
1 |
− |
||
Forgers |
2 |
2 |
||
Provisioners |
2 |
1 |
||
Cooks |
2 |
− |
||
Artisan miner |
1 |
− |
||
Carpenter |
1 |
− |
||
Servants for the forage carts |
3 |
− |
||
Batmen for the officers |
3 |
− |
||
Drivers for the transport carts |
9 |
18 |
||
Butcher |
1 |
− |
||
Total |
26 |
22 |
9 |
|
Grand total |
210 |
178 |
23 |
Artillery Division |
Men |
Horses |
Carts |
Fighting unit |
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Head of the Artillery division |
1 |
1 |
1 food supply cart 1 field chancellery cart |
Scout officer – captain or 1st lieutenant |
1 |
1 |
|
Adjutant – 2nd lieutenant |
1 |
1 |
|
Trumpeter – junior NCO |
1 |
1 |
|
Orderly |
1 |
1 |
|
Spare carriage commander |
1 |
1 |
|
Drivers for the spare carriage |
3 |
6 |
|
Servants for the spare carriage |
3 |
− |
|
Driver for the field chancellery cart |
1 |
2 |
|
Driver for the food supply cart |
1 |
2 |
|
Batmen for the officers |
3 |
− |
|
Total |
17 |
16 |
2 |