The Turkish Artillery in 1914
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It is not easy to establish precisely the number and distribution of
Turkish artillery at the beginning of the conflict. The Turkish Official
History of the First World War is rich in information, but the data in the
various volumes are confused and sometimes contradictory. Therefore, I
preferred to report the figures that, beyond some marginal differences,
appear more complete and that substantially agree with each other. |
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Turkish Artillery
on August 1914 |
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Field guns |
Mountain guns |
Howitzers |
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QF |
not QF |
QF |
QF |
not QF |
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guns |
ammo |
guns |
guns |
ammo |
guns |
guns |
ammo |
guns |
guns |
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I
Army Corps |
56 |
27855 |
= |
= |
24 |
10750 |
= |
= |
10 |
4560 |
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II
Army Corps |
52 |
58884 |
= |
= |
24 |
6820 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
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III
Army Corps |
48 |
27551 |
= |
= |
24 |
17070 |
= |
= |
8 |
1880 |
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IV
Army Corps |
48 |
25056 |
= |
= |
16 |
5651 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
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V
Army Corps |
48 |
26654 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
18 |
2652 |
= |
= |
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VI
Army Corps |
48 |
25056 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
8 |
2102 |
= |
= |
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VII
Army Corps |
Not listed¹ |
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VIII
Army Corps |
= |
= |
36 |
14475 |
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28 |
11144 |
= |
= |
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IX
Army Corps |
40 |
32866 |
= |
= |
40 |
21341 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
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X
Army Corps |
24 |
12552 |
= |
= |
36 |
21341 |
= |
= |
= |
= |
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XI
Army Corps |
24 |
10978 |
= |
= |
28 |
8784 |
20 |
104630 |
= |
= |
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XII
Army Corps |
= |
= |
20 |
6217 |
= |
= |
28 |
9137 |
= |
= |
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XIII
Army Corps |
= |
= |
16 |
17363 |
= |
= |
19 |
6168 |
= |
= |
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21st
Infantry Division |
Not listed² |
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22nd
Infantry Division |
Not listed³ |
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Karaağaç Ammunition Depot |
= |
2568 |
= |
7985 |
= |
= |
= |
227 |
= |
7685 |
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TOTAL |
388 |
250020 |
72 |
46040 |
192 |
93869 |
121 |
136060 |
18 |
14125 |
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SOURCE: Birinci Dünya Harbi. Idari Faaliyetler ve Lojistik Xnci
Cilt. Ankara:
1985, pp. 234-235. ¹ The VII Army Corps probably had 4 field and 28 mountain not QF guns. ² The 21st Infantry Division probably had 16 mountain not QF
guns. ³ The 22nd Infantry Division probably had 16 mountain not QF
guns. |
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Turkish Artillery Batteries in August
1914 |
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Guns |
Howitzers |
Total |
Guns |
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Field |
Horse |
Mountain |
Light |
Heavy |
Total |
Guns |
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1st Army I, II, II, IV, V Army Corps |
61 |
4 |
25 |
3 |
2 |
95 |
380 |
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2nd
Army VI,
VIII Army Corps |
19 |
= |
12 |
= |
= |
31 |
140 |
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21st
Infantry Division |
= |
= |
4 |
= |
= |
4 |
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3rd Army IX, X, XI Army Corps |
17 |
5 |
28 |
= |
1 |
51 |
204 |
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4th Army XII, XIII Army Corps |
9 |
= |
12 |
= |
= |
21 |
132 |
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VII
Army Corps |
1 |
= |
7 |
= |
= |
8 |
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22nd
Infantry Division |
= |
= |
4 |
= |
= |
4 |
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TOTAL FIELD ARMY |
107 |
9 |
92 |
3 |
3 |
214 |
856 |
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Strongpoints
:
Çatalca, Çanakkale, Karadeniz, Edirne, Erzurum |
1912¹ |
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GRAN
TOTAL |
2155¹ |
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SOURCE: Türk Silahli Kuvvetleri Tarihi III Cilt, 6 Kisim (1908-1920). Ankara 1971: pp. 446-447 ¹ One of these two data is clearly incorrect. |
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Turkish Artillery
in October 1914 |
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Field Army |
Strongpoints |
Remarks |
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1st Army - I, II, III, IV Army Corps |
280 |
= |
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Edirne |
= |
104 |
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2nd Army - V, VI Army Corps |
217 |
= |
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Çatalca |
= |
66 |
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Karadeniz |
= |
147 |
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Çanakkale, 9th Infantry Division |
= |
264 |
Some were field guns |
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3rd Army - IX, X, XI, XIII Army Corps |
171 |
= |
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Erzurum |
= |
308 |
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4th Army – VIII, XII Army Corps |
108 |
= |
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Izmir |
= |
43 |
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Irak – 38th Infantry
Division |
32 |
= |
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VII
Army Corps |
114 |
= |
Some were fortress guns |
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Asir – 21st Infantry
Division |
32 |
= |
Some were fortress guns |
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Hejaz – 22nd Infantry Division |
14 |
= |
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TOTAL |
968 |
932 |
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SOURCE: Birinci Dünya Harbi. Idari Faaliyetler ve Lojistik Xnci
Cilt. Ankara: 1985, appendix 7 |
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