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Russo-Turkish Liberation War
1877-1878

Serbo-Bulgarian War
1885

Balkan War
1912-1913

First World War
1914-1918

Second World War
1939-1945

Russo-Turkish War of Liberation 1877-1878

Data tables

 

Specs of Russian small arms

 

Baranov

Karle

Krnka

Berdan ¹1

Berdan ¹2

1. Caliber, mm 15.24 15.24 15.24 10.67 10.67
2. Weight, kg 4.640 5.1 4.5 4.68 4.85
3. Length with bayonet, cm 179.5 185 184.5 185 186

4. Length w/out bayonet, cm

134

135

135

134.5

134.5

5. Barrel length, cm 88.5 87.5 89.5 75.5 80.5

 

Specs of the small arms used by the Bulgarian volunteers

 

Revolver Smith&Wesson

Chassepot

Krnka

Carbine rifle Berdan No.2

1. Caliber, mm 10.67 11 15.24 10.67
2. Weight, kg 1.1 4.06 4.5 2.8
3. Length w. bayonet, cm 31 187.5 184.5 97.5
4. Length w/out bayonet, cm 17.8 130.5 135 45
5. Barrel length, cm 50 79.8 89.5 800
6. Range, 'steps'   1300 800 20 - 25

7. Rate of fire, shots per minute

 

10

9

 

 

Specs of Ottoman small arms

 

Revolver Colt

Snyder

Henry-Martini

Remington

Winchester

1. Caliber, mm 11.6 14.66 11.43 11 11
2. Weight, kg 1.18 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8
3. Length w. bayonet, cm 31.5 180.7 176 172.5  
4. Length w/out bayonet, cm 16 123 124.5 127.5 117.5
5. Barrel length, cm 50 74.8 82.5 85.5 66.5
6. Range, 'steps'   1300 1300 1000 800

7. Rate of fire, shots per minute

 

11-12

11-12

15

10-11

 

Small arms of Romania and Serbia and Montenegro

 

Dreyse

Peabody

Roberts

Werndl

1. Caliber, mm 15.5 11.43 14.5 13.9
2. Weight, cm 136.5 131.5 99 130
3. Length, kg 4.55 4.02 3.5 4
4. Range, 'steps' 800 1000 1000 800

 

Composition of the Russian acting army on the Balkans1

- Guards corps

  • 1st. guards infantry division
    • Preobrajensky regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Semenovsky regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Izmailovsky regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Jager regiment Of the Life-guards
    • 1st Artillery brigade Of the Life-guards
  • 2nd. guards infantry division
    • Moskovsky regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Grenadiers` regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Pavlovsky regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Finnish regiment Of the Life-guards
    • 2nd Artillery brigade Of the Life-guards
  • 3rd guards infantry division
    • Lithuanian regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Keckholmski grenadiers` regiment Of the Life-guards
    • St. Petersburgskii grenadiers` regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Volinski regiment Of the Life-guards
    • 3rd Artillery brigade Of the Life-guards
  • 2nd cavalry division
    • Cavalry regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Uhlan regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Dragoons regiment Of the Life-guards
    • Cavalry-artillery brigade Of the life-guards

- Grenadiers` infantry corps

  • 2nd grenadiers` infantry division
    • 5th grenadiers` infantry Kievskii regiment
    • 6th grenadiers` infantry Tavricheskii regiment
    • 7th grenadiers` infantry Samogitsky regiment
    • 8th grenadiers` infantry Moskowskii regiment
    • 2nd grenadiers` - artillery brigade
  • 1st grenadiers` infantry division
    • 9th grenadiers` infantry Siberian regiment
    • 10th grenadiers` infantry Malorusiiskii regiment
    • 11th grenadiers` infantry Fanagoriiskii regiment
    • 12th grenadiers` infantry Astrahanskii regiment
    • 3rd grenadiers`-artillery brigade

- 1 st army corps

  • 24th infantry division
    • 93rd infantry Irkutskii regiment
    • 94th infantry Eniseiskii regiment
    • 95th infantry Krasnoyarskii regiment
    • 96th infantry Omskii regiment
    • 24th artillery brigade
  • 1st cavalry division
    • 1st dragoons Moskowskii regiment
    • 1st ulhans St. Petresburgskii regiment
    • 1st hussar Sumskii regiment
    • 1st Don Cossack regiment
    • 1st and 2 nd cavalry battery

4 th army corps

  • 16th infantry division
    • 61st infantry Vladimirskii regiment
    • 62nd infantry Sudzalskii regiment
    • 63rd infantry Uglitzki regiment
    • 64th infantry Kazanskii regiment
    • 16th artillery brigade
  • 30th infantry division
    • 117th infantry Yaroslavskii regiment
    • 118th infantry Shuyskii regiment
    • 119th infantry Kolomenskii regiment
    • 120th infantry Seropuhovskii regiment
    • 30th artillery brigade
  • 1st cavalry division
    • 4th dragoons Ekaterinoslavskii regiment
    • 4th ulhans Harkovskii regiment
    • 4th hussars Mariupolskii regiment
    • 4th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 7th and 8 th cavalry battery

- 7 th army corps2

  • 15 th infantry division
    • 57th infantry Modlinskii regiment
    • 58th infantry Pragski regiment
    • 59th infantry Lyblianski regiment
    • 60th infantry Zamostzki regiment
    • 15th artillery brigade
  • 36 th infantry division
    • 141st infantry Mojaiski regiment
    • 142nd infantry Zvenigorodskii regiment
    • 143rd infantry Dorobujanskii regiment
    • 144th infantry Kashirskii regiment
    • 36th artillery brigade
  • 7 th cavalry division
    • 7th dragoons Kinburgskii regiment
    • 4th ulhans Oliviopolskii regiment
    • 7th hussars Beloruskii regiment
    • 7th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 13th and 14th cavalry battery

- 8th army corps

  • 9th infantry division
    • 33rd infantry Eletzkii regiment
    • 34th infantry Sevskii regiment
    • 35th infantry Brianskii regiment
    • 36th infantry Orlovskii regiment
    • 9th artillery brigade
  • 14th infantry division
    • 53rd infantry Volinskii regiment
    • 54th infantry Minskii regiment
    • 55th infantry Podolskii regiment
    • 56th infantry Jitomirskii regiment
    • 14th artillery brigade
  • 8th cavalry division
    • 8th dragoons Astrahanskii regiment
    • 8th ulhans Voznenskii regiment
    • 8th hussars Lubenskii regiment
    • 8th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 7th and 15th cavalry battery

- 9th army corps

  • 5th infantry division
    • 17th infantry Arahangelogorodskii regiment
    • 18th infantry Vologodskii regiment
    • 19th infantry Kostromskii regiment
    • 20th infantry Galitzkii regiment
    • 31st artillery brigade
  • 9th cavalry division
    • 9th dragoons Kazanskii regiment
    • 9th ulhans Burgskii regiment
    • 9th hussar Kievskii regiment
    • 9th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 16th cavalry battery

- 10 th army corps3

  • 13th infantry division
    • 49th infantry Brestskii regiment
    • 50th infantry Belostokskii regiment
    • 51st infantry Litovskii regiment
    • 52nd infantry Volinskii regiment
  • 34th infantry division
    • 133rd infantry Simferopolskii regiment
    • 134th infantry Feodosiiskii regiment
    • 135th infantry Kerch-Enipelskii regiment
    • 136th infantry Taganorskii regiment
  • 10th cavalry division
    • 10th dragoons Novogrodskii regiment
    • 10th ulhans Odeskii regiment
    • 10th hussar Ingermanlandskii regiment
    • 10th Don-Cossack regiment

- 11 th army corps

  • 11th infantry division
    • 41st infantry Seleginskii regiment
    • 42nd infantry Yacutskii regiment
    • 43rd infantry Ohotskii regiment
    • 44th infantry Kamchatskii regiment
    • 11th artillery brigade
  • 32nd infantry division
    • 125th infantry Kurskii regiment
    • 126th infantry Rilskii regiment
    • 127th infantry Putilovskii regiment
    • 128th infantry Starooskolskii regiment
    • 32nd artillery brigade
  • 11th cavalry division
    • 11th dragoons Rijskii regiment
    • 11th ulhans Chuguevskii regiment
    • 11th hussar Izymskii regiment
    • 11th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 4th and 18th cavalry battery

- 12th army corps

  • 12th infantry division
    • 45th infantry Azovskii regiment
    • 46th infantry Dneprovskii regiment
    • 47th infantry Ukrainian regiment
    • 48th infantry Odeskii regiment
    • 12th artillery brigade
  • 33rd infantry division
    • 129th infantry Besarabskii regiment
    • 130th infantry Hersonskii regiment
    • 131st infantry Tiraspolskii regiment
    • 132nd infantry Benderskii regiment
    • 33rd artillery brigade
  • 12th cavalry division
    • 12th dragoons Starodubskii regiment
    • 12th ulhans Belogorodskii regiment
    • 12th hussar Ahtirskii regiment
    • 12th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 5th and 9th cavalry battery

- 13th army corps

  • 1st infantry division
    • 1st infantry Nevskii regiment
    • 2nd infantry Sofiiski regiment
    • 3rd infantry Narvskii regiment
    • 4th infantry Koporskii regiment
    • 1st artillery brigade
  • 35th infantry division
    • 137th infantry Nejinskii regiment
    • 138th infantry Bolhovskii regiment
    • 139th infantry Morshanskii regiment
    • 140th infantry Zarayskii regiment
    • 35th artillery brigade
  • 13th cavalry division
    • 13th dragoons regiment of the Military Order
    • 13th ulhans Vladimirskii regiment
    • 13th hussar Narvskii regiment
    • 13th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 13th and 20th cavalry battery

- 14th army corps

  • 17th infantry division
    • 65th infantry Moskovskii regiment
    • 66th infantry Butirskii regiment
    • 67th infantry Tarutinskii regiment
    • 68th infantry Borodinskii regiment
    • 17th artillery brigade
  • 18th infantry division
    • 69th infantry Riazanskii regiment
    • 69th infantry Riyajskii regiment
    • 71st infantry Belevskii regiment
    • 72nd infantry Tulskii regiment
    • 18th artillery brigade
  • 1st Don-Cossack division
    • 15th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 16th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 17th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 18th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 11th, 16th and 17th cavalry battery

- Autonomous units

  • 2ndinfantry division
    • 5th infantry Kalujskii regiment
    • 6th infantry Libavskii regiment
    • 7th infantry Revelskii regiment
    • 8th infantry Estlandskii regiment
    • 2nd artillery brigade
  • 3rd infantry division
    • 9th infantry Staroingermanlandskii regiment
    • 10th infantry Novoingermanlandskii regiment
    • 11th infantry Pskovskii regiment
    • 12th infantry Velikolutzkii regiment
    • 3rd artillery brigade
  • 26th infantry division
    • 101st infantry Permskii regiment
    • 102nd infantry Viatskii regiment
    • 103rd infantry Petrozavodskii regiment
    • 104th infantry Ustiujkii regiment
    • 26th artillery brigade
    • 3rd rifle brigade
    • 4th rifle brigade
  • Joint Caucasian Cossack Division
    • 2nd Cubanskii regiment
    • 30th Don-Cossack regiment
    • Vladivkavkaz - Ossetian Cossack regiment
    • Ter - High Mountaneous Cavalry and Regular Regiment
    • 1st Don-Cossack cavalry battery
  • 2nd Don-Cossack division
    • 24th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 36th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 38th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 39th Don-Cossack regiment
    • 1st Don-Cossack cavalry battery
    • 21st, 23rd, 26th, 29th, 31st, 34th, 35th, 37th and 40th Don-Cossack regiment
    • Ataman regiment of the life-guards
    • Don-Cossack regiment of the life-guards
    • Ural-Caucasus squadron
    • 3rd gendarme squadron
    • 7th, 8th, 10th, 15th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd and 24th Don-Cossack battery
    • 1st and 2nd mountain battery
    • Siege artillery
    • Quick-firing battery
  • 2nd engineer brigade
    • 2nd, 3rd and 4th engineer battalion
    • 3rd and 4th pontoon battalion
    • 1st and 4th telegraph park
  • 3rd engineer brigade
    • 5th, 6th and 7th engineer battalion
    • 5th and 6th pontoon battalion
    • 2nd and 6th telegraph park

 

- Navy force

Guardian complement

Black Sea fleet

 

Bulgarian Volunteers ' Corps

  • 1st volunteer battalion
  • 2nd volunteer battalion
  • 3rd volunteer battalion
  • 4th volunteer battalion
  • 5th volunteer battalion
  • 6th volunteer battalion
  • 7th volunteer battalion
  • 8th volunteer battalion
  • 9th volunteer battalion
  • 10th volunteer battalion
  • 11th volunteer battalion
  • 12th volunteer battalion
  • 1st cavalry squadron

 

Composition of the Romanian Army4

  • 1st infantry regiment
  • 2nd infantry regiment
  • 3rd infantry regiment
  • 4th infantry regiment
  • 5th infantry regiment
  • 6th infantry regiment
  • 7th infantry regiment
  • 8th infantry regiment
  • 1.infantry militia regiment
  • 2.infantry militia regiment
  • 3.infantry militia regiment
  • 4.infantry militia regiment
  • 5.infantry militia regiment
  • 6.infantry militia regiment
  • 7.infantry militia regiment
  • 8.infantry militia regiment
  • 9.infantry militia regiment
  • 10.infantry militia regiment
  • 11.infantry militia regiment
  • 12.infantry militia regiment
  • 13.infantry militia regiment
  • 14.infantry militia regiment
  • 15.infantry militia regiment
  • 1st shooter battalion
  • 2nd shooter battalion
  • 3rd shooter battalion
  • 4th shooter battalion
  • 2.cavalry militia regiment
  • 3.cavalry militia regiment
  • 4.cavalry militia regiment
  • 6.cavalry militia regiment
  • 7.cavalry militia regiment
  • 8.cavalry militia regiment
  • 9.cavalry militia regiment
  • 1.cavalry regiment
  • 2.cavalry regiment
  • 1st artillery regiment
  • 2nd artillery regiment
  • 3rd artillery regiment
  • 4th artillery regiment

Notes

  1. The names of the Russian regiments do not always coincide with the names of geographic locations, author's note
  2. Guards of the Black Sea coast line, author's note
  3. Guards of the Black Sea coast line, author's note
  4. The Romanian army was organized in two corps – I and II, made up of 1, 2, 3, and 4 infantry division and one reserve division. Each division had 2 regular infantry regiments, 4 infantry militia regiments, and 1 cavalry militia regiment, 1 artillery regiment and 1 shooter battalion. Each corps had 1 cavalry regiment.

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