115th Infantry Battalion "Teufelskinder"
Composition
Manpower
The battalion mainly had about 150 men, later in the war it was now 50 due to shortages of fighting men, making it up with wounded as well as women.
Equipment
They had rucks sacks having sleeping bags as well as items for dining. For more specialised roles within the battalion they had entrenching tools as well as tools for more general building such as hammers and masonry tools for building trenches. They also used small medical items for on field medical use. For calling artillery and gas attacks use flare guns
Weaponry
Like many other battalions and units within the Berlinkan Army. Using rifles such as the Grëtaire-1697 and it's carbine version the Grëtaire-1697/05 with the 1695 Service Bayonet. For pistols they have Zenturgen-04 Service Pistol and it's older version the Heider-90. Later in the war they aquirred Käter-18 Submachine gun. For melee they used sabres as well as makeshift weapons such as trench aces and trench knives. For thrown ordnance they used the Uentiten Hand Grenade.
Vehicles
The uses of vehicles were scare within the battalion, due to their infantry based doctrine. But it was not limited to horses and the rare armoured truck, that is a modified Faust Model-5T truck, that was more or less used for supply transport as well as troop transport.
Structure
The battalion head is made up of two or three officers of Leutant. Under them there are non commissioned officers, usually unteroffziers. Then under them are enlisted men, making most of the battalion as well as the back bone of the battlion.
Tactics
The battalion usually were in trenches o the defensive, but on the offensive they usually hide in holes in no man's land as well as artillery impact holes. running in and out of them to advance, when they go into the trench they mostly resort to a mix of hand-to-hand combat and shooting.
Training
The unit went under training of the modified general training for other units. Mostly trying on advancing into enemy trenches as well as advanced hand-to-hand combat as well as using things such as biting and tearing. They also thought how to use medical training to use their medical items to use on field medical use.
Logistics
Logistical Support
They only thing they needed was food, tools, and guns. The infantry men helped with their logistical support. With the help with other battalions.
Auxilia
Their use of flare guns. helped them signal gas attacks and well as artillery attacks.
Upkeep
The Ministry of Military Spending handled the upkeep of the unit, which was also funded by the government.
Recruitment
The battalion accepts all ethnicities, but their race group must be cambions. The battalion, accepts people any gender, twenty years old or higher, as well have the height of 5'9. Their are not rituals that must be go through to enter the battalion. But a unofficial one was drinking the blood of their enemies early on in the battalion's lifespan, but was banned due to propaganda efforts, by the government to humanise their military.
History
At the beginning of the First Global Conflict. Reports of soldiers displaying great savagery and strength in combat started to be reported, an investigation was launched, ending in the discover of Cambions within the ranks of the battalions the reports were coming from. To solve this problem the 115th Infantry Battalion was formed, gaining the nickname "Teufelskinder". The battalion severed for most of the war on the western from making their debut at the Battle of Martiteaux on September 10th 1715. Out of the most known infantrymen was Gefreiter Viktor Köhler, who while under heavy fire took on a machine gun nest, killing the occupants and manning it killing 25 men before running out of ammo, resorting this his own guns which killed 10. Before running out of ammo and going hand to hand killing 5 before he was forced to retreat. He was not given any metals due to discrimination against other races within the military. The unit was dissolved on December 1st 1718, the entire battalion was killed except 10 people in a last stand against over whelming Arosian-Gaulian forces. in 1801 a memorial was put up by the Berlinkan government recognising the battalion's heroism in their last stand.
Historical loyalties
The unit was loyal to the Empire of Berlinka from it's formation to its end. Berlinka was also mostly ruled by Humans.
Type
Raiding parties
Founding
April 12, 1715
Dissolution
December 1st, 1718
Overall training Level
Professional
Assumed Veterancy
Experienced
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