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**MCP** · 02-04-2006, 11:01

I have not delailed informations about Montenegrin Army at the beginning of WW1, but AFIK in 1912 it had:
8 - 76.2mm Putilov QF field guns M 1900 (or M 1902)
14 - 87mm Krupp field guns M 1880/98 (from Italy)
6 - 8cm Krupp field guns M 1873 (captured from the Turks)
6 - 75mm Krupp field guns M 1887
6 - 76.2mm Obuchov QF mountain guns M 1904
18 - 75mm Krupp mountain guns M 1886
12 - 75mm Italian bronze mountain guns M 1877/84
4 - 7cm Krupp mountain guns M 1880 (captured from the Turks)
8 - 240mm Krupp mortars M 1880 (bought in Italy in 1910)
16 - Russian heavy howitzers
22 - 150mm Italian bronze mortars
10 - 120mm Krupp guns M 1875 (from Italy)
6 - 120mm English guns M 1860
2 - 107mm Russian guns M 1877
16 - 87mm Russian mortars
Modern rapid fire guns are only 14. During the war Montenegro acquired 12 guns from Serbia (probably 75mm Krupp field guns M 1904 captured from the Turks).
During WW 1 Russia sent to Montenegro some 76.2mm Obuchov QF mountain guns M 1904 and France 65mm Schneider-Ducrest mountain gun M 1906.
French Navy suppoerted Montenegrin batteries against Cattaro (Kotor) with one battery with 120mm Long guns and one battery with 155mm Long guns.

In 1912 Montenegro had only 19 MGs, 12 of them were modern, the remaining 7 were old model. During the war Montenegro purchased 50 additional MGs in Germany.
In september 1915 Montenegro had 71 MGs and 134 guns of various patterns (a few MGs and guns were captured from Austria in 1914).

Of course Montenegro had no Navy and no Aviation.

**sturmpanzer** · 06-04-2006, 20:22

thank you for the information!

**The Edge** · 11-04-2006, 00:53

Small additions

Few pictures from Montenegrin Army:

First, one long gun (probably 120 mm), towed by its crew, crossing Lim river 1912. This is some kind of “elite” formation, since most artillerymen have uniforms.

Second, Gendarmerie unit in Podgorica, 1909. One of few “uniformed” units, too. Rifles are M.1891 Mosin-Nagant type (30,000 pcs received 1898, plus 10,000 received 1909 – all as gift from Russian Emperor). In common Russian fashion, bayonets are fixed all the time (so by 1915, bayonets became scarce items, most of them broken or lost in previous battles). Also, all rifles were sighted for pre-1908 rounds. In 1915, when Montenegro was supplied with stocks of new ammo, old sights became useless, because of Obr.1908 round’s different ballistics.

Third, group of Montenegrin officers from Zeta Task Group, 1912. Their rank is marked by signs on their caps. Most of them have uniforms, but in many cases combined with their own civilian clothes. Note how proudly they show their sabers – sign of honor from past Ottoman times. They were also armed with revolver, but – every Montenegrin soldier had one! (see previous photo with Gendarmes)

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