Common Army

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The Common Army was the primary land force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, serving as its unified, multinational military institution until the end of World War I.

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Common Army canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf army
land force
military organization
alsoKnownAs Gemeinsame Armee
Imperial and Royal Common Army
appliesToJurisdiction Cisleithania
Transleithania
commanderTitle Emperor-King (Allerhöchster Kriegsherr)
conflict Balkan Wars (as observer and through border deployments)
Bosnian Crisis era military deployments
World War I
country Austro-Hungarian Empire
dissolved 1918
distinctFrom Austro-Hungarian Landwehr
Hungarian Honvéd
endCause dissolution of Austria-Hungary
garrisonLocation Budapest
Graz
Innsbruck
Kraków
Lviv
linked to: Lwów

Prague
Sarajevo
Trieste
linked to: Trieste, Italy

Vienna
hasCharacteristic centralized command structure
conscription-based recruitment
multinational composition
shared institution of both Austrian and Hungarian halves of the empire
use of multiple service languages
hasComponent artillery
cavalry
engineer troops
infantry
logistics units
medical service
hasRankSystem Austro-Hungarian Army ranks
inception 1867
languageOfWorkOrName German
Hungarian
militaryBranchOf Austro-Hungarian Empire
partOf Armed Forces of Austria-Hungary
k.u.k. Wehrmacht
subordinateTo Austro-Hungarian Ministry of War
Emperor of Austria
King of Hungary
uses Austro-Hungarian krone

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Austro-Hungarian Army alsoKnownAs Common Army
Austro-Hungarian Empire military Common Army