Chris Boonzaier Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have docs to lots of strange units, but this one has a funny smell about it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 I'll bite-what did Pioneer Battalion 35 do- manage honey wagons at the front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rick Research Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 OK boys, the 35th's almost ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 Indeed. The battalion were specialized in managing Gas canisters.Few pioniers did as it was to become mainly an artillery thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKeating Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 A grim aspect of the Great War indeed. Why do the guys in Rick's photograph remind me of modern-day Rentokil operatives? Imagine them in white vans with pest control equipment and baseball caps...PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 (edited) Guys,I thought the gas unit was the 35.Pionier Regiment?Chip Edited November 8, 2007 by Chip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 8, 2007 Author Share Posted November 8, 2007 HiPionier Regts 35 and (later) 36 were the gas Regts, in 1917 they were disbanded and Pionier battalions 35-38 were formed.BestChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 HiPionier Regts 35 and (later) 36 were the gas Regts, in 1917 they were disbanded and Pionier battalions 35-28 were formed.BestChrisYes, I believe that Pionier=Regimente Nr. 35 u. 36 were two-battalion regiments, and as there must have been some sort of overall command of the gas effort, the regimental level of command was really not very necessary, as I would think that few gas attacks would have involved two or more battalions. With the serious shortage of officers, it made sense to eliminate this layer of command.I understand that four of the officers of Pionier=Regiment Nr. 35 later received Nobel Prizes in either chemistry or physics, including Haber, the interesting "father" of the German gas effort.Bob Lembke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 9, 2007 Author Share Posted November 9, 2007 P.S. later (in1918) the 39th also became a Gas Battalion and and the end of June 1918 the 94th - 96th also became gas troops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Does anyone have any photos of the gas troups and their set up? I want to do a gas page for the siteThanksXhris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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