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Originally Posted by altcar73
Forgive my asking, but what is a "KuK"?
Dave.
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As GTB explains. But be careful.
k. u. k. > kaiserlich und königlich > imperial and royal > for all instutitions of the double monarchy.
k. k. > kaiserlich königlich > imperial royal > for the "german" part of the monarchy where the emperor of Austria was also the king of Bohemia.
k. u. (or: m. k.) > königlich ungarisch (or: Magyar Királyi) > royal Hungarian > for the Hungarian part of the double monarchy.
There were three armies in the state:
k. u. k. gemeinsames Heer > imperial and royal common army.
k. k. Landwehr > the territorial army of the Austrian part.
k. u. Landwehr (or: m. k. Honvédség) > the territorial army of the Hungarian part.
During war, all were united in one organisation.
I called them "territorial" above, but the two last were not second line troops. They were organised and manned like the common army.
All three had their own ministerial departments in Vienna, Vienna and Budapest.
This confusing construction was one of the results of the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.