!!!Bauer, Ferdinand Freiherr von b. Lvív, Ukraine (then Lemberg), March 7, 1825, d. Vienna, July 26, 1893, ordnance master, took several innovative measures to reform the Imperial Army, 1888-1893 Imperial Minister of War. Introduced the 8 mm repeating rifle and smokeless gunpowder, set up a corps of engineers and overhauled the artillery. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bauer,_Ferdinand_Freiherr_von|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]