!!!Standschützen

Standschuetzen, Tirolean associations of marksmen, who were deployed 
as part of the militia during World War I. They were approximately 
24,000 in number and fought on the south-west front until 1918. Unlike 
other military units, the Standschuetzen were allowed to choose their 
officers themselves.

!Literature
Tiroler Standschuetzen, exhibition catalogue, Innsbruck 
1985.


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