Аутомобил у операцијама српске војске 1912-1913.
The Motor Car in the Operations of the Serbian Army 1912- 1913

Summary/Abstract: Serbian Army during the wars of 1912/13 in their operations against the Turkish and Bulgarian militaries used the cars. Apart from the 48 requisitioned passenger cars which were used for transport of staff headquarters and maintaining communication in the military there were 12 cargo and medical vehicles which were used for transport of food, ammunitions and the wounded. Since the cargo vehicles proved good, especially in the terrains where there was no railway, Serbian military commanders decided for the new purchases. Thus, at the beginning of 1913, three passenger cars were procured and during the year also 35 cargo cars from Germany, so that at the end of war with the Bulgarians every Serbian division had 4-5 cargo cars in its composition. This procurement of cars was connected with the training of future instructors for the Serbian military drivers’ school, which started with its operation in the middle of March 1913, after their return from Germany. The school first trained NCOs for the future car division commanders and instructors, and than in the summer 1913, they started with training of soldiers from the service personnel. The newly purchased cars were usefully used also during the Albanian rebellion, in September 1913, when in the Serbian Army, for the defence of Gostivar for the first time the car transport of troops of smaller size was carried out. It happened less than a year before the battle on the Marne River which is considered a benchmark of the use of car transport for the war purposes.

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