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Don't mean to nitpick, but the Austro-Hungarians did have the output of the Skoda works (see the 8 30.5 cm Mörser M.11 howitzers which served with the Germans in 1914). It was will and finances, not capacity that hindered them.

Lesson for our military today.

As I look at the A-H military's focus on uniforms, I am reminded of trends in our military:

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Well, I did mention that the Habsburg Monarchy had a respectable industrial base, and that exiguous peacetime budgets hampered military development and reforms. So we’re on the same page, I think.

As far as uniforms are concerned, the US Army has gone back to pinks and greens: a refined version of the iconic WW II service uniform. As for the US Space Force, well, they look like they belong on the Imperial Death Star…

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