The Romanian Infantry Training in 1943

• Main Author: Halip Ionel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2021-03-01
• Series: Revista Academiei Forţelor Terestre
• Subjects: weaponry; infantry; training; education; war
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/raft-2021-0003

This article analyzed, the evolution of the Romanian army training in the year of 1943 under German influence. It presents the main issues the Romanian army had to face starting with the low employment of subunits with recruits up to the commanders and soldiers’ level of training as individual fighters. The troupes, commissioned and non-commissioned officers training were accomplished in three stages having presented the results acquired during the war, the proprieties of the newly introduced weaponry, command exercises, field application or ski courses. On the other hand, this article presents the way in which the necessary weaponry was provided, the level of facilities and also the evolution of costs needed for yearly shootings. At the same time there are presented aspects regarding the mutations suffered by the Romanian military education, that had to rise up to the level of the European one; the way in which new classes of officers and non-commissioned officers are trained, the education in military high schools, the training in regular schools and also aspects regarding low-level military training.