German Field Ambulances CSM 1013
The German Sanitatswesen im Felde (Army Medical Service) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World war One, saving millions of soldiers’ lives. The core task of the Sanitatswesen was the evacuation of wounded from the trenches and battlefield and for this purpose it was equipped with a vast number of types of transport ranging from wheeled stretcher handcarts to horse-drawn ambulance carts and even field railway wagons, cable cars and streetcars.
This publication outlines the chain of evacuation for the wounded and describes these Sanitatsfahrzeuge (Medical Service Vehicles) used for this valiant purpose.
The German Sanitatswesen im Felde (Army Medical Service) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World war One, saving millions of soldiers’ lives. The core task of the Sanitatswesen was the evacuation of wounded from the trenches and battlefield and for this purpose it was equipped with a vast number of types of transport ranging from wheeled stretcher handcarts to horse-drawn ambulance carts and even field railway wagons, cable cars and streetcars.
This publication outlines the chain of evacuation for the wounded and describes these Sanitatsfahrzeuge (Medical Service Vehicles) used for this valiant purpose.
The German Sanitatswesen im Felde (Army Medical Service) played a major role during campaigns on the frontlines of World war One, saving millions of soldiers’ lives. The core task of the Sanitatswesen was the evacuation of wounded from the trenches and battlefield and for this purpose it was equipped with a vast number of types of transport ranging from wheeled stretcher handcarts to horse-drawn ambulance carts and even field railway wagons, cable cars and streetcars.
This publication outlines the chain of evacuation for the wounded and describes these Sanitatsfahrzeuge (Medical Service Vehicles) used for this valiant purpose.