Tyranny of Steel

Berengar gazed upon thousands of his Infantry gathered before him marching in the streets. Most of these soldiers were standard Infantry. However, there were grenadiers mixed within their ranks. These men were dressed in the newest military uniforms and equipped with the most modern weapons that Berengar and his engineers had devised. They were clad in the distinctly victorian style uniform that Berengar had designed from head to toe.

On their head was a black steel pickelhaube helmet, with brass accents in the form of a double-headed eagle and a brass spike. Their tunics were black with gold trimming and had a single line of brass buttons from the neck down.

However, this tunic was concealed by a thick wool greatcoat in the pattern used by German Soldiers in the Great War of Berengar ’s past life. The primary difference being it was black. Over this Greatcoat was a cuirass made of quenched and hardened high carbon steel and painted in the same black lacquer applied to their helmets.

Atop this cuirass was the standard-issue black leather webbing that contained the paper cartridges utilized in the Infantry ’s needle rifles. As well as a few other forms of essential equipment such as their bayonet sheaths and their field spades.

The pants were rich black wool, with a gold stripe on the sides, the legs were tucked into their knee-high black leather infantry boots. Overall it was a clean and crisp uniform devised for a more modern military. Since Berengar had begun the process of industrialization, he had introduced new attire for his Kingdom, both in the military and civilian sectors.

These men marched in parade formation, with their rifles unslung and held within their shoulders. These needle rifles were unloaded. However, their bayonets were affixed. The crowds of Kufstein were gathered to witness the thousands of soldiers march through the streets to show off the pride of Austria, which was her military.