5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers "Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg"

War of the Sixth Coalition Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War The 5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers “Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg” were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army.

The regiment was formed in 1717.

The regiment fought in the Silesian Wars, the War of the Sixth Coalition, the Austro-Prussian War, the Franco-Prussian War and World War I.

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Die preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/1914 nach dem Gesetz vom 3.