XXIV Reserve Corps (German Empire)
XXIV Reserve Corps (XXIV RK) was a corps of the German Army in World War I. It formed in October 1914 as part of the first wave of new corps, alongside XXII–XXVII Reserve Corps and the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division. The corps was mostly made up of wartime volunteers (Kriegsfreiwillige) who joined early rather than waiting to be called up.
At formation it consisted of two divisions and had about 32,000 men, but it was weaker than an active corps. Its combat strength included 26 infantry battalions, 8 machine-gun platoons (16 machine guns), 2 cavalry detachments, 18 field artillery batteries (72 guns), and 2 pioneer companies.
XXIV RK fought on the Western Front with the 1st Army, within Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz, and remained in existence through the end of the war.
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