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Between 1893 and 1895 the military construction office Berlin VII headed by the
Geheimen Oberbaurates Bernhardt and the architect Josef Wieczorek built a new office for the APK on what was then named Kaiserallee, and is now named Bundesallee. The APK used the building until 1918.
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The APK had to answer all artillery questions that were laid before it. It also had to test materiel and execute experiments regarding new developments. Therefore, a testing department was founded from the APK's staff. In 1869, the testing department got a special artillery
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In April 1883, the APK was split in two departments: Abteilung I (Feldartillerie) and
Abteilung II (Fußartillerie). The department chiefs had the rank and pay of a regimental commander. The APK also had a depot authority, an artefact collection and an
85:. By 1881 there were also Bavarian, Saxon, and Württemberg artillery officers sent to the APK. In Saxony, there was still a separate Artillerie Kommission. The eponymous Bavarian Artillerie Prüfungs Kommission was disbanded in 1878.
281:. In 1913 he presented a method to locate sound-producing artefacts to the APK. This was called: 'Auffindung des Ortes von schallerzeugenden Gegenständen'. The APK then executed tests to perfect the method at the Kummersdorf range.
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at Kassel. In 1823 mmilitary teacher of the
Prussian Prince Albrecht. In 1828 member of the obersten Militärstudienbehörde, teacher at the Kriegsschule and member of the APK. Since 1830 Chied of the general staff of the
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Spandau gunpowder factories were near this location. The increased effective range of guns, security concerns, and the increased population density made the establishment of a new range at Kummersdorf necessary.
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ordered the establishment of a special commission for
Artillery affairs. Prince August became its first president. That same year, Johann Christian von Pontanus got in charge. The government also wanted
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Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) consistited of senior Prussian officers. In 1871, it consisted of: The president; Those who were members on account of their office; The
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Richard Wille (1841–1911), Major-General, military author. In 1865 with the
Ministry of War and the APK. Director of the artillery factory in Spandau and president (
129:. The APK was also important in promoting the development of the German naval guns. In general, the private arms industry of Germany was also content with the APK.
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included an (artillery) range. In 1828 the
Reinickendorfer Artillerie-Schießplatz was moved to this location. The range then became known as the Tegel Range (
248:(1869–1929), Colonel and departmental chief of the Oberste Heeresleitung, Military author, Orden Pour le Mérite mit Eichenlaub, Member of the APK 1899–1902.
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to become in involved, but he declined because of having too much work. On 29 February 1816 the kommission was renamed
Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK).
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Artillery; The director of the Spandau gun foundry; The first teacher of the united artillery and engineering schools; and some special appointees.
323:(1796–1853), Major in the artillery, representative in the Frankfurter Nationalversammlung 1848/49, later Lt-colonel in the Prussian Ministry of War.
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Leo Löwenstein (1879–1956), German physicist and chemist, army captain, Considered to have been the inventor of
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After World War I, the APK was disbanded in late October 1919. It was replaced by the Inspektion für Waffen der
40:. The former headquarters of the Artillerie Prüfungskommission on the Bundesallee in Berlin are still standing.
300:(1797–1853), Prussian general and statesman, 1814 first teacher of mathematics and the science of war at the
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The Artillerie Prüfungskommission (APK) played a significant role in the development of the Prussian (Krupp)
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789:"Die hundertjahrfeier der Artillerie-Prüfungskommission"
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274:(1885–1955), served at the APK as of 1917.
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196:Some notable presidents
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154:Berlin Tegel Airport
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714:Bauer, Max (1921),
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298:Joseph von Radowitz
240:In alphabetic order
138:Jungfernheide/Tegel
127:Franco-Prussian War
745:on 10 January 2014
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202:Heinrich von Diest
133:(Artillery) ranges
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