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

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. It was disbanded in 1919.

5th (West Prussian) Cuirassiers “Duke Frederick Eugene of Württemberg” Kürassier-Regiment „Herzog Friedrich Eugen von Württemberg“ (Westpreußisches) Nr. 5
Active	1717-1919
Disbanded	1919
Country	Prussia, later German Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Heavy cavalry
Role	Cuirassiers
Engagements	Silesian Wars War of the Sixth Coalition Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War World War I

See also

• List of Imperial German cavalry regiments

References

Schulz, Hugo (1992). Die preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/1914 nach dem Gesetz vom 3. Juli 1913. Augsburg: Weltbild. pp. 25–26. ISBN 3893503439.