Editing Austro-Prussian War (section)

==== Speed of mobilization ====
[[File:1866 prinz-friedrich-karl-bei-koeniggraetz 1b-640x428.jpg|thumb|250px|Prussian [[Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (1828–1885)|Prince Friedrich Karl]] is cheered on by his troops.]]
The Prussian army was locally based, organized in {{lang|de|Kreise}} (military districts, lit.: circles), each containing a Korps headquarters and its component units. Most reservists lived close to their regimental depots and could be swiftly mobilized. Austrian policy was to ensure that units were stationed far from home to prevent them from taking part in separatist revolts. Conscripts on leave or reservists recalled to their units during mobilization faced a journey that might take weeks before they could report to their units, making the Austrian mobilization much slower than that of the Prussian Army.