Austria
Austria
19,000 active duty personnel
72,000 reserve personnel
Osterreichs Bundsesheer
Air Force
Tulln-Langenlebarn Air Base 25km NW of Vienna
Saab 105 trainer aircraft (28)
Pilatus PC-6B Porter transport aircraft (13)
OH-58 Kiowa helicopters (11)
Alouette helicopters (24)
Austria is landlocked but the Austrian Federal Police (Bundespolizei) conducts river patrols along the Danube River.
Army
ASCOD ULAN infantry fighting vehicles. Joint Spanish and Austrian development. The Spanish version is called the ASCOD Pizarro. ASCOD stands for Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development. (112)
Pandur I 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carriers. Austrian made. (71)
Pandur II 6x6 and 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carriers. Austrian made.
Pandur II 6x6 and 8x8 wheeled armored personnel carriers. Austrian made.
Iveco LMV (150)
Bandvagn 206 tracked all terrain carriers
Bandvagn 206 tracked all terrain carriers
Puch G 4x4 wheeled
Steyr 12M18 4x4 wheeled trucks
GrW 86 120mm mortars (Hirtenberger M12-1111)
mGrW 82 81mm mortars (L16)
PAL 2000 “Bill” anti-tank guided missiles (BILL 1)
Panzerfaust 3
PAR 66/70 anti-tank rocket launchers (Carl Gustav)
usMG M2 machine guns (Browning M2)
FN MAG machine guns
MG 74 machine guns (MG3)
Barrett M95 sniper/anti-material rifle (used by Special Forces)
FN P90 sub-machine guns (used by Special Forces)
P 80 pistols (Glock 17)
20mm Fliegerabwehrkanone 65/68 (FIAK 65/68) anti-aircraft guns
Paratroops
25th Infantry Battalion
Special Forces
Jagdkommando
Regular infantry wear green beret
Armored corps wear black beret
Panzergrenadiere
Aufklarer (Scouts)
Miliz (Militia)
Bundespolizei
Austrian Federal Police
Einsatzkommando Cobra (EKO Cobra)
Anti-terrorist force belonging to the Federal Police
(WEGA) anti-terrorist force located in Vienna.
Austrian Intelligence
Bundesamt fur Verfassungsschutz und Terrorismusbekampfung (BVT)- Federal Office for the Protection of Constitution and Counter-Terrorism
Heeresnachrichtenamt (HNA)- Army Intelligence Office
Abwehramt (ABWA)- Military Protective Office
Companies
Steyr
Glock