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Army Strength: approximately
8,000 professionals and 6,000
conscripts (total 14,000)
Outline Army Structure:
In general terms and available for immediate operations are:
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2 x Military Area
Commands (Joint Forces - Graz and Salzburg)
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2 x Jager Brigade
(Infantry)
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2 x Panzer Grenadier
Brigades (Mechanised Infantry)
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2 x Communications
Groups
Army Commands
Military Operations are controlled by Land Forces Command Headquarters
in Vienna through the following headquarters:
HQ Land Forces Command
6 Jager Bde (Infantry)
7 Jager Bde (Mechanised)
3 Panzer Grenadier Bde (Mechanised)
4 Panzer Grenadier Bde (Mechanised)
9 x Military Area Commands
ARMY COMMANDS
Military Area Commands with a combined total of approximately 15
infantry battalions under command are as follows :
- Vienna
- Burgenland
- Niederosterreich
- Oberosterreich
- Steinmark
- Tirol
- Karnten
- Salzburg
- Vorarlberg.
Note: The Vienna Military Command has 1 x Infantry Regiment assigned
(1 x battalion in peace and 4 x battalions on mobilisation) plus 1 x
Guards Battalion.
JAGER BRIGADE
OUTLINE ORGANISATION (MECHANISED)
PANZER GRENADIER
BRIGADE OUTLINE ORGANISATION (ARMOURED)
Reserves
Following mobilisation there would be approximately 50,000 Armed
Forces personnel available. Conscription, currently for six months, should
cease by the end of 2010.
EU Battlegroups
Austria is a member of the EU Battlegroup wich includes contingents
from Germany and the Czech Republic.
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Main Battle Tanks (MBT) |
114 x Leopard 2A4 |
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Light Tanks |
120 x Kuerassier SK-105 (of which
approx 60 in store) |
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Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) |
105 x Ulan (Tracked) |
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Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) |
250 x Saurer 4K
series (Tracked) of which about 100 are believed to be in store |
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70 x Pandur
(Wheeled) |
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20 x Dingo (Wheeled) |
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Self Propelled
Artillery (SP ARTY) |
180 x M-109 variants
(Tracked) |
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Towed Artillery |
80 x 105 mm (in
store) and 20 x 155 mm (in store) - some 120 mm used for
training |
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Multiple Rocket
Launchers (MRL) |
16 x 128 mm
M-51 (in store) |
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Mortars (Mor) |
100 x 107 mm
(estimate) |
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200 x 120 mm
(estimate) |
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100 x 82 mm
Granatwerfer (estimate) |
| Anti-Tank (Atk) |
80+ x Jaguar with
HOT (in store) |
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300 x RBS-56 Bill
(about 100 in store) |
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1,000 x 84 mm Carl
Gustav |
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Plus 66 mm LAW
Panzerfaust 3
74 mm Miniman |
| Low Level Air
Defence (LLAD) |
34 x Mistral SAM
(under Air Force Command control) about 40 in store |
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70 x 20 mm FIAK
65/68 (gun system - in store) |
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70 x 35 mm ZFIAK
with Skyguard (gun system - in store) |
Air Force (Air Force
Command) Strength: approximately 2,500 professionals and
approximately 1,000 conscripts (total 3,500)
Austrian Air Force Command Outline
Organisation
Air
Surveillance/Defence Group
– Consists of fixed radar sites, mobile radar stations and
Mistral SAM. 2 x Typhoon are generally held on QRA (quick reaction
alert) to intercept unidentified aircraft.
Fligerregiment 1 with 4 x Squadrons:
Squadron 1 – AB 212 (transport/utility helicopter)
Squadron 2 – AB 206A and OH 58 Kiowa (liaison, recce and training
helicopters)
Squadron 3 – AB 206A and OH 58 Kiowa (liaison, recce and training
helicopters)
Squadron 4 – PC-6 Turbo Porter (fixed wing transport)
Fligerregiment 2 with 2 x Squadrons:
Squadron 1 – 15 x Typhoon
Squadron 2 – SA 3160 and SA316B Allouette III (utility helicopters)
Fligerregiment 3 with 4 x Squadrons
Squadron 1 – AB 212 (transport/utility helicopter)
Squadron 2 – AB 206 (transport/utility helicopter)
Squadron 3 – 28 x SAAB 105 (trainers and FGA)
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MAJOR
AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT |
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Fighter (Ftr) |
15 x Typhoon
(Tranche 1 Block 5) |
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Transport (Tpt) |
3 x C-130K
Hercules |
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10 x PC-6B
Turbo Porter |
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Training (Trg) |
25 x Saab
105 |
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16 x PC7
Turbo Trainer |
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Air to Air
Missiles (AAM) |
Sidewinder
AIM-9 |
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IRIS-T |
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Helicopters
(Hel) |
11 x OH 58
Kiowa (observation and recce) |
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11 x AB 206
(utility) |
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20 x AB 212
(utility) |
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9 x S70A
Black Hawk (support) |
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24 x SA-319
Alouette 3 (utility) |
CURRENT UNIT DEPLOYMENTS
(over
platoon strength – 30 personnel. These are approximate figures)
| EUFOR Bosnia |
100 |
| KFOR Serbia/Kosovo |
450 |
| EUFOR Central African
Republic/Chad |
125 |
| UN (UNDORF) Syria/Israel |
375 |
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