Bundesheer / Austrian Armed Forces

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I created this thread to honor Brotherly relation of Austrian armed forces

 

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Jagdkommando operatives taking cover behind a SK-105 Tank

 

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Jagdkommando Operatives, EKO Cobra operative and Vienna officers

 

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Eurofighters with an Austrian Airlines Boeing 767

 

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Joint German-Austrian Exercise

Soldiers during Exercise Capricorn 2015

 

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Jägerbataillon Vienna 1 Hoch- und Deutschmeister (High and German Masters). Their objectives in case of conflict is to defend Government buildings in Vienna. They also have strong partnership with the Guards of Austria. Most if not all the Soldiers part of Vienna 1 is actually from Vienna.

 

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soldiers with a Ulan IFV

 

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Austrian Jagdkommandos training in Styria

 

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Austrian soldiers and a Pandur Armored Vehicle Checkpoint somewhere in Kosovo

 

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Soldiers training with a Ulan IFV during Handwerk 12

 

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Austrian soldiers watch a German Tpz Fuchs during an exercise in Belgium

 

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What is the active number of personnel in the Austrian army. It looks like its small but nevertheless well equipped.

 

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What is the active number of personnel in the Austrian army. It looks like its small but nevertheless well equipped.

25,000 active soldiers with 27,000 reserved soldiers.

 

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Austrian Eurofighters over Innsbruck

 

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25,000 active soldiers with 27,000 reserved soldiers.

That is very small but considering the size of the country itself it seems reasonable. But in case of war it needs to be sheltered otherwise it will get swallowed easily.