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:
-
2 x Military Area
Commands (Joint Forces - Graz and Salzburg)
-
2 x Jager Brigade
(Infantry)
-
2 x Panzer Grenadier
Brigades (Mechanised Infantry)
-
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
![Austrian Army Commands Diagram](images/austria_army_commands.GIF)
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)![Jager Brigade Outline Organsiation (Mechanised)](images/austria_army_jager_brigade_Organisation.GIF)
PANZER GRENADIER
BRIGADE OUTLINE ORGANISATION (ARMOURED)
![Panzer Grenadier Brigade Outline Organisation (Armoured) Diagram](images/austria_army_panzer_brigade_Organisation.GIF)
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.
Main Battle Tanks (MBT) |
114 x Leopard 2A4 |
Light Tanks |
120 x Kuerassier SK-105 (of which
approx 60 in store) |
Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) |
105 x Ulan (Tracked) |
Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) |
250 x Saurer 4K
series (Tracked) of which about 100 are believed to be in store |
|
70 x Pandur
(Wheeled) |
|
20 x Dingo (Wheeled) |
Self Propelled
Artillery (SP ARTY) |
180 x M-109 variants
(Tracked) |
Towed Artillery |
80 x 105 mm (in
store) and 20 x 155 mm (in store) - some 120 mm used for
training |
Multiple Rocket
Launchers (MRL) |
16 x 128 mm
M-51 (in store) |
Mortars (Mor) |
100 x 107 mm
(estimate) |
|
200 x 120 mm
(estimate) |
|
100 x 82 mm
Granatwerfer (estimate) |
Anti-Tank (Atk) |
80+ x Jaguar with
HOT (in store) |
|
300 x RBS-56 Bill
(about 100 in store) |
|
1,000 x 84 mm Carl
Gustav |
|
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 |
|
70 x 20 mm FIAK
65/68 (gun system - in store) |
|
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
![Austrian Air Force Command Outline Organisation Diagram](images/airforceaustria1.gif)
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)
MAJOR
AIR FORCE EQUIPMENT |
Fighter (Ftr) |
15 x Typhoon
(Tranche 1 Block 5) |
Transport (Tpt) |
3 x C-130K
Hercules |
|
10 x PC-6B
Turbo Porter |
Training (Trg) |
25 x Saab
105 |
|
16 x PC7
Turbo Trainer |
Air to Air
Missiles (AAM) |
Sidewinder
AIM-9 |
|
IRIS-T |
Helicopters
(Hel) |
11 x OH 58
Kiowa (observation and recce) |
|
11 x AB 206
(utility) |
|
20 x AB 212
(utility) |
|
9 x S70A
Black Hawk (support) |
|
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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