Austrian Armed Forces

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The Austrian Armed Forces are the military organization of the Republic of Austria, responsible for national defense, disaster relief, and participation in international peacekeeping missions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Austrian Armed Forces canonical 27
Bundesheer 3
Austrian armed forces 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization
alsoKnownAs Bundesheer
alternativeCivilServiceAvailable yes
budgetCurrency euro
commanderInChiefTitle Bundespräsident
component conscripts
militia
professional soldiers
conscription yes
conscriptionTerm 6 months
country Austria
doesNotHave navy
emblem Bundesheer roundel
linked to: Austrian roundel
flag war flag of Austria
founded 1955
garrisonCountry Austria
governedBy Austrian Ministry of Defence
hasAcademy Theresian Military Academy
hasSpecialForcesUnit Jagdkommando
headOfStateAsCommanderInChief Federal President of Austria
linked to: Austrian President
headquartersLocation Vienna
legalBasis Austrian Federal Constitutional Law
memberOf Partnership for Peace
militaryBranch Austrian Air Force
Austrian Land Forces
linked to: Austrian Army
ministerResponsible Federal Minister of Defence of Austria
nativeName Österreichisches Bundesheer
notMemberOf NATO
operatesUnderPolicy Austrian neutrality
operationalDoctrine territorial defense
participatesIn European Union missions
linked to: EU missions

Partnership for Peace
United Nations peacekeeping missions
primaryRole disaster relief
international peacekeeping
national defense
reasonForNoNavy landlocked country
roleInSociety disaster and avalanche relief
support to civil authorities in emergencies
serviceBranch air force
army
standardRifle Steyr AUG
linked to: Steyr AUG A1
standardSidearm Glock pistol
linked to: Glock 17 pistol
status active
trainingIncludes mountain warfare
peace support operations
usesEquipmentFrom domestic arms industry
foreign suppliers
usesLanguage German

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Austrian Military Service Act appliesTo Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian Military Service Act enforcedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian roundel usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Leonidas armored personnel carrier usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Eagle IV usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
subject linked to: Eagle IV armoured vehicle
FN FAL usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
subject linked to: FAL
Bandvagn 206 usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence oversees Austrian Armed Forces
Oberstleutnant usedIn Austrian Armed Forces
MG 3 usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Langenlebarn Air Base controlledBy Austrian Armed Forces
Brumowski Air Base controlledBy Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian Joint Forces Command partOf Austrian Armed Forces
Aigen im Ennstal Air Base partOf Austrian Armed Forces
Burg Wiener Neustadt ownedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Steyr Mannlicher usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Flag of Austria usedIn Austrian military
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces
German Confederation troops alsoKnownAs Bundesheer
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces
Döllersheim usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Arnold Schwarzenegger militaryService Austrian Armed Forces
MG3 machine gun usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
ATF Dingo 1 usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian Armed Forces nativeName Österreichisches Bundesheer
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian Armed Forces alsoKnownAs Bundesheer
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces
Saurer-Werke usedBy Austrian Armed Forces
BMLV responsibleFor Austrian Armed Forces
BMLV oversees Bundesheer
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces
BMLV oversees Austrian Armed Forces
Rossauer Kaserne isPartOfHistoryOf Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian General Staff partOf Austrian Armed Forces
Austrian General Staff appliesToJurisdiction Austrian Armed Forces
Konrad Balthasar von Starhemberg militaryBranch Austrian armed forces
linked to: Austrian Armed Forces