Austrian Armed Forces

Austrian Armed Forces
Bundesheer
Insignia of the Bundesheer
Founded18 March 1920
Current form15 May 1955
Service branchesLand Forces
Air Force
Special Forces
Cyber Forces
HeadquartersRossauer Barracks, Vienna
Websitewww.bundesheer.at
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefPresident Alexander Van der Bellen
Supreme CommanderMinister Klaudia Tanner
Chief of the General StaffGen Rudolf Striedinger
Personnel
Military age17
Conscription6 months[1]
Active personnel25,000
Reserve personnel125,600[1]
Expenditure
Budget€3,380,000,000 (2023)
Percent of GDP1.0% (including pensions) (2023)[2]
Industry
Domestic suppliersSteyr Mannlicher
Glock Ges.m.b.H.
Foreign suppliers France
 Germany
 Italy
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
 United States
Related articles
HistoryMilitary history of Austria
Austro-Hungarian Army
RanksRanks of the Austrian Bundesheer
Headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Defence in Rossauer Kaserne, Vienna

The Austrian Armed Forces (German: Bundesheer, lit.'Federal Army') are the combined military forces of Austria.

The military consists of 16,000 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists.[1] The military budget is 1.0% of national GDP (including pensions) or €3.317 billion (2023,without pensions).[3]

  1. ^ a b c International Institute for Strategic Studies (25 February 2021). The Military Balance 2021. London: Routledge. p. 85. ISBN 9781032012278.
  2. ^ "Mehr Budget fürs Bundesheer" (in German).
  3. ^ Landesverteidigung, Bundesministerium für. "Mehr Budget fürs Bundesheer". bundesheer.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-02-28.

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