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Structure of the Austrian Army after the Bundesheerreform 2019 Austrian Guard Company during the Bastille Day parade Allentsteig (157 km 2) is the largest training area in Austria. Zeltweg Air Base Soldiers of the 17th Infantry Battalion during a manoeuvre. Under the constitution, the President is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. [17]
The Austrian Army uses Jäger to denote its infantry formations. Armoured units equipped with main battle tanks are designated as Panzer formations, while mechanized infantry units equipped with tracked infantry fighting vehicles are designated as Panzergrenadier formations.
The Imperial Austrian Army formed the land forces of the Austrian Empire.It arose from the remains of the Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor after its dissolution and in 1867 was reformed into the Common Army of Austria-Hungary and the Imperial-Royal Landwehr after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867.
Regiments of the common army were "Imperial and Royal" - kaiserlich und königlich (k.u.k.) The Austrian Landwehr regiments were "Imperial Royal" - kaiserlich-königlich (k.k.). The Hungarian Honvéd regiments were "Royal Hungarian" - königlich ungarisch (k.u.) The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Charge of the 19th Hungarian infantry regiment in the Battle of Leipzig. The Imperial-Royal or Imperial Austrian Army (German: Kaiserlich-königliche Armee, abbreviated k.k. Armee) was the armed force of the Habsburg monarchy under its last monarch, the Habsburg Emperor Francis II, composed of the Emperor's army.
On 1 May 1906 the two state rifle regiments with their HQs stationed in Bozen and Trient (now Bolzano and Trento, both in Italy) and the 4th Landwehr Infantry (Klagenfurt) were nominated as "high mountain troops" (Hochgebirgstruppe) and, in 1909, a third state rifle regiment, with its HQ stationed in Candido, was added.
Some of the traditions of the old Austro-Hungarian Army continue to be carried on in the modern Austrian Army. For example, the most famous regiment in the Bundesheer is the " Hoch und Deutschmeister Regiment [ de ] ", now known as Jägerregiment Wien [ de ] based in "Maria Theresien Kaserne", named after Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.
Obverse of the k.k. Landwehr's regimental colours Reverse of the k.k. Landwehr's regimental colours. The Imperial-Royal Landwehr (German: kaiserlich-königliche Landwehr or k.k. Landwehr), also called the Austrian Landwehr, was the territorial army of the Cisleithanian or Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1869 to 1918.