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A funny ad I found… Austrian Armed Forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Österreichisches Bundesheer (German for “Federal Army of Austria”, officially referred to as the Austrian Armed Forces in English), is the name for the military of the Republic of Austria. The main branches are the Land Forces (Kommando Landstreitkräfte; KdoLaSK), Air Forces (Kommando Luftstreitkräfte; KdoLuSK), Mission Support (Kommando Einsatzunterstützung; KdoEU), International Missions (Kommando Internationale Einsätze; KdoIE), Command Support (Kommando Führungsunterstützung; KdoFüU) and Special Forces (Kommando Spezialeinsatzkräfte; KdoSEK).[1] Austria, a landlocked country, today has no navy; in the period 1958 to 2006 however its army operated a naval squadron of patrol boats on the River Danube. History Between 1918 and 1921, the Austrian semi-regular army was called Volkswehr (“People’s Defence”), and fought against Yugoslavian army units occupying parts of Carinthia. It has been known as “Bundesheer” since then, except when Austria was a part of Nazi Germany (1938–1945; see Anschluss). The Austrian Army did develop a defense plan in 1938 against Germany[citation needed], but politics prevented it from being implemented. In 1955, Austria declared its Everlasting Neutrality and made neutrality a constitutional law. The Austrian Military’s main purpose since then has been the protection of Austria’s neutrality. With the end of the Cold War, the Austrian military have increasingly …