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The order of battle of the Austrian Armed Forces in case of a Warsaw Pact attack in 1989 is given below.

  • Brigades were the army's counterattack and reserve forces, held back until the Landwehr units would have worn down enemy forces.
  • Landwehr regiments were to defend key areas (Schlüsselzonen) which the enemy would not be allowed to pass through.
  • Landwehr battalions (Landwehrbataillone) were static battalions tasked with defending their area of operations.
  • Blocking battalions and companies (Sperrbataillone and Sperrkompanien) were to defend fortified positions.
  • Light Infantry battalions and companies (Jagdkampfbataillone and Jagdkampfkompanien) were meant to fight behind enemy lines and disrupt logistic supply lines.
  • River-blocking companies (Flusssperrkompanien) would have had to prevent the enemy from crossing rivers at fords.
  • Guard companies (Wachkompanien) were to guard key infrastructure.
  • Guard-blocking companies (Wachsperrkompanien) would have guarded transport infrastructure (i.e. bridges, tunnels) and had to prevent the enemy from using the infrastructure.
  • Fortification Artillery batteries (Artilleriebatterie ortsfest) would have employed M2 155mm howitzers in bunkers to lay suppressing fire on enemy approach routes.

On 1 March 1978, the "Wehrgesetz 1978" became law, which encompassed the "Heeresgliederung 1978" plan to grow the Austrian Armed Forces to 384,000 (84,000 active, 300,000 militia) by the early 1990s to be able to fully employ the Austrian de:Raumverteidigung's concept. A total of 30 new Landwehrstammregimenter were to be raised. On 6 October 1987, the Austrian government enacted the "Heeresgliederung 1987", which instructed the armed forces to stop the growth of the militia at 200,000. Afterwards only the militia's infantry grew, making 1988-1989 the timeframe Austria's armed forces reached their maximum strength. On 29 May 1990 the "Wehrgesetz 1978" was cancelled and the army began to shrink, which accelerated with the Gesamte Rechtsvorschrift für Wehrgesetz 1990, Fassung vom 31.12.1992.

Army Command

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  • Army Command would retreat to a bunker in St Johann im Pongau to the South of Salzburg
    • Command Battalion
    • Army Signal Regiment in St Johann im Pongau
    • SIGINT Battalion
    • 1st Logistic Regiment

Vienna Military Command

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  • Vienna Military Command' in Vienna
    • Staff Battalion Wien
    • Guard Battalion
    • 21st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southeastern Lower Austria and Vienna (Raumsicherungszone 21)
      • Staff Company
      • 211th Landwehr Battalion
      • 213th Landwehr Battalion
      • 2x Light Infantry Companies (Jagdkampfkompanien)
      • 3x Guard Companies
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 1x Guard-blocking Company
      • 21st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

I Army Corps

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I Army Corps Area of Operations

1st Panzergrenadier Division

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1st Panzergrenadier Division Structure

Burgenland Military Command

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  • Burgenland Military Command in Eisenstadt tasked with delaying invading Warsaw Pact forces
    • Staff Battalion Burgenland
    • 1st Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Eisenstadt
    • 11th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northern Burgenland (Raumsicherungszone 11)
      • Staff Company
      • 111th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 111) defending the Brucker Pforte
      • 112th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 112) defending the Brucker Pforte
      • 114th Landwehr Battalion
      • 2x Engineer Companies
      • Logistic Company
    • 12th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Central Burgenland (Raumsicherungszone 12)
      • Staff Company
      • 121st Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 121) tasked with harassing enemy supply lines
      • 122nd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 122) defending the Wiener Neustädter Pforte
      • Guard Company
      • 12th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 141st Landwehr Battalion defending the Semmering Pass ( 141 (Schlüsselzone 14)

Niederösterreich Military Command

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  • Niederösterreich Military Command in Sankt Pölten tasked with defending Lower Austria
    • Staff Battalion Niederösterreich
    • 2nd Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Vienna
    • 32nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northheastern Lower Austria (Raumsicherungszone 32)
      • Staff Company
      • 311th Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 311)
      • 321st Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 321)
      • 322nd Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 322)
      • 2x Guard Companies
      • 32nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 33rd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment
      • Staff Company
      • 331st Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 331)
      • 332nd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 332)
      • 333rd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 333)
      • 2x Guard-blocking Companies
      • River-blocking Company Tullnerfeld
      • River-blocking Company Tullnerfeld-East
      • 33rd Anti-tank Company
      • 33rd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 34th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment
      • Staff Company
      • 123rd Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 123)
      • 342nd Landwehr Battalion
      • 343rd Landwehr Battalion
      • 3x Guard Companies
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 2x Blocking Platoons
      • 34th Anti-tank Company
      • 34th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 35th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment
      • Staff Company
      • 351st Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 351)
      • 352nd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 352)
      • 354th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 354)
      • 355th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 355)
      • 3x Guard-blocking Companies
      • River-blocking Company Strengberg
      • Fortification Artillery Battery Amstetten (M2 155mm howitzers)
      • Fortification Artillery Battery Euratsfeld (M2 155mm howitzers)
      • 3x Blocking Platoons
      • 35th Anti-tank Company
      • 35th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
      • Signal Platoon

Steiermark Military Command

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  • Steiermark Military Command in Graz tasked with defending Styria
    • Staff Battalion Steiermark
    • 5th Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Graz
    • 51st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southeastern Styria and Southern Burgenland (Raumsicherungszone 51)
      • Staff Company
      • 511th Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 511)
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • Guard Company
      • 51st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 52nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southern Styria (Raumsicherungszone 52)
      • Staff Company
      • 521st Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 521)
      • 522nd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 522)
      • 3x Blocking Companies
      • Guard Company
      • 52nd Anti-tank Company
      • 52nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 53rd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southwestern Styria
      • Staff Company
      • 532nd Landwehr Battalion
      • 533rd Landwehr Battalion
      • 3x Blocking Companies
      • 53rd Anti-tank Company
      • 53rd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 54th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Central Styria
      • Staff Company
      • 541st Landwehr Battalion
      • 542nd Landwehr Battalion
      • 543rd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 543)
      • 54th Anti-tank Company
      • 54th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 55th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northwestern Styria
      • Staff Company
      • 551st Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 551)
      • 2x Landwehr Companies
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 3x Guard Companies
      • 55th Anti-tank Company
      • 55th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

II Army Corps

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II Army Corps Area of Operations

Oberösterreich Military Command

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  • Oberösterreich Military Command in Hörsching tasked with defending Upper Austria
    • Staff Battalion Oberösterreich
    • 41st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment
      • Staff Company
      • 411th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 411)
      • 412th Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 412)
      • 41st Blocking Company
      • Guard Company
      • Guard-blocking Company
      • River-blocking Company Mauthausen
      • River-blocking Company Linz
      • Fortification Artillery Battery Ruprechtshofen (M2 155mm howitzers)
      • 41st Anti-tank Company
      • 41st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 42nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northern Upper Austria (Raumsicherungszone 42)
      • Staff Company
      • 421st Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 421)
      • 422nd Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 422)
      • 423rd Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 423)
      • River-blocking Company Brandstatt
      • Fortification Artillery Battery Rutzing (M2 155mm howitzers)
      • 42nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 44th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Central Upper Austria
      • Staff Company
      • Light Infantry Company (Jagdkampfkompanie)
      • 5x Blocking Companies
      • 2x Guard Companies
      • 44th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

Tirol Military Command

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  • Tirol Military Command in Innsbruck tasked with defending Tyrol
    • Staff Battalion Tirol
    • 6th Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Innsbruck
    • 61st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment  in Northeastern Tyrol (Raumsicherungszone 61)
      • Staff Company
      • 611th Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 611)
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 61st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 62nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Innsbruck (Schlüsselzone 62)
      • Staff Company
      • 621st Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 621)
      • 622nd Landwehr Battalion
      • 624th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 624)
      • Blocking Company
      • Guard-blocking Company
      • Guard Company
      • 62nd Anti-tank Company
      • 62nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 63rd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Western Tyrol (Raumsicherungszone 63)
      • Staff Company
      • 631st Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 631)
      • 632nd Landwehr Battalion
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 63rd Pack Animal Company
      • 63rd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 64th Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Eastern Tyrol (Raumsicherungszone 64)
      • Staff Company
      • 641st Light Infantry Battalion (Jagdkampfbataillon 641)
      • Blocking Company
      • Guard Company
      • 64th Pack Animal Company
      • 64th Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

Kärnten Military Command

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  • Kärnten Military Command in Klagenfurt tasked with defending Carinthia
    • Staff Battalion Kärnten
    • 7th Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Klagenfurt
    • 71st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment
      • Staff Company
      • 711th Landwehr Battalion
      • 712th Landwehr Battalion
      • 715th Blocking Battalion (Sperrbataillon 715)
      • 3x Blocking Companies
      • 1x Guard-blocking Company
      • Fortification Artillery Battery Haberberg (M2 155mm howitzers)
      • 71st Anti-tank Company
      • 71st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 72nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northern Carinthia (Raumsicherungszone 72)
      • Staff Company
      • 721st Landwehr Battalion
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • Guard-blocking Company
      • Guard Company
      • 72nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 73rd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southern Carinthia (Raumsicherungszone 73)
      • Staff Company
      • 731st Landwehr Battalion
      • 732nd Landwehr Battalion
      • Guard-blocking Company
      • 2x Guard Companies
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 73rd Pack Animal Company
      • 73rd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

Salzburg Military Command

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  • Salzburg Military Command in Salzburg tasked with defending Salzburg
    • Staff Battalion Kärnten
    • 8th Jäger (Infantry) Brigade (Wartime mobilization unit) in Salzburg
    • 81st Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Northern Salzburg (Raumsicherungszone 81)
      • Staff Company
      • 2x Light Infantry Companies (2x Jagdkampfkompanien)
      • 3x Blocking Companies
      • 2x Guard Companies
      • 81st Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 82nd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southeastern Salzburg (Raumsicherungszone 82)
      • Staff Company
      • 821st Landwehr Battalion
      • 3x Blocking Companies
      • 2x Guard Companies
      • 82nd Anti-tank Company
      • 82nd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company
    • 83rd Landwehr (Territorial Army) Regiment in Southwestern Salzburg (Raumsicherungszone 83)
      • Staff Platoon
      • Guard Company
      • 2x Blocking Companies
      • 83rd Engineer Company
      • Logistic Company

Vorarlberg Military Command

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Air Division

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See also

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Bibliographical notes

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  • The book about 50 years of Austria's Armed Forces published by the Landesverteidigungsakademie (Defense University, ISBN 3-902455-03-9) from page 671 to 697 looks at the "Strukturentwicklung des Bundesheeres von der „Wende“ 1989/90 bis zum Jahr 2003", choosing 1989/90 as one of the key years for the structural development of the Austrian Armed Forces. (Other years relevant 1962/63 Bundesheerreform, 1978 Raumverteidigung, 2003/04 Heeresreform).
  • Aspects of Heeresgliederung 1978, Heeresgliederung 1987 and Raumverteidigung ([1], [2], [3], [4], etc.),
  • doctoral theses about these topics (i.e).
  • Die Geschichte der 9. Panzergrenadierbrigade in Wort und Bild von 1955 bis 1995 [5]

References

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  1. ^ "3. Panzergrenadierbrigade Die „Dritte" ist bald Geschichte".
  2. ^ https://www.noen.at/horn/politiker-sollen-horner-kaserne-retten-top-4307308
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