Austrian Bundesheer (ÖBH)

Useful References:

• LLHG Playlist of YouTube videos featuring the Bundesheer in the Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnDLFOoAom8K6j0_6cQmSEkESqzE2mQ0C

• Article covering the history of the Bundesheer's uniforms since 1957: http://www.bundesheer.at/abzeichen/uniformen_1957.shtml

• The photo archive page of the Bundesheer's website: https://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/photos/index.shtml

  • Useful pages include border security deployments, catastrophe assistance, border surveillance and assistance with the 1976 bridge collapse.

• The website of HBA, the institution responsible for producing the Bundesheer's uniforms: http://www.hba-brunn.at/uniform.html

• Another photo archive page, with lots of information on uniforms, ranks and insignia: https://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/photos/gesamtuebersicht.php

• The website of Truppendienst, the Austrian Army newspaper, which has several articles covering the history of the ÖBH: https://www.truppendienst.com/startseite

• An old Truppendienst article covering the history of the Bundesheer's uniforms: https://www.bundesheer.at/truppendienst/ausgaben/artikel.php?id=1282

• An HGM article covering the adoption of camouflage by the Bundesheer: https://blog.hgm.at/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Camouflage-%E2%80%93-militaerische-Notwendigkeit-oder-%E2%80%9EModetrend%CB%9D.-Die-%E2%80%9Ebattle-dress%CB%9D-des-Oesterreichischen-Bundesheeres-im-Wandel-der-Zeit.pdf

• A memorial site for veterans of 9. Panzergrenadierbrigade: http://www.die-neunte.at/2016/index.php

• ORF (Austrian national broadcaster) archive page with several documentaries about the Bundesheer: https://tvthek.orf.at/history/Das-Oesterreichische-Bundesheer/5106911?fbclid=IwAR2lH6WTvM2skNMZLBsRhGfhUOkeho358LJF0w18G6g4JFUKHen31e8-KYg

• Militaria forum thread within which a lot of information has been collated over the years: https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/bundeswehr-forum/bundesheer-modern-austrian-army-125760/

• Website covering the vehicles and equipment of the Bundesheer: http://www.doppeladler.com/da/ral-7013/?fbclid=IwAR0kgMB16Wt0eQMYAa_1m3n2QcX6B2TKrbIb9i_lYq9bLxuXMZxwC0n3zF8

• Stock image site with some photos of the Bundesheer during the Ten-Day War: https://www.picturedesk.com/bild-disp/search/search.action?ts=1606914025084&data=eyJiciI6WyIwOjMwMDAwOjk3NjYxMTItNDk1MzEwMjI1MDMxNTAyNTI5MCJdLCJycyI6MSwic3QiOiJTSU1JTEFSX0RFU0NSSVBUSU9OIiwiaXNwIjp0cnVlLCJpc3MiOmZhbHNlLCJzb3J0Ijo3LCJucnAiOjUwLCJwbiI6MX0&searchID=7c77cf28-c63a-4e9e-b86b-f04148134f3e

• Article (in German) commemorating 50 years of the Austrian military command in Vienna: https://www.bundesheer.at/download_archiv/pdfs/50jahre_milkdo_w.pdf