Editing Austrian Armed Forces (section)

===== Raumverteidigung Organization =====
Each Austrian military command was numbered from 1 to 9, with all zones and units assigned to the command or part of the command starting with the same number. The only exception was the 9th Panzergrenadier Brigade, which carried the number of the Vorarlberg Military Command in the extreme West of the country, but was based near Vienna in the East of the country and manned by conscripts from Vienna. The Austrian military commands of the [[Raumverteidigung concept]], their assigned number, zones and main units during peacetime were:<ref name="Rauchensteiner" />

* [[Burgenland]] Military Command - No. 1, in [[Eisenstadt]]
** 1st Jäger Brigade, in Eisenstadt
** 11th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Neusiedl am See|Neusiedl]] (Area Security Zone 11)
** 12th Landwehrstammregiment, in Eisenstadt (Area Security Zone 12)
** 14th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Pinkafeld]] (Key Zone 14)
* [[Vienna]] Military Command - No. 2, in Vienna
** 2nd Jäger Brigade, in Vienna (in wartime assigned to Lower Austria Military Command)
** 21st Landwehrstammregiment, in Vienna (Area Security Zone 21 in Lower Austria)
* [[Lower Austria]] Military Command - No. 3, in [[Sankt Pölten]]
** 3rd Panzergrenadier Brigade, in [[Mautern an der Donau]] (based in the Area Security Zone 31)<ref>{{cite web |title=Die Geschichte der 3. Panzergernadierbrigade |url=https://www.airforce.at/sk/lask/brigaden/pzgrenbrig3/pdf/50_jahre_3pzgrenbrig.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028211248/https://www.airforce.at/sk/lask/brigaden/pzgrenbrig3/pdf/50_jahre_3pzgrenbrig.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2020 |access-date=20 October 2020}}</ref>
** 9th Panzergrenadier Brigade, in [[Götzendorf an der Leitha]] (based in the Area Security Zone 21)
** 311th Jagdkampfbataillon 311, in [[Allentsteig]] (Area Security Zone 31, in peacetime part of the 32nd Landwehrstammregiment)
** 32nd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Korneuburg]] (Area Security Zone 32)
** 33rd Landwehrstammregiment, in Mautern an der Donau (Block Zone 33)
** 34th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Wöllersdorf]] (Key Zone 34)
** 35th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Amstetten, Lower Austria|Amstetten]] (Key Zone 35)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Häusler |title=Geländebefahrbarkeit der Schlüsselzone 35 |url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Arbeitstagungen-geologischen-Bundesanstalt_2013_0195-0202.pdf |access-date=20 October 2020 |publisher=Geologischen Bundesanstalt}}</ref><ref name="Keusch/Halbartschlager" />
** 36th Landwehrstammregiment (Area Security Zone 36, formation suspended with the 1987 reform)
* [[Upper Austria]] Military Command - No. 4, in [[Linz]]
** 4th Panzergrenadier Brigade, in Linz (covering Block Zone 45)
** 41st Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Steyr]] (Block Zone 41)
** 42nd Landwehrstammregiment, in Linz (Area Security Zone 42)
** 43rd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Wels]] (Area Security Zone 43)
** 44th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Kirchdorf an der Krems]] (Area Security Zone 44)
* [[Styria]] Military Command - No. 5, in [[Graz]]
** 5th Jäger Brigade, in Graz
** 51st Landwehrstammregiment (Area Security Zone 51, formation suspended with the 1987 reform)
** 52nd Landwehrstammregiment, in Feldbach (Area Security Zone 52)
** 53rd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Straß in Steiermark|Straß]] (Key Zone 53)<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.bmlv.org/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/pdf/festschrift_160jahre_garnison.pdf |title=160 Jahre Garnison Straß |publisher=Bundesministeriums für Landesverteidigung und Sport |pages=42–45 |access-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028205405/https://www.bmlv.org/sk/lask/brigaden/jgbrig7/baon/pdf/festschrift_160jahre_garnison.pdf |archive-date=28 October 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** 54th Landwehrstammregiment, in Graz (Key Zone 54)
** 55th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark|Sankt Michael]] (Subzone 55)
** 56th Landwehrstammregiment (Subzone 56, formation suspended with the 1987 reform)
* [[Tyrol (federal state)|Tyrol]] Military Command - No. 6, in [[Innsbruck]]
** 6th Jäger Brigade, in Innsbruck
** 61st Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Kitzbühel]] (Area Security Zone 61)
** 62nd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Absam]] (Key Zone 62)
** 63rd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Landeck]] (Area Security Zone 63)
** 64th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Lienz]] (Area Security Zone 64)
** 65th Landwehrstammregiment (Area Security Zone 65, formation suspended with the 1987 reform)
* [[Carinthia]] Military Command - No. 7, in [[Klagenfurt]]
** 7th Jäger Brigade, in Klagenfurt
** 71st Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Wolfsberg, Carinthia|Wolfsberg]] (Key Zone 71)
** 72nd Landwehrstammregiment, in Klagenfurt (Area Security Zone 72)
** 73rd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Villach]] (Key Zone 73)
** 74th Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Spittal an der Drau]] (Area Security Zone 74)
* [[Salzburg (state)|Salzburg]] Military Command - No. 8, in [[Salzburg]]
** 8th Jäger Brigade, in Salzburg
** 81st Landwehrstammregiment, in Salzburg (Area Security Zone 81)
** 82nd Landwehrstammregiment, in St Johann im Pongau (Subzone 82)
** 83rd Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Tamsweg]] (Subzone 83)
* [[Vorarlberg]] Military Command - No. 9, in [[Bregenz]]
** 91st Landwehrstammregiment, in [[Lochau]] (Area Security Zone 91)

Under the area defence strategy, which determined the army's structure until 1993, the army was divided into three principal elements: the standing alert force ({{lang|de|Bereitschaftstruppe}}) of active units, including the [[1st Panzergrenadier Division (Austria)|1st Panzergrenadier Division]] and the air division; the mobile militia ({{lang|de|Mobile Landwehr}}), organized as eight mechanized reserve brigades to be deployed to key danger spots in the event of mobilization; and the stationary militia ({{lang|de|Raumgebundene Landwehr}}) of twenty-six reserve infantry regiments organized for territorial defence.<ref name=":0" /> Both the mobile militia and the stationary militia were brought up to strength only in times of mobilization or during periods allotted for refresher training, usually three weeks in June.<ref name=":0" /> Training of conscripts was conducted by twenty-eight training and equipment-holding regiments ({{lang|de|Landwehrstammregimenter}}).<ref name=":0" /> On mobilization, these regiments would disband, with their cadre reassigned to lead reserve units or form replacement regiments and battalions.<ref name=":0" />

At the army level were a headquarters, guard, and special forces battalions and an artillery battalion at cadre strength.<ref name=":0" /> Two corps headquarters, one in the east at Graz and one in the west at Salzburg, would, on mobilization, command the provincially organized units in their respective zones.<ref name=":0" /> Each corps included artillery, antitank, antiaircraft, and engineering battalions, and a logistics regiment, all on a cadre basis.<ref name=":0" />

Each of the nine provincial military commands supervised the training and maintenance activities of their training and equipment-holding regiments.<ref name=":0" /> On mobilization, these nine commands would convert to a divisional headquarters commanding mobile militia, stationary militia, and other independent units.<ref name=":0" />

The only active units immediately available in an emergency were those of the standing alert force of some 15,000 career soldiers supplemented by eight-month conscripts.<ref name=":0" /> The force was organized as a mechanized division consisting of three armored infantry brigades.<ref name=":0" /> Each brigade was composed of one tank battalion, one mechanized infantry battalion, and one self-propelled artillery battalion.<ref name=":0" /> Two of the brigades had antitank battalions equipped with self-propelled weapons.<ref name=":0" /> The divisional headquarters was at [[Baden bei Wien]] near Vienna;<ref name=":0" /> the 3rd, 4th, and 9th Brigades were based in separate locations, also in the northeast of the country.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} 3rd Brigade was at [[Mautern an der Donau]], 4th at [[Linz]], and 9th Brigade at [[Götzendorf an der Leitha]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}