The Austrian Armed Forces invests in new equipment

[Zarvan]

Austria is investing a large sum of money for the protection of their soldiers.

A total of 1.2 billion Euros will be invested by 2020, and by the looks of it a lot of the sourcing will be made with local suppliers.

Night sight on top and a flash light on the side of the scope. Grenade launcher and sound suppressor. Question is, do you want to be that guy carrying all that?

Greande Launcher and Ase Utra Sound suppressor.

Below: Steyr HS .50 BMG with a Kahles 624i. This is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.

I think this is a Steyr SSG 69 with a Kahles 624i and an Aimpoint Micro on the side.

Video of the new equipment for the Austrian Army:

One question I have. Will the Austrian Army go for the new Steyr Mannlicher / Rheinmetall RS556 and RS40 – Modular assault rifle system and grenade launcher once its ready, and leave the AUG once and for all?

More information can be found, in English, from the Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces):

http://www.bundesheer.at/english/index.shtml

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/07/austrian-armed-forces-invests-new-equipment/

@Horus

 

[Vergennes]

Austria is investing a large sum of money for the protection of their soldiers.

A total of 1.2 billion Euros will be invested by 2020, and by the looks of it a lot of the sourcing will be made with local suppliers.

Night sight on top and a flash light on the side of the scope. Grenade launcher and sound suppressor. Question is, do you want to be that guy carrying all that?

Greande Launcher and Ase Utra Sound suppressor.

Below: Steyr HS .50 BMG with a Kahles 624i. This is a .50 BMG single-shot anti-materiel sniper rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher.

I think this is a Steyr SSG 69 with a Kahles 624i and an Aimpoint Micro on the side.

Video of the new equipment for the Austrian Army:

One question I have. Will the Austrian Army go for the new Steyr Mannlicher / Rheinmetall RS556 and RS40 – Modular assault rifle system and grenade launcher once its ready, and leave the AUG once and for all?

More information can be found, in English, from the Bundesheer (Austrian Armed Forces):

http://www.bundesheer.at/english/index.shtml

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/04/07/austrian-armed-forces-invests-new-equipment/

@Horus

Additionally,the Austrian soldiers are going to receive new helmets to replace the SPECTRA.

 

[Zarvan]

Additionally,the Austrian soldiers are going to receive new helmets to replace the SPECTRA.

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These helmets are made by which company ??

 

[jhungary]

These helmets are made by which company ??

The logo in the in liner suggest it was a OPS-CORE FAST helmet, if the picture is accurate representation