Australian Army

Australian Army ; Australian Army
Lineup	March 1, 1901
Country	Australia
Armed forces	Australian Defense Force
Type	Armed forces ( army )
Strength	30,235 (active) ; 16,900 (reservists) ; 12,496 (standby reserve)
management
Chief of Army	Lieutenant General Angus Campbell
Deputy Chief of Army	Major General Gus Gilmore
Commander Forces Command	Major General Mick Slater
Important ; commanders	William Birdwood ; John Monash ; Harry Chauvel ; Brudenell White ; Thomas Blamey
insignia
Army Aviation cockade; (Heeresflieger)

The Australian Army ( German Australian Army ) is the land force of the Australian Defense Force .

history

Compared to other nations of the Commonwealth , the fracture lines run the history of Australian land units less drastic at national events such. B. the independence or the increasing sovereignty of the country, but rather two strategic developments:

From 1901 to 1947 the reserve called the Australian Citizens Military Force , better known as the Citizens Military Force or simply Militia , played an important role, while the Australian Imperial Force explicitly served overseas.

In 1947, a peacetime standing army was established according to modern needs, which undermined the importance of the Citizens Military Force . The CMF was renamed the Army Reserve in 1980 and adapted to the structures of the active force.

Despite multiple involvement in crises and conflicts around the world, Australian territory came under direct attack only during the Second World War .

The Army Aviation did not receive their own transport helicopters until 1989, before they were subordinate to the Air Force.

organization

equipment

Despite Australia's historical ties to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and other Commonwealth of Nations, the Australian Army has modern equipment from many countries. Australia is currently renewing its helicopter fleet with European models ( Eurocopter Tiger and NH90 ). The Leopard 1 formed the backbone of the Australian armored force (1st Armored Regiment), but has now been replaced by the American M1A1 Abrams. The orderly weapon has been the Steyr AUG since the 1980s and replaces the FN FAL and M16 .

vehicles

Australian M1A1 Abrams with three-color painting

59 × M1A1 Abrams main battle tank
7 × M88A2 HERCULES armored recovery vehicles

M113AS4 armored transport

Mowag Piranha armored car

Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle

Hawkei

Wolf off-road vehicle

artillery

35 × M777 howitzers

Aircraft

Combat helicopter Tiger ARH

An Army Aviation CH-47 in Afghanistan

Australian Black Hawk lands on USS Blue Ridge

Status: end of 2013

helicopter	origin	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
Bell OH-58B1 Kiowa	United States United States	Light reconnaissance and combat helicopter training helicopter		19 12		2018 all out of service, was replaced by the Tiger ARH as a combat helicopter
Eurocopter Tiger	European Union European Union	Attack helicopter	Tiger ARH	22nd
Boeing CH-47 Chinook	United States United States	Medium-weight transport helicopter	CH-47D CH-47F	6 0	7th	The CH-47D is the CH-47F replaced
NHIndustries NH90	European Union European Union	Transport helicopter	MRH90 Taipan	47
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	United States United States	Transport helicopter	S-70A	34		Is the MRH90 Taipan replaced

The Eurocopter Tigers are to be replaced from around 2020, partly because it became known in 2016 that the operational readiness of the helicopters over the entire past year 2015 was only 3.5 out of 16 helicopters. The investigating Australia National Audit Office found 76 so-called capability deficiencies , of which 60 were classified as "critical".

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Web links

Commons : Australian Army - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Official site of the Australian Army (Engl.)

Individual evidence

^ Push is on to bring out the big guns. The Australian, October 23, 2010, accessed February 10, 2014 . (engl.)
↑ World Air Forces 2014. (PDF; 3.9 MB) In: Flightglobal Insight. 2014, archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; accessed on March 26, 2014 (English).
^ Australian Army retires fleet of Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters, Janes, October 22, 2018
↑ Mathew George: Australia receives all MRH-90 Taipan helos. Jane's Information Group , February 19, 2019, accessed February 19, 2019 .
^ Greg Waldron: Australian government auditor slams Tiger attack helicopter. In: Flightglobal.com. September 2, 2016, accessed September 2, 2016 .

[1] Push is on to bring out the big guns. The Australian, October 23, 2010, accessed February 10, 2014 . (engl.)

[2] World Air Forces 2014. (PDF; 3.9 MB) In: Flightglobal Insight. 2014, archived from the original on December 25, 2013 ; accessed on March 26, 2014 (English).

[3] Australian Army retires fleet of Bell 206B-1 Kiowa helicopters, Janes, October 22, 2018

[4] Mathew George: Australia receives all MRH-90 Taipan helos. Jane's Information Group , February 19, 2019, accessed February 19, 2019 .

[fg20160902-5] Greg Waldron: Australian government auditor slams Tiger attack helicopter. In: Flightglobal.com. September 2, 2016, accessed September 2, 2016 .