7th Jäger Brigade (Federal Army)

7th Jäger Brigade
Association badge 7th Jäger Brigade
Lineup	1956
Country	Austria
Armed forces	Federal Army
Armed forces	Land Forces
Branch of service	infantry
Type	Hunter
Subordinate troops	Staff Battalion 7 Jäger Battalion 12 Jäger Battalion 18 Jäger Battalion 25 Reconnaissance and Artillery Battalion 7 Engineer Battalion 1
Insinuation	Federal Ministry for National Defense
Brigade headquarters	Windisch barracks, Klagenfurt
motto	Versatile and self-confident - together to success!
Colours	Infantry green, red
commander
Brigade commander	Brigadier Horst Hofer
insignia
Identification symbol	Mountain, church

The 7th Jäger Brigade is one of two Jäger Brigades of the Federal Army of the Republic of Austria . The brigade is partially capable of airborne operations with the 25th Jäger Battalion and consists of 3,500 soldiers in the peace organization and 5,500 soldiers in the emergency organization. The headquarters of the brigade command is the Windisch barracks in Klagenfurt .

According to the plans of the 2016 army reform , the 7th Jäger Brigade will in future work closely with the Rapid Operations Command formed from the current 3rd Panzer Grenadier Brigade . The capabilities of the brigade, such as the possibility of air landings, reconnaissance or artillery support, will make an important contribution. Compared to the old structure, the brigade loses the Jägerbataillon 18 , which migrates to the Styrian military command .

history

The current brigade was founded in 1956 as the 7th Mountain Brigade with Feldjägerbataillon 25, Jägerbataillon 26, Brigadeartillerieabteilung 7, Pionierbataillon 7. The staff consisted mainly of various border protection departments that were taken over into the armed forces and the brigade was subordinated to Group Command II in Graz . With Army Division 62, the brigade was renamed the 7th Jäger Brigade and reclassified as one of seven operational brigades of the Federal Army. In 1963 there was a change of subordination from Corps Command II in Salzburg to the Carinthian Military Command . As part of the 1978 army reform, the brigade was converted into a Landwehr brigade and the subordinate units into Landwehr regiments.

In 1999 the 7th Jäger Brigade was reorganized and placed under Corps Command I in Graz. To date, numerous reclassifications of the brigade have been made. The last thing that happened was the dissolution of Artillery Regiment 2 in 2007 and Reconnaissance Battalion 1 in 2008.

Brigade commanders:

• Brigadier Anton Holzinger 1956–1962
• Brigadier Julius Grund 1963–1973
• Corps commander Michael Annewanter 1974–1980
• Colonel Adolf Allmann 1980–1988
• Colonel Georg Goess 1988–1996
• Lieutenant Colonel dG Alois Frühwirth 1996
• Brigadier Günter Polajnar 1997-2007
• Brigadier Thomas Starlinger 2007–2012
• Brigadier Gerhard Christiner 2012–2013
• Brigadier Jürgen Wörgötter 2013–2018
• Brigadier Josef Holzer 2018–2019
• Brigadier Host Hofer from April 2019

Tasks and organization

The task of the brigade is the military national defense and the assistance in disasters in Austria as well as the participation in multinational operations abroad.

Today the brigade reports directly to the armed forces command in Graz and Salzburg. Six battalions with different tasks are assigned to it.

• The 7th Staff Battalion in Klagenfurt ensures the command and logistics of the brigade. It consists of a telecommunications company, NBC defense company, as well as supply and maintenance staff.
• The Jägerbataillon 12 in Amstetten specializes in joint use with tanks in built-up areas.
• The Jägerbataillon 18 in Sankt Michael in Obersteiermark is an association with light infantry .
• The Jägerbataillon 25 in Klagenfurt is the only airborne association of the armed forces. Some of the soldiers are also trained in military parachute jump .
• The 7th reconnaissance and artillery battalion in Feldbach provides the brigade's combat support troops with two reconnaissance companies and two self-propelled howitzer batteries .
• The Pioneer Battalion 1 in Villach ensures the pioneer support of the brigade.

There are sponsorships with the German Airborne Brigade 26 and Panzergrenadierbrigade 37 as well as the Italian Alpini Brigade Julia and the Slovenian 1st Infantry Brigade .

See also

• List of Austrian brigade commanders (Federal Army - 2nd Republic)

Web links

• 7th Jägerbrigade on the side of the Federal Army

Individual evidence

1. ^ The new structures of the armed forces , website www.bundesheer.at, accessed on June 29, 2016
2. ↑ The Brigade-7. Jägerbrigade at www.bmlv.gv.at. Accessed February 4, 2011
3. ↑ 7th Jägerbrigade at www.bmlv.gv.at. Accessed February 4, 2011
4. ^ History of Panzerbrigade 37 on www.deutschesheer.de. Accessed February 4, 2011