List of hand weapons of the armed forces

National emblem of the Austrian Armed Forces

This list presents the current and abolished hand weapons of the armed forces. The names of the weapons under which they were carried in the armed forces are used. Officially so-called “non-imported” weapons such as the Browning pistol or the Tokarev pistol are not listed.

Rifles

designation	Introduction in the year	Decommissioning	caliber	use
M1 rifle	1955	circa 1960	7.62 × 63 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Carabiner M1	1955	-	7.62 x 33 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie . Still part of the armed forces.
Lee-Enfield rifle	1955	1958	7.7 × 56 mm rows	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Rifle 44	1955	circa 1960	7.62 × 54 mm rows	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Assault rifle 58	1958	circa 1980	7.62 × 51 mm NATO	The first standard rifle of the armed forces. Still in use as a drill weapon by the Guard and the Theresian Military Academy. Licensed production by Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG .
Assault rifle 77	1977	-	5.56 × 45 mm NATO	In use in different versions A1 - A3.
Sniper rifle 98k	1958	circa 1970	7.92 x 57 mm and 7.62 x 51 mm NATO	Converted carabiner 98k with Kahles ZF58 4 × 31.
Sniper rifle 69	1969	-	7.62 × 51 mm NATO	The first sniper rifle of the federal army.

Machine guns

designation	Introduction in the year	Decommissioning	caliber	use
Machine gun BAR	1955		7.62 × 63 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Machine gun M1919	1955		7.62 × 63 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Oversized machine gun M2	1955		12.7 × 99 mm NATO	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie . Still in use.
Machine gun 42	1959		7.62 × 51 mm NATO	MG42 of non-German manufacture (Steyr, Beretta) in caliber 7.62 × 51 mm NATO.
Machine gun 74	1974	-	7.62 × 51 mm NATO	Further development of the MG42 . Among other things, the rate of fire was reduced to 850 rounds / min.

Pistols

designation	Introduction in the year	Decommissioning	caliber	use
Pistol 08	1955	1964	9 × 19 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Pistol 11	1955	circa 1985	11.43 x 23 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Pistol 38	1955	1986	9 × 19 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
PPK pistol	1956		7.65 x 17 mm	Special armament for the air force, in the intelligence service area and for department heads in the BMLV.
Gun 80	1983	-	9 × 19 mm	Replacement for the P38.

Submachine guns

designation	Introduction in the year	caliber	use
Submachine gun 40	1955	9 × 19 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Submachine gun 41	1955	7.62 × 25 mm Tokarev	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Submachine gun 69	1969	9 × 19 mm	For commando units and tank crews. Modernized variant under the name "MPi 81".

Anti-tank weapons

designation	Introduction in the year	Decommissioning	ammunition	use
Anti-tank tube Bazooka	1955	1966	Caliber 89 mm	Part of the first basic equipment of the armed forces. Taken over by the B-Gendarmerie .
Anti-tank tube 66/79	1966	-	Caliber 84 mm	Replacement for the bazooka.
Anti-tank tube 70	1970	-	Caliber 74 mm	Swedish “miniman”. Disposable weapon.
Anti-tank guided missile 2000 BILL	1999	-	Guided missile with launch tube

literature

Retired Colonel Karl Ruef: Service in the armed forces. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter, 1967
Wollert / Lidschun / Copenhagen: Rifle weapons today, volumes 1 + 2. , Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, 1993

Rolf M. Urrisk: The arming of the Austrian army. H. Weishaupt Verlag