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Besuch einer KZ-Gedenkstätte wird für Soldaten verpflichtend “Rechte Umtriebe” für Tanner beim Heer “nahezu unmöglich” Donnerstag, 22. Juli 2021 | 07:21 Uhr Schriftgröße Verteidigungsministerin Klaudia Tanner (ÖVP) schließt aus, dass es beim österreichischen Bundesheer zu einer ähnlichen Häufung von rechtsextremistischen Vorfällen wie zuletzt bei der Bundeswehr in Deutschland kommen könnte. “Es hat auch bei uns Einzelfälle gegeben, aber keine Häufung von rechten Umtrieben innerhalb bestimmter Einheiten. Das wäre in Österreich auch nahezu unmöglich”, sagte Tanner...

MIL OSI Translation. Region: Russian Federation – In Wiener Neustadt, Austria, the competitive program of the CISM regional championship in international military pentathlon has come to an end. Russian military pentathletes won the team classification of the tournament. The men’s national team of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which included only representatives of the Central Sports Club of the Army, became the winner of the regional championship of the International Council of Military Sports (CISM) in international military pentathlon in Austria. After passing all fi...

The Steyr HS-50 was a huge success.  Here’s What You Need to Remember: .50 caliber sniper rifles have seen incredible proliferation in the twenty-first century. They are used in almost every hot zone around the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine. But in the Middle East, one rifle stands out from the pack. The Austrian Steyr HS 50 and various copies of it are by far the most common, beating out American Barretts, Serbian M93s, and other Chinese .50 caliber rifles. But how did a rifle made in Western/Central Europe end up being so popular in the Middle East?

Meet the Middle East's Most Popular .50 Caliber Sniper Rifle MS .50 rifles are popular due to the generally static nature of warfare when it is between irregular factions in the region. Here's What You Need to Know: The HS 50 has qualities that make it ideal for use by militias. The story of the HS 50 may provide clues to its runaway success. Despite being produced and marketed by Steyr, the HS 50 was not originally designed by Steyr’s design team. Rather, Steyr commissioned a German designer, Heinrich Fortmeier to build a .50 caliber single-shot rifle for them. The resulting HS 50 was fir...

The story of the HS 50 may provide clues to its runaway success. Here’s What You Need to Remember: .50 caliber sniper rifles have seen incredible proliferation in the twenty-first century. They are used in almost every hot zone around the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine. But in the Middle East, one rifle stands out from the pack. The Austrian Steyr HS 50 and various copies of it are by far the most common, beating out American Barretts, Serbian M93s, and other Chinese .50 caliber rifles. But how did a rifle made in Western/Central Europe end up being so popular in the Middle East?