The Austrian army makes its disposal Panzer
expensive and cumbersome, the Panzers were out of favor in the Austrian army. The Department of Defense, Vienna, decided to discard half of its fleet of armored cars, requiring economies. 384 tanks, including 114 powerful Leopard 2, are well placed in prolonged sleep. They will therefore be destroyed or sold, but may be reactivated " emergency , as required by the constitution.
This decision was expected: as the other portfolios subject to austerity measures draconian, the Ministry of Defence should by 2014 reduce by nearly half his lifestyle, which is 540 million euros in savings on a current budget of 1.2 billion euros.
Summoned to make cuts, the General Staff preferred to sacrifice his precious armor instead of reducing the number of recruits. "Under pressure empty cases should be discussed without taboo ," said Defence Minister Norbert Darabos.
relics of a bygone era bipolar, tanks, they have already lost value relative since the demise of the Iron Curtain in 1991. "We are no longer time of the Cold War , adds Darabos. We do not expect the fighting between armored in the coming years. "
To all intents and purposes, the young conscripts continue to patrol the plains of Burgenland, the Hungarian border. But "the enemy has changed designation: they are illegal immigrants and mafia gangs from the east.
This decision was expected: as the other portfolios subject to austerity measures draconian, the Ministry of Defence should by 2014 reduce by nearly half his lifestyle, which is 540 million euros in savings on a current budget of 1.2 billion euros.
Summoned to make cuts, the General Staff preferred to sacrifice his precious armor instead of reducing the number of recruits. "Under pressure empty cases should be discussed without taboo ," said Defence Minister Norbert Darabos.
relics of a bygone era bipolar, tanks, they have already lost value relative since the demise of the Iron Curtain in 1991. "We are no longer time of the Cold War , adds Darabos. We do not expect the fighting between armored in the coming years. "
To all intents and purposes, the young conscripts continue to patrol the plains of Burgenland, the Hungarian border. But "the enemy has changed designation: they are illegal immigrants and mafia gangs from the east.
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