As part of the release of our Annual Gathering Video we already mentioned that we are creating a new, dedicated HKFW Youtube channel. This channel is now active and contains all of our previous videos. Please visit the channel and subscribe, so you won't miss any of our new videos which will be uploaded in regular intervals from now on!
Starting with our 7th Annual Gathering, we are inaugurating our own HKFW Youtube Channel. Here we will be presenting videos from our events as well as detailed vehicle presentations. Watch, enjoy and like!
„Die Durchhaltefähigkeit des Bundesheeres stärken"
Großflächige Stromausfälle sind in Österreich glücklicherweise selten – Experten sind sich allerdings sicher: Die Eintrittswahrscheinlichkeit eines solchen Szenarios steigt! Um im Falle eines sogenannten Blackouts trotzdem handlungsfähig zu bleiben, investiert das Österreichische Bundesheer viel Geld und Know-how in seine Autarkie und in die Schaffung moderner, unabhängiger Sicherheitsinseln.
After the COVID-related cancellation last year, on September 4&5 we could resume our traditional Fall Gathering for the seventh time - again supported by the 3rd Reconnaissance and Artillery Battalion from Mistelbach. Brilliant Indian Summer weather brought more than 600 guests (all perfectly recorded according to the applicable 3G-rules). The Battalion again brought one of their M109A5Ö self-propelled howitzers as well as a "Husar" Recon vehicle, while the Vienna Military History Museum contributed the Saurer APC prototype and their Daimler Dingo scout car. For the first time, our friends from the Brits Living History Society joined us and prepared a "very British" camp for the duration of the event.
As we approach the first September weekend, we are confident that this year we will again be able to hold our traditional fall gathering. Together with the 3rd Reconaissance and Artillery Batalion we will be presenting Austrian Military Motorization from the end of WW2 until today.
For the first time, we will have four technical presentatiuons on each of the two days of the meeting:
