| Imperial and Royal Armed Forces (k. u. k.) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1867, reformed 1920 |
| Country | Austria.Hungary |
| Branch | Imperial and Royal Army, Imperial and Royal Navy and Imperial and Royal Air Force |
| Type | Land, sea and air armed forces |
| Role | Territorial defense |
| Garrison/HQ | Vienna |
| Commanders | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Emperor-King |
| defense ministry | Federal Minister of Defense |
| Insignia | |
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The Imperial and Royal Armed Forces (k. u. k.) are made of the following services, all dependent of the Federal Defense Ministry.
- Imperial and Royal Army (k. u. k. Landwehr / Honvédseg)
- Imperial and Royal Navy (k. u. k. Kriegsmarine / Haditengerészet) Its ports on the Adriatic Sea, are Trieste, Pola (Home Port, also site of the central church of the navy "Stella Maris" - k. u. k. Marinekirche "Stella Maris"-, of the Austro-Hungarian Naval Observatory and the naval military cemetery - k. u. k. Marinefriedhof), Fiume and Dubrovnik (Ragusa). Cattaro (now Kotor) was lost during World War I, with its installations destroyed.
- Imperial and Royal Air Force (k. u. k. Luftstreitkräfte / Légierő)
The language of command is the German, although regiments were organized along linguistic lines. By law ethnic factors did not prevent recruitment of non-German speakers to the officer corps or their regular promotion. The training and administration of the troops is made on the recognized languages of the Federal State. The personnel of the armed forces recruited by Obligatory National conscription service (12 months of duration) for all adults and the Military Career (for all adults that voluntary enlist after the conscription period).
Its main domestic weapon suppliers are Skoda Works (Boehemia), Steyr Mannlicher (Austria), Österreichische Aviatik (Austria), Aero Vodochody (Bohemia), Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino (STT, Trieste), Ganz vállalatok (Hungary), Cantiere Navale Triestino (Trieste), Fegyver- és Gépgyártó Részvénytársaság (FEG, Hungary), and Zbrojovka Brno (Bohemia)