Austria in T2K
The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of using Austria as a T2K campaign setting. It just seems like a really fertile area for a T2K game- devastated, disputed, and relatively chaotic. In addition the Austrian military and your relatively standard belligerents that are encountered frequently in the Poland modules, you've got the Italians, Hungarians, and Czechs all occupying pieces of Austrian territory. This also makes available some fairly uncommon weaponry and AFVs.
I've been pouring over my T2K stuff looking for any and all mention of Austria. I guess I've always taken Austria for granted, assuming for all of these years that it was a part of Cold War NATO. Much to my embarrassment, I discovered that this was not the case (the big clue being that Austria doesn't feature in any of my NATO gear/uni books).
Anyway, references to Austria in the T2K canon are pretty scattered, and not much detail is given. I remember reading snippets here and there in the past but I can't find them now. For example, I'm sure that I read somewhere that much of the Austrian military was absorbed into the German military at some point during the war. There's references to Soviet, American, and German forces present there in the respective T2K Vehicle Guides, and multiple references to Austria's invasion by Italian and Hungarian forces. IIRC seeing a reference or two to Czech forces being involved but can't find any Czech units listed as being there as of July 1, 2000, which I find a bit surprising.
Anyway, any help you could give in directing me to T2K info on Austria, or just good references on the Cold War Austrian military would be greatly appreciated.
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