By invitation of the Carinthian Army Command, the Traditionsverband provided the “historical” part at the Army’s large display of Military Technology in St.Veit/Glan. On Austria’s National Day, every year the Army organizes its major display downtown Vienna, but also provides one such alternative display in one of the provinces. This year Carinthia was selected to show Army capabilities together with those of all other emergency and disaster relief organizations. Clear blue skies and perfect late-summer temperatures brought 30000 visitors to the fairgrounds in St.Veit/Glan.
The Traditionsverband presented M4 High Speed Tractor, Steyr Type 480 and Haflinger AP 700, and together with a Willys Jeep provided by Gerwald Jaritz we were framed by a “Kürassier” hunter-killer tank and a Saurer APC from the collection of the Military History Museum. Many visitors enjoyed seeing vehicles that they remembered from their own military service.
Unfortunately the meeting was shadowed by the news that our long-term friend Hermann Rinner from St.Donat had passed away earlier in the year. We still fondly remember the many hours we spent in his home when we would take our vehicles on tours to Carinthia.
