The Austrian Armed Forces have a modernized training center in the Bruckneudorf military training area. Defense Minister Klaudia Tanner handed over the Kreuzbau and infantry shooting simulator to the troops on Tuesday.

"It is my duty to provide the troops with the infrastructure that enables training and exercises within the scope of the existing possibilities. With the general refurbishment of the accommodation and the handover of the shooting simulator to the troops, the infrastructure at the Bruckneudorf military training area is on par with international standards," said the government member.

In the years 1980 to 1984, both the service building and the four distinctive cross structures in the Benedek barracks in Bruckneudorf were completely renovated. In almost 40 years of intensive use by practicing associations and various courses, it was necessary to adapt these objects to the contemporary requirements of the practicing troops. Beginning in 2008, one cross building after the other was completely renovated in individual construction phases. With the completion of object 109, all four cruciform buildings have now been completely renovated. It offers modern accommodation for 104 people in mostly three-bed rooms. The total cost of the renovation, which lasted about a year, amounted to 4,1 million euros.

The Small Arms Tactical Trainer serves as a training tool for learning, training and applying shooting and combat training in squads and groups (“conducting firefighting with infantry weapons”) and is one of the most modern of its kind in the world. With this system, “border -Situations" that are not possible in peacetime due to security regulations are trained and evaluated. After each scenario, the practicing soldiers receive qualitative feedback as well as an analysis of the course of the exercise, the effectiveness of hit performance and error correction to improve their training. With the Bruckneudorf location, five of these systems are now in use with the army, and two more are planned.