Austria Sends Old Helmets To Ukraine And Gives New Ones To Own Troops

Two military police officers with the new combat helmet in Austria's capital Vienna. Note: This photo is from a press release. (Armed Forces, Helmut Steger/Newsflash) Two military police officers with the new combat helmet in Austria's capital Vienna. Note: This photo is from a press release. (Armed Forces, Helmut Steger/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Armed Forces, Helmut Steger/Newsflash

03 March 2022
The Austrian defence ministry says it is buying new military helmets for its troops and sending the old ones to Ukraine. The far-right Freedom Party (FPOe) complained that Austrian soldiers would be left without helmets when they were requisitioned to be sent to Ukraine. However, the...