!!!Kobra Kobra, common term, originating from the coat of arms, for the counter-terrorism unit, which was established as a Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando (GEK, task force of the gendarmerie) in 1978. It comprises about 120 men and performs special security services all over Austria, e.g. stopping dangerous attacks, precautionary protection in case of imminent danger and security service on board of Austrian passenger planes. !Literature Bundesministerium fuer Inneres, Das Gendarmerieeinsatzkommando, 1992. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Kobra|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]