Bundeswehr (West Germany)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Bundeswehr_(West_Germany)
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Heer_(Army)
gptkb:Luftwaffe_(Air_Force)
gptkb:Marine_(Navy)
Streitkräftebasis (Joint Support Service)
Zentraler Sanitätsdienst (Joint Medical Service)
gptkbp:budget varied, up to 3% of GDP during Cold War
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:President_of_West_Germany
gptkbp:conscription yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:established 1955
gptkbp:first_inspector_general gptkb:Adolf_Heusinger
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Bonn
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bundeswehr (West Germany)
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:National_People's_Army_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:motto Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Ulrich_de_Maizière
gptkb:Hans-Jürgen_Wischnewski
gptkbp:notableEvent integration of former Wehrmacht officers
reunification with East German forces in 1990
gptkbp:notableExercise gptkb:NATO_REFORGER
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Cologne
gptkb:Hamburg
gptkb:Munich
gptkbp:notableOperation Cold War defense
gptkbp:notableReform Innere Führung (leadership concept)
gptkbp:parliamentary_oversight gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:peak_personnel about 495,000
gptkbp:responsibleFor gptkb:Federal_Minister_of_Defence
gptkbp:role NATO operations
defense of West Germany
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Iron_Cross
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:Flecktarn_camouflage
gptkbp:weapon gptkb:F-104_Starfighter
gptkb:Leopard_1_tank
gptkb:Marder_IFV
gptkb:G3_rifle
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Army_(WWII)
gptkb:Wehrmacht_(1935–1945)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7