East German Army (postwar)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/East_German_Army_(postwar)
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Border_Troops
gptkb:Air_Forces
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Minister_of_National_Defense
gptkbp:conscription yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:established 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label East German Army (postwar)
gptkbp:integratesWith gptkb:Bundeswehr_(after_1990)
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:militaryDoctrine gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_doctrine
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkbp:notableEvent involved in suppression of 1953 uprising (predecessor units)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Feliks_Dzerzhinsky_Guards_Regiment
gptkb:Special_Operations_Forces
gptkb:1st_Motor_Rifle_Division
gptkb:40th_Airborne_Battalion
gptkb:8th_Motor_Rifle_Division
gptkb:9th_Panzer_Division
gptkb:Artillery_Troops
gptkb:Chemical_Defense_Troops
gptkb:Engineer_Troops
gptkb:Logistics_Troops
gptkb:Medical_Troops
gptkb:Military_Intelligence_(Militärnachrichtendienst)
gptkb:Signal_Troops
gptkb:Paratrooper_Battalion
Air Forces (Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung)
Border Troops (Grenztruppen)
Military Police (Feldjäger)
Naval Forces (Volksmarine)
Reconnaissance Troops
gptkbp:notAttendedBy foreign wars
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:Warsaw_Pact_military_exercises
gptkbp:primaryEquipmentSource gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:primaryMission defense of East Germany
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:size approximately 170,000 personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor Bundeswehr (in unified Germany)
gptkbp:trainer modeled after Soviet military
gptkbp:uniformStyle Soviet-style
gptkbp:womenInService limited roles
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Panzerfaust
gptkb:MG42_machine_gun
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7