National People's Army

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NVA
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
gptkbp:basisFor gptkb:Strausberg
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Navy
gptkb:Air_Forces
gptkb:Land_Forces
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Chairman_of_the_National_Defense_Council_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:German_reunification
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:MiG-21
gptkb:AK-47
BMP-1
T-72 tank
Soviet-designed weapons
gptkbp:founded 1956
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:East_Berlin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National People's Army
gptkbp:integration Bundeswehr (partially)
gptkbp:main_adversary gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:mainVessel Tarantul-class corvette
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Für_den_Schutz_der_Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Nationale_Volksarmee
gptkbp:notable_dissolution_event gptkb:NVA_Day,_2_October_1990
gptkbp:notable_parade gptkb:East_German_Republic_Day_military_parade
gptkbp:notable_training_facility gptkb:Fliegertechnische_Schule_Kamenz
gptkb:Marineoffiziersschule_Stralsund
gptkb:Offiziershochschule_der_Landstreitkräfte
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Haus_der_NVA,_Strausberg
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkb:Heinz_Keßler
gptkbp:notableEvent did not participate in foreign wars
involved in suppression of 1953 uprising (predecessor force)
involved in border security
participated in Warsaw Pact military exercises
gptkbp:notableInstitution Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden (holds NVA artifacts)
gptkbp:notablePublication gptkb:Volksarmee_(magazine)
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Friedrich_Engels_Guard_Regiment
Feliks Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment (Stasi, but closely linked)
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Ministry_of_National_Defence_(East_Germany)
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Kasernierte_Volkspolizei
gptkbp:size about 170,000 personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:symbol NVA emblem
gptkbp:uniform stone gray
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:German_Democratic_Republic
gptkb:Socialist_Unity_Party_of_Germany
gptkb:NPA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5