Nationale Volksarmee

GPTKB entity

Statements (55)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military organization
gptkbp:aircraft air defense units
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkb:Warsaw_Pact
with_Warsaw_Pact_countries
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Medal_of_the_National_People's_Army
Honorary_title_of_the_National_People's_Army
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Generaloberst_Heinz_Hoffmann
gptkbp:country gptkb:East_Germany
gptkbp:disbanded after_German_reunification
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:doctrine defensive strategy
gptkbp:electronic_warfare annual events
supply chain management
Cold War era
socialist values
Soviet_equipment
impact_on_German_military_history
Stasi_collaboration
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:T-55_tank
BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle
MiG-21 fighter aircraft
gptkbp:established 1956
gptkbp:flag gptkb:flag_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Potsdam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Nationale Volksarmee
gptkbp:language German
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Ministerium_für_Nationale_Verteidigung
gptkbp:militaryRank General
Lieutenant
Private
border security
Sergeant
advanced training
defensive maneuvers
approximately 175,000
Corporal
basic training
Feldjäger
joint_operations_with_Soviet_forces
gptkbp:motto Für Frieden und Sozialismus
gptkbp:navalFleet coastal defense
gptkbp:participatesIn Warsaw_Pact_exercises
gptkbp:recruitment mandatory conscription
gptkbp:reform post-reunification changes
gptkbp:relationship gptkb:East_German_government
gptkbp:role defense_of_East_Germany
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:tactics combined arms operations
gptkbp:team allowed in non-combat roles
gptkbp:training military academies
gptkbp:type navy
air force
ground forces
gptkbp:uniform green and grey