West German Army (postwar)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/West_German_Army_(postwar)
GPTKB entity
Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:commanderInChief gptkb:Federal_Minister_of_Defence
gptkbp:conscription yes
gptkbp:country gptkb:West_Germany
gptkbp:dissolved 1990
gptkbp:equipment gptkb:MG3_machine_gun
gptkb:Leopard_1_tank
gptkb:Leopard_2_tank
gptkb:Marder_IFV
gptkb:G3_rifle
gptkb:Fuchs_APC
M109 howitzer
LARS rocket system
gptkbp:established 1955
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Bonn
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Cologne
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West German Army (postwar)
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:German
gptkbp:motto Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Hans_Speidel
gptkb:Jürgen_Brandt
gptkb:Johann_Adolf_Graf_von_Kielmansegg
Wolf Graf von Baudissin
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:German_reunification
German rearmament
integration into NATO
gptkbp:notableOperation NATO exercises
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Panzerlehrbrigade_9
gptkb:10th_Panzer_Division
gptkb:1st_Panzer_Division
Bundeswehr Command and Staff College
Fernspähtruppe (Long Range Reconnaissance)
Heeresfliegertruppe (Army Aviation Corps)
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Heer
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Federal_Ministry_of_Defence_(Germany)
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkbp:primaryMission support NATO operations
defense of West Germany
gptkbp:primaryUniform gptkb:Flecktarn_camouflage
gptkbp:role land warfare
gptkbp:size up to 495,000 personnel (1980s)
gptkbp:successor German Army (post-reunification)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:MG42_machine_gun
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7