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The National People’s Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee) served as the military of the German Democratic Republic. Image File history File links Flag_of_NVA_(East_Germany). ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_NVA_(East_Germany). ... “East Germany” redirects here. ...

History

The formation of the National People’s Army on March 1, 1956 (shortly after the formation of the West German Bundeswehr), was the final realization of an idea which had begun with the proclamation of the development of national armed forces, in which the foundation and military structure was formed. This structure was formed within the larger framework of the Warsaw Pact, and with the guidance of the Soviet Union. Many former members of the Wehrmacht who had been imprisoned by the Soviets formed the basis of the nascent NVA. By the middle of 1956, around 27 percent of the members of the officer corps of the NVA were former members of the Wehrmacht. Of the 82 highest command positions in the military, 61 were held by former members of the Wehrmacht. The military knowledge and experience of the veteran officers who had previously been in combat was indispensable at the beginning of the NVA. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1026 × 1324 pixel, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Uploaded to de. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1026 × 1324 pixel, file size: 114 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Uploaded to de. ... is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defence Force;  ) is the name of the unified armed forces of Germany. ... Not to be confused with the Warsaw Convention, which is an agreement about airlines financial liability and the Treaty of Warsaw (1970) between West Germany and the Peoples Republic of Poland. ... Wehrmacht   (armed forces, literally defence force(s)) was the name of the armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...

Until 1962 the NVA was an all-volunteer army. After the introduction of conscription, the troop strength of the NVA lay at around 170,000 troops.

The SED had made sure to secure a special role for the party in the structure of the army. With few exceptions, the officers and officer candidates were members of the SED. Even amongst the NCOs there was a higher fraction of party members. The party emblem represented the handshake between Communist Wilhelm Pieck and Social Democrat Otto Grotewohl when their parties merged in 1946 The Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED) (German: Sozialistische Einheitspartei Deutschlands) was the governing party of East Germany from its formation in 1949 until the elections of 1990. ... A noncommissioned officer (sometimes non-commissioned officer), also known as an NCO or Noncom, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has been given authority by a commissioned officer. ...

The NVA described itself as the instrument of power of the working class, serving to protect and secure the achievements of socialism from outside aggression. It therefore acted for the defense of the German Democratic Republic, and of the Warsaw Pact as a whole, against expected imperialist aggression. Many of the members of the army were of the opinion that their service was useful to the country, and that they were contributing to the protection of world peace.

A stamp celebrating 25 years of the NVA

The NVA never took part in full scale combat, although the NVA participated in a support role in the suppression of the Prague Spring of 1968. It was initially planned to use the 7. Panzerdivision and the 11. Motorisierte Schützdivision in the intervention. Because of the fear of international reaction to the deployment of German troops outside Germany for the first time since the Second World War, these divisions were never deployed. They instead rendered logistical help during the advance, and stood at the border ready to intervene in the event that the Soviet Army could not quell the uprising. In the fall of 1981, the NVA stood ready to intervene in Poland on the side of the Soviet Army, but it was not called in. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2131x1304, 406 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2131x1304, 406 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... People in a café watch Soviet tanks roll past The Prague Spring (Czech: Pražské jaro, Slovak: Pražská jar, Russian: пражская весна) was a period of political liberalization in Czechoslovakia starting January 5, 1968 when Alexander Dubček came to power, and running until August 20 of that year when the... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ...

The NVA was in a state of heightened combat readiness on several other occasions, such as in 1961 during the construction of the Berlin Wall, in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, in 1968 during the intervention by the Warsaw Pact in Czechoslovakia, and for the last time in the fall of 1989. East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, November 20, 1961. ... President Kennedy in a crowded Cabinet Room during the Cuban Missile Crisis. ...

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Late NVA bread bag

The NVA was disbanded in 1990, and its facilities and equipment were given over to the Bundeswehr. Most facilities were closed, and equipment was either sold or given to other countries. Most of the officers and NCOs were let go, with only 3,200 of this 36,000 strong group being retained in the Bundeswehr, with most of these being demoted by one rank. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1628x1232, 738 KB) // Beschreibung Autor Ralf Roletschek (User:Marcela) Datum 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1628x1232, 738 KB) // Beschreibung Autor Ralf Roletschek (User:Marcela) Datum 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 394 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1181 × 1794 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 394 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1181 × 1794 pixel, file size: 1. ... The Bundeswehr (German for Federal Defence Force;  ) is the name of the unified armed forces of Germany. ...

Until March 1, 2005, time served in the NVA was listed as time “served in a foreign military”. Henceforth, it is to be known as “served outside of the Bundeswehr”. is the 60th day of the year (61st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Utilization of former NVA material after 1991

The emblem of the GDR's armed forces - used for army vehicles

The NVA was, in relation to its equipment and training, one of the strongest armies in the Warsaw Pact. It was outfitted with a large number of modern weapons systems, most of Soviet origin, from which a small portion were given back to the Soviet Union in 1990. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Disambiguation Page Global Depositary Receipt East Germany ...

The remaining equipment and materials was very substantial. Large quantites of replacement parts, medical supplies, atomic, biological and chemical warfare equipment, training devices and simulators, etc. had to be disposed of. For the Xzibit album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). ...

One of the first measures taken after reunification was a survey and securing of weapons and devices by former members of the NVA. The federally operated Material Depot Service Gesellschaft (MDSG) was charged with taking custody of and warehousing this equipment. The MDSG employed 1,820 people who were primarily taken from the Bundeswehr. The MDSG was privatised in 1994. Unless the defense material was given free of charge to beneficiaries in the new federal states or other departments, to museums, or to friendly nations in the context of aid supplies in third world nations, it was destroyed. German reunification (German: ) took place on October 3, 1990, when the areas of the former German Democratic Republic (GDR, in English commonly called East Germany) were incorporated into the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, in English commonly called West Germany). The start of this reunification process is commonly referred to...

Left behind were:

• 767 aircraft (helicopters, fixed wing aircraft), 24 of which were MiG-29s
• 208 ships
• 2,761 tanks
• 133,900 wheeled vehicles
• 2,199 artillery pieces
• 1,376,650 firearms
• 303,690 tons of ammunition
• 14,335 tons of fuel and cleaning materials

The sale of BTR-60s to Turkey at the beginning of the 1990s (with the stipulation that they not be used in internal conflicts, especially against the Kurds), made headlines. It was later proven by German journalists that these former NVA vehicles were, and still are, being used in regions with Kurdish populations, in violation of this stipulation. The Mikoyan MiG-29 (NATO reporting name Fulcrum) is a Russian fighter aircraft used in the air superiority role. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ...

Recruitment and conscientious objection

Before the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, military service in the GDR was voluntary, though the Free German Youth and public schools mounted intensive recruitment drives and service in the NVA was often a prerequisite for career advancement. Compulsory service had been introduced earlier in West Germany (1956)—one year after the Federal Armed Forces were established—but the GDR held back from this step until 1962. The reason was partly that the authorities feared that conscription would swell the ranks of GDR citizens fleeing to the West. The situation changed when the border was sealed in August 1961, and five months later the government announced a mandatory service term of 18 months for men. The Free German Youth (Freie Deutsche Jugend or FDJ) was the official youth movement of the government of the German Democratic Republic. ...

Another GDR stamp celebrating 25 years of the NVA

There was, at first, no alternative service for conscientious objectors. This changed in 1964 when, under pressure from the national Protestant church, the GDR's National Defense Council authorized the formation of Baueinheiten (construction units) for men of draft age who "refuse military service with weapons on the grounds of religious viewpoints or for similar reasons". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2144x1289, 398 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2144x1289, 398 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Shoulder board of East German soldier Construction Unit (Bausoldat) There was a high level of conscientious objection in East Germany. ...

The construction soldiers wore uniforms and lived in barracks under military discipline, but were not required to bear arms and received no combat training. In theory, they were to be used only for civilian construction projects. The GDR therefore became the only socialist state in history to provide a non-combat alternative for conscientious objectors. However, the government took care to segregate the construction units from regular conscripts; fearing that other soldiers would be contaminated by pacifist ideas. Moreover, conscripts who chose the alternative service option often faced discrimination later in life, including denial of opportunities for higher education. Education in East Germany was a high priority for the communist government, and was compulsory from age six to age sixteen. ...

Organization

The NVA was comprised of four main branches:

• The Landstreitkräfte (Ground Forces) with a strength of 120,000.
• The Volksmarine (People's Navy) with a strength of 16,300.
• The Luftstreitkräfte/Luftverteidigung (Air Forces/Air Defence) with a strength of 39,000.
• The Grenztruppen der DDR (Border troops of the GDR), consisting of 50,000 border guards.

In wartime, mobilization of the NVA's reserves would have nearly doubled its strength. GDR authorities also had at their disposal the internal security troops of the Ministry of the Interior (who controlled the Volkspolizei) and the Ministry for State Security, and 210,000 members of the party's auxiliary "Combat Groups of the Working Class" (Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse), who were available in times of war. The German Navy has had several names depending on the political structure of Germany at the time: Deutsche Marine (German Navy) (1848)-(1852) Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (Northern German Federal Navy) (1866-1871) Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) (1872-1918) Vorläufige Reichsmarine (1919-1921) Reichsmarine (State Navy) (1921-1935) Kriegsmarine (War Navy... MIG-21PFM with marking of the NVA Die Luftstreitkräfte der NVA, was the Air Force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... Grenztruppen der DDR (1961-90) was the East German frontier troops during the time of the hottest communism. ... BMI in Berlin The Federal Ministry of the Interior (in German, Bundesministerium des Innern) is a ministry of the German federal government. ... The Volkspolizei (German for Peoples Police) was the national police of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), whose officers were commonly nicknamed VoPos. ... Logo of East Germanys Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (MfS or Stasi) / Ministry for State Security This article is about Stasi, the secret police of East Germany. ... Emblem of the Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA) was a paramilitary organisation in East Germany, founded in 1953 and abolished in 1990. ...

The highest level of leadership for the NVA was the Ministry for National Defense (Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung) headquartered in Strausberg near East Berlin. NVA administration was divided into the following commands: Strausberg is a city in Brandenburg, Germany. ... East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...

• the Kommando Landstreitkräfte (KdoLaSK) based in Geltow near Potsdam.
• the Kommando Luftstreitkräfte und Luftverteidigungskräfte (KdoLSK/LV) based in Strausberg.
• the Kommando Volksmarine (KdoVM) based in Rostock.
• the Kommando der Grenztruppen (KdoGT) based in Pätz near Berlin.

Potsdam is the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg in Germany. ... Strausberg is a city in Brandenburg, Germany. ... Motto: Within your walls be concordance and public welfare Rostock (pronounced // from Polabian Roz toc, literally to flow apart) is the largest city in the north German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ...

Landstreitkräfte (Ground Force) formations circa 1989

TRANSLATION:

Motorisierte-Schützen-Division - motorised/mechanized infantry division

Panzerdivision - tank division

Artillerieregiment - artilleryregiment

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie - rocket/artillery control battery

Fla-Raketen Regiment - AA-missile regiment

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr - aa-missile control battery

Raketenabteilung - rocket detachment

Schwere Werferabteilung - heavy mortar detachment

Panzerjägerabteilung - light AT-detachment

Aufklärungsbatallion - reconnaissance battalion

Pionierbatallion - engineer battalion

Nachrichtenbatallion - signal battalion

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung - material security battalion

Instandsetzungsbatallion - repair battalion

Battalion Chemische Abwehr - chemical-defence battalion

Sanitätsbatallion - medical battalion

Ersatzregiment - replacement regiment

Military District North (headquarter in Neubrandenburg)

1. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division - Potsdam

Order of battle 1980-90:

Mot.-Schützenregiment 1 Hans Beimler

Mot.-Schützenregiment 2 Arthur Ladwig

Mot.-Schützenregiment 3 Paul Hegenbarth

Panzerregiment 1 Friedrich Wolf

Artillerieregiment 1 Rudolf Gypner

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 1

Fla-Raketen Regiment 1 Anton Fischer

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 1

Raketenabteilung 1 Rudi Arndt

Schwere Werferabteilung 1 Hermann Rentzsch

Aufklärungsbatallion 1 Dr. Richard Sorge

Pionierbatallion 1 Willi Becker

Panzerjägerabteilung 1

Nachrichtenbatallion 1 Bodo Uhse

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 1 Georg Handke

Instandsetzungsbatallion 1 Otto Schliwinski

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 1 Herbert Kittelmann

Sanitätsbatallion 1

Ersatzregiment 1

8. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division - Schwerin

Order of battle 1980-90:

Mot.-Schützenregiment 27 Hans Kahle

Mot.-Schützenregiment 28 Wilhelm Florin

Mot.-Schützenregiment 29 Ernst Moritz Arndt

Panzerregiment 8 Arthur Becker

Artillerieregiment 8 Erich Mühsam

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 8

Fla-Raketen Regiment 8 Willi Schröder

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 8

Raketenabteilung 8 Hermann Schuldt

Schwere Werferabteilung 8 Mathias Thesen

Aufklärungsbatallion 8 Otto Moritz

Pionierbatallion 8 Tudor Vladimirescu

Panzerjägerabteilung 8 Heinrich Dollwetzel

Nachrichtenbatallion 8 Kurt Bürger

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 8 Herbert Tschäpe

Instandsetzungsbatallion 8 Wilhelm Pieck

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 8 Erich Correns

Sanitätsbatallion 8 Hans Rodenberg

Ersatzregiment 8

9. Panzerdivision - Eggesin

Order of battle 1980-90:

Panzerregiment 21 Walter Empacher

Panzerregiment 22 Soja Kosmodemjanskaja

Panzerregiment 23 Julian Marchlewski

Mot.-Schützenregiment 9 Rudolf Renner

Artillerieregiment 9 Hans Fischer

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 9

Fla-Raketen Regiment 9 Rudolf Dölling

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 9

Raketenabteilung 9 Otto Nuschk

Schwere Werferabteilung 9 Friedrich Ebert

Aufklärungsbatallion 9 Eduard Claudius

Pionierbatallion 9

Nachrichtenbatallion 9 Adolf Bytzeck

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 9 Robert Stamm

Instandsetzungsbatallion 9 Paul Dessau

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 9 Michael Niederkirchner

Sanitätsbatallion 9 Wolfgang Langhoff

Ersatzregiment 9

Military District South (headquarter in Leipzig)

4. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division - Erfurt

Order of battle 1980-90:

Mot.-Schützenregiment 22 Thomas Müntzer

Mot.-Schützenregiment 23 Anton Saefkow

Mot.-Schützenregiment 24 John Scheer

Panzerregiment 4 August Bebel

Artillerieregiment 4 Willi Bredel

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 4

Fla-Raketen Regiment 4 Hermann Danz

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 4

Raketenabteilung 4

Schwere Werferabteilung 4

Aufklärungsbatallion 4 Wilhelm Girnius

Pionierbatallion 4 Walter Kaiser-Gorrish

Panzerjägerabteilung 4 Franz Jacob

Nachrichtenbatallion 4

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 4

Instandsetzungsbatallion 4

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 4

Sanitätsbatallion 4

Ersatzregiment 4

11. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division - Halle

Order of battle 1980-90:

Mot.-Schützenregiment 16 Robert Uhrig

Mot.-Schützenregiment 17 Fritz Weineck

Mot.-Schützenregiment 18 Otto Schlag

Panzerregiment 11 Otto Buchwitz

Artillerieregiment 11 Wilhelm Koenen

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 11

Fla-Raketen Regiment 11 Georg Stöber

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 11

Raketenabteilung 11 Magnus Poser

Schwere Werferabteilung 11

Aufklärungsbatallion 11 Heinrich Brandes

Pionierbatallion 11 Willi Gall

Panzerjägerabteilung 11 Hermann Vogt

Nachrichtenbatallion 11 Otto Brosowski

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 11 Bernhard Koenen

Instandsetzungsbatallion 11

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 11 Erwin Hörnle

Sanitätsbatallion 11

Ersatzregiment 11

7. Panzerdivision - Dresden

Order of battle 1980-90:

Panzerregiment 14 Karol Swierczewski

Panzerregiment 15 Paul Hornick

Panzerregiment 16 Leo Jogiches

Mot.-Schützenregiment 7 Max Roscher

Artillerieregiment 7 Albert Hößler

Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 7

Fla-Raketen Regiment 7 Paul Rockstroh

Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 7

Raketenabteilung 7 Alfred Kurella

Schwere Werferabteilung 7 Ernst Schneller

Aufklärungsbatallion 7 Ludvik Svoboda

Pionierbatallion 7 Arthur Thiermann

Nachrichtenbatallion 7 Egon Dreger

Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 7 Kurt Schlosser

Instandsetzungsbatallion 7 Gustav Schneider

Battalion Chemische Abwehr 7 Johann Eggert

Sanitätsbatallion 7

Ersatzregiment 7

Under the Kommando Landstreitkräfte obeyed some special trained units - like the 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger 40. ...

The structure and equipment was mostly of Soviet design, and the NVA operated in close collaboration with the Soviet armed forces. For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ...

Uniforms

Rank Insignia

Generals of the NVA
Marshal of the GDR	General of the Army	Colonel General	Lieutenant General	Major General

Officer Corps of the NVA
Colonel/Group	Lieutenant Colonel/Wing	Major	Captain	First Lieutenant/Flying Officer	Lieutenant	Sub-Lieutenant

Non Commissioned Officers of the NVA
Staff Sergeant/Flight Sergeant	Sergeant 1st Class	Sergeant	Sub-Sergeant	Non-commissioned Officer

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See also

MIG-21PFM with marking of the NVA Die Luftstreitkräfte der NVA, was the Air Force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... Shoulder board of East German soldier Construction Unit (Bausoldat) There was a high level of conscientious objection in East Germany. ... Emblem of the Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse The Combat Groups of the Working Class (German: Kampfgruppen der Arbeiterklasse, KdA) was a paramilitary organisation in East Germany, founded in 1953 and abolished in 1990. ... The Felix Dzerzhinsky Watch Regiment was the uniformed branch of the East German Stasi tasked with the protection of the government and SED buildings and personnel plus general security in East Berlin as the NVA was prohibited from being in Berlin by several treaties. ... Medal of Merit of the National Peoples Army - Gold The Medal of Merit of the National Peoples Army (German: Verdienstmedaille der Nationalen Volksarmee) was a medal issued in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). ... The German Navy has had several names depending on the political structure of Germany at the time: Deutsche Marine (German Navy) (1848)-(1852) Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (Northern German Federal Navy) (1866-1871) Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) (1872-1918) Vorläufige Reichsmarine (1919-1921) Reichsmarine (State Navy) (1921-1935) Kriegsmarine (War Navy...

External links

• AHF - Nationale Volksarmee (NVA)
• kamouflage.net > Europe > Germany, Democratic Republic of