Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte

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The Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte were the ground forces branch of East Germany’s National People’s Army, responsible for the country’s land-based military operations during the Cold War.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf army branch
ground forces
military organization
alliance Warsaw Pact
alsoKnownAs Land Forces of the National People’s Army
Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee
conflict Cold War
country German Democratic Republic
dissolvedFollowing German reunification
doctrine Soviet military doctrine
endTime 1990
equipmentSupplier Soviet Union
other Warsaw Pact states
garrisonLocation East Berlin
hadBranch air defense troops
artillery troops
chemical defense troops
engineer troops
logistics units
motorized rifle troops
reconnaissance troops
signal troops
tank troops
headquartersLocation East Berlin
ideology Marxism–Leninism
socialism
mainTask defense of the GDR’s borders on land
support of Warsaw Pact operations in Central Europe
militaryBranch ground forces
nativeNameLanguage de
operatedIn territory of the German Democratic Republic
partOf Nationale Volksarmee
armed forces of the German Democratic Republic
precededBy Kasernierte Volkspolizei
primaryOpponents Bundeswehr Heer
NATO land forces
role land warfare
territorial defense
standardLanguageOfCommand German
startTime 1956
subordinateTo Ministerium für Nationale Verteidigung der DDR
Oberkommando der Nationalen Volksarmee
trainingDoctrineInfluencedBy Soviet Army
usedEquipmentType air defense systems
armored personnel carriers
artillery
small arms
tanks

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Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee")
alsoKnownAs
Heer
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