Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte

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army branch ground forces military organization

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.

Aliases (1)

Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee ×1

Statements (48)

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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nationale Volksarmee Landstreitkräfte ("Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee") →	alsoKnownAs
Heer →	followedBy