The German Army (German: Heer, 'army') is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine (German Navy) and the Luftwaffe (German Air Force).

2025年1月8日 · Detailing the current military strength of Germany including air force, army, navy, financials and manpower.

The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, German Navy, German Air Force, Joint Support Service, Joint Medical Service, and Cyber and Information Domain Service.

Since the end of the Cold War, the demands on German security and defence policy have fundamentally changed. The Bundeswehr is a unique large-scale organisation. It has more than 260,000 personnel, including women and men in uniform as well as civilian staff.

This page contains a list of equipment currently in service with the German Army. The KM 2000 from Eickhorn is the Bundeswehr's standard combat knife. [1] The GAK 4 pocket knife from Victorinox replaced the old GAK 1 from the Bundeswehr in 2009. [2] Current standard service pistol of the Bundeswehr.

2024年12月19日 · Germany’s military will get more than 20 billion euros ($20.7 billion) worth of new defense equipment, including four submarines, under a record package approved by the parliamentary budget committee Wednesday.

The German Army is the core of the land forces and the carrier of land operations for national and collective defence operations.

The German Armed Forces, known as the Bundeswehr, comprise the Army (Heer), Navy (Marine), Air Force (Luftwaffe), Joint Support Service, Joint Medical Service, and Cyber and Information Domain Service.

The WARPOWER series of sites take a unique, 'by-the-numbers', quick-reference approach to the current (2025) military capabilities of Germany, a Top 20 fighting force. Germany remains at the center of European policy and supplies it considerable industrial …

From 1958 to 1972, the West German army grew in strength from 249,000 to 493,000 troops. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, the number of troops hovered around 480,000. When the Bundeswehr...