Nibelun degeneration
One of the goals of creating a NATO bloc in 1949 was to control Germany, while it was only Western. At the same time, the FRG turned out to be on a potential front line - on the main line of the expected strike by the troops of the Warsaw Pact. And the Bundeswehr became the main force of NATO in Europe.
To help him in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, powerful contingents of the armed forces of the United States, Great Britain, France, Canada, Holland, Belgium, deployed in two army groups of the army and two air armies were deployed.
After the reunification of Germany in 1990, the Bundeswehr achieved enormous combat power - 7000 tanks, 8900 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 4600 guns, mortars and MLRS, 1000 combat aircraft. Moreover, in German territory there were 5900 American tanks, 5700 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 2600 artillery systems, and more than 300 aircraft. Even up to 1500 tanks, the same number of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and at least 500 artillery systems had other NATO countries here.
But all this is in the past. GA and air armies disbanded. The French, the Dutch, the Belgians and the Canadians left Germany long ago. In the 2015, the British contingent was also almost completely gone.
An order of magnitude less
Bundeswehr ground forces include 3 divisions (two tank and one SBR), a number of other units and subunits. The 1-td (headquarters in Oldenburg) has 9 and 21-th tank, 41-th motorized infantry brigade. 10-th TD (Veitshehhaym) - 12-th tank, 23-th mining, 37-th motorized infantry brigade. The division of the SBR (Stadtallendorf) includes the 1-I airborne brigade, command of the MTR, 36-th regiment of combat helicopters, 10 and 30-th regiment of transport helicopters, as well as the 11-I airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands.
The tank fleet consists of 225 "Leopard-2" (205 A6, 20 A7). The number of Marder BMPs was reduced to 900, they should be replaced by the Puma BMP in the amount of approximately 400, now there are 56. The dominant class of armored vehicles in the German army are BTR and BA. Today it is 358 TpZ-1 Fuchs, 136 Boxer, 98 Wiesel, 75 BV206S, 220 Fenech.
Artillery includes the newest PzH81 2000, 122 120 self-propelled 54 mm Tampella mortars and 2 MLRS MLRS. Remain in service 109 old SAU M10 and 101 towed guns MXNUMX.
Military air defense systems include the 50 air defense system "Ocelot" (this is the 4 Stinger MANPADS on the chassis of the Wiesel machine) and the 826 "Stingers" in a portable version.
As part of the army aviation There are 47 UHT Tiger attack helicopters and up to 82 Vo-105, up to 144 multi-purpose UH-1Ds, 40 EU-135s, 42 latest NH-90s.
The Luftwaffe includes operational command and central control. Both are in Cologne. The operational command - 5 tactical and 3 transport aircraft wings, helicopter and air defense.
The basis of the combat power of the Luftwaffe are German-English-Spanish-Italian fighter-bombers "Typhoon". According to the initial plans of 1986, the German Air Force planned to acquire 250 machines, in 1998 the plan was reduced to 180, in 2003-m - to 143. Delivered 120 units. Remain in service with Tornado bombers 120. On the Büchel WWB, 20 of US B-61 nuclear bombs are placed, which in the event of war will be used by Luftwaffe aircraft.
Transport aircraft has 3 latest A400M, 2 A319, 2 A340, 6 A310 (including 4 tanker), 68 C-160, 4 «Global Express-5000», and helicopter 90 (87 CH-53G, 3 AS532). The Luftwaffe has no training aviation, pilots are trained in the USA.
Ground defense - 20 of the Patriot ZSR batteries (8 PU in each). There are also 2 backup and 2 training batteries of the same SAM.
Bundesmarine has less than 50 combat units. These are the 5 submarines of the 212 project (another 1 is under construction), which became the world's first submarines from the VNEU, 10 frigates (3 newest Sachsen, 4 modern Brandenburg, 3 old Bremen), 5 corvettes (Braunschweig). 15 minesweepers. In the sediment - 9 missile boats "Cheetah". Naval aviation has X-NUMX anti-submarine aircraft R-8 "Orion", 3 patrols Do-3, 228 helicopter (43 "Sea King", 21 "Super Links"). It is planned to purchase NH22 18 helicopters.
As has been said, over the past 20 years, the grouping of foreign troops in Germany has radically decreased. Now it includes the British 20 motorized infantry brigade and the remnants of the American contingent. The US 7 Field Army (headquarters in Wiesbaden) has 2 Cavalry (equivalent to the Stryker Brigade) and 7 Air Regiment, 12 Army Aviation, 18 Engine, 16 Software, 18- military police, 66 reconnaissance, 2 and 7 communications brigade. The 3 Brigade of the 4 Infantry Division, which landed in Germany at the end of last year, was stationed in Eastern Europe. The 3 Air Force is the US Air Force (Ramstein) - 52 (F-16 fighter) and 86 (C-130, C-20, C-21А, C-37А) aircraft wings.
Finished tolerance
On the whole, having decreased by two orders of magnitude in all classes of military equipment, the Bundeswehr remains one of the largest European armies, since the rest of the rest has shrunk almost the same. However, it is no longer the main striking force of NATO in Europe. Much of the Bundeswehr equipment is faulty and not operational.
It should be noted that the country that unleashed two world wars in the twentieth century, in which the rider and the Wehrmacht demonstrated the highest level of combat and moral and psychological training, is politically and psychologically at the forefront of European pacifism, tolerance and political correctness. In 2010, the Bundeswehr refused to be conscripted, primarily because more than half of the young Germans chose alternative service in hospitals and nursing homes. It made the call meaningless. The overwhelming majority of Germans are not ready to wage any war whatsoever, which contrasts sharply with the state of German society in the first half of the last century. Of course, we are the last ones who will be upset by this circumstance, but the German experience shows how you can radically change the people through total, many years of propaganda. For Germany, breaking national psychology is a deserved punishment. But for us, this is an example in the sense that one should not be allowed to do the same with oneself.
To help him in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, powerful contingents of the armed forces of the United States, Great Britain, France, Canada, Holland, Belgium, deployed in two army groups of the army and two air armies were deployed.
After the reunification of Germany in 1990, the Bundeswehr achieved enormous combat power - 7000 tanks, 8900 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 4600 guns, mortars and MLRS, 1000 combat aircraft. Moreover, in German territory there were 5900 American tanks, 5700 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, 2600 artillery systems, and more than 300 aircraft. Even up to 1500 tanks, the same number of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers, and at least 500 artillery systems had other NATO countries here.
But all this is in the past. GA and air armies disbanded. The French, the Dutch, the Belgians and the Canadians left Germany long ago. In the 2015, the British contingent was also almost completely gone.
An order of magnitude less
Bundeswehr ground forces include 3 divisions (two tank and one SBR), a number of other units and subunits. The 1-td (headquarters in Oldenburg) has 9 and 21-th tank, 41-th motorized infantry brigade. 10-th TD (Veitshehhaym) - 12-th tank, 23-th mining, 37-th motorized infantry brigade. The division of the SBR (Stadtallendorf) includes the 1-I airborne brigade, command of the MTR, 36-th regiment of combat helicopters, 10 and 30-th regiment of transport helicopters, as well as the 11-I airborne brigade of the Armed Forces of the Netherlands.
The tank fleet consists of 225 "Leopard-2" (205 A6, 20 A7). The number of Marder BMPs was reduced to 900, they should be replaced by the Puma BMP in the amount of approximately 400, now there are 56. The dominant class of armored vehicles in the German army are BTR and BA. Today it is 358 TpZ-1 Fuchs, 136 Boxer, 98 Wiesel, 75 BV206S, 220 Fenech.Artillery includes the newest PzH81 2000, 122 120 self-propelled 54 mm Tampella mortars and 2 MLRS MLRS. Remain in service 109 old SAU M10 and 101 towed guns MXNUMX.
Military air defense systems include the 50 air defense system "Ocelot" (this is the 4 Stinger MANPADS on the chassis of the Wiesel machine) and the 826 "Stingers" in a portable version.
As part of the army aviation There are 47 UHT Tiger attack helicopters and up to 82 Vo-105, up to 144 multi-purpose UH-1Ds, 40 EU-135s, 42 latest NH-90s.
The Luftwaffe includes operational command and central control. Both are in Cologne. The operational command - 5 tactical and 3 transport aircraft wings, helicopter and air defense.
The basis of the combat power of the Luftwaffe are German-English-Spanish-Italian fighter-bombers "Typhoon". According to the initial plans of 1986, the German Air Force planned to acquire 250 machines, in 1998 the plan was reduced to 180, in 2003-m - to 143. Delivered 120 units. Remain in service with Tornado bombers 120. On the Büchel WWB, 20 of US B-61 nuclear bombs are placed, which in the event of war will be used by Luftwaffe aircraft.
Transport aircraft has 3 latest A400M, 2 A319, 2 A340, 6 A310 (including 4 tanker), 68 C-160, 4 «Global Express-5000», and helicopter 90 (87 CH-53G, 3 AS532). The Luftwaffe has no training aviation, pilots are trained in the USA.
Ground defense - 20 of the Patriot ZSR batteries (8 PU in each). There are also 2 backup and 2 training batteries of the same SAM.
Bundesmarine has less than 50 combat units. These are the 5 submarines of the 212 project (another 1 is under construction), which became the world's first submarines from the VNEU, 10 frigates (3 newest Sachsen, 4 modern Brandenburg, 3 old Bremen), 5 corvettes (Braunschweig). 15 minesweepers. In the sediment - 9 missile boats "Cheetah". Naval aviation has X-NUMX anti-submarine aircraft R-8 "Orion", 3 patrols Do-3, 228 helicopter (43 "Sea King", 21 "Super Links"). It is planned to purchase NH22 18 helicopters.
As has been said, over the past 20 years, the grouping of foreign troops in Germany has radically decreased. Now it includes the British 20 motorized infantry brigade and the remnants of the American contingent. The US 7 Field Army (headquarters in Wiesbaden) has 2 Cavalry (equivalent to the Stryker Brigade) and 7 Air Regiment, 12 Army Aviation, 18 Engine, 16 Software, 18- military police, 66 reconnaissance, 2 and 7 communications brigade. The 3 Brigade of the 4 Infantry Division, which landed in Germany at the end of last year, was stationed in Eastern Europe. The 3 Air Force is the US Air Force (Ramstein) - 52 (F-16 fighter) and 86 (C-130, C-20, C-21А, C-37А) aircraft wings.
Finished tolerance
On the whole, having decreased by two orders of magnitude in all classes of military equipment, the Bundeswehr remains one of the largest European armies, since the rest of the rest has shrunk almost the same. However, it is no longer the main striking force of NATO in Europe. Much of the Bundeswehr equipment is faulty and not operational.It should be noted that the country that unleashed two world wars in the twentieth century, in which the rider and the Wehrmacht demonstrated the highest level of combat and moral and psychological training, is politically and psychologically at the forefront of European pacifism, tolerance and political correctness. In 2010, the Bundeswehr refused to be conscripted, primarily because more than half of the young Germans chose alternative service in hospitals and nursing homes. It made the call meaningless. The overwhelming majority of Germans are not ready to wage any war whatsoever, which contrasts sharply with the state of German society in the first half of the last century. Of course, we are the last ones who will be upset by this circumstance, but the German experience shows how you can radically change the people through total, many years of propaganda. For Germany, breaking national psychology is a deserved punishment. But for us, this is an example in the sense that one should not be allowed to do the same with oneself.
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