The Land Forces of the National People's Army ( – LaSK) was the ground-based

military branch Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state. Types of branches Unified armed forces The Canadian Armed Forces is the unifie ...

of the

German Democratic Republic East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...

(GDR)

National People's Army The National People's Army (, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (DDR) from 1956 until 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) and the (Bord ...

(NPA). The Land Forces Command, located at Geltow, was established on 1 December 1972 as a management body created for the land forces. The NPA itself was created on March 1, 1956, from the (Barracked People's Police).

Organisation

The LaSK had a peacetime organisation since 1972 under the command of the . Its largest formations between 1956 and 1990 were the Military Districts III and V, which generally consisted of three active divisions each, plus training, combat support and logistic units. The 1st Motor Rifle Division was additionally attached to the Military District V, but was designated to leave that formation in wartime to play a key role in the assault on West Berlin. The 6th Motor Rifle Division existed only for two years (1956–1958) as an active formation. While the two districts held the bulk of the GDR's land forces, additional artillery- and support elements, as well as the paratroopers of the 40th Paratrooper Battalion (upgraded to the 40th Air Assault Regiment in 1986) were under direct command of the . In wartime both military districts would form field armies: the 3rd Army in the south, reinforced by the GDR 6th, 10th, and 17th reserve divisions, and the 5th Army in the north, reinforced by the Soviet 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division and the 138th and 221st Separate Tank Regiments from the GSFG. Both armies would have been commanded by the Soviet high-command, while the was to focus on the military supply chain, medical services, internal security and assist in the capture of West Berlin.

Order of battle (1980s)

Military District V

The headquarters of Military District V in the north was in

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (, Low German ''Niegenbramborg'', both lit. ''New Brandenburg an der Havel, Brandenburg'') is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban c ...

. 1st Motor Rifle Division (

Potsdam Potsdam () is the capital and largest city of the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Brandenburg. It is part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. Potsdam sits on the Havel, River Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, downstream of B ...

) *1st Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Hans Beimler"'' *2nd Motor Rifle Regiment ''""'' *3rd Motor Rifle Regiment ''""'' *1st ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Friedrich Wolf"'' *1st Artillery Regiment ''""'' *1st AA-Missile Regiment ''"Anton Fischer"'' *1st Rocket Detachment ''""'' *1st Heavy Mortar Detachment ''" Hermann Rentzsch"'' *1st Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Dr.

Richard Sorge Richard Gustavovich Sorge (; 4 October 1895 – 7 November 1944) was a German-Russian journalist and GRU (Soviet Union), Soviet military intelligence officer who was active before and during World War II and worked undercover as a German journa ...

"'' *1st Engineer Battalion ''"Willi Becker"'' *1st Light AT Detachment ''" Willy Sägebrecht"'' *1st Signal Battalion ''"

Bodo Uhse Bodo Uhse (12 March 1904 – 2 July 1963) was a German writer, journalist and political activist. He was recognised as one of the most prominent authors in East Germany. Early years Uhse came from a Prussian Junker family with a long tradition ...

"'' *1st Logistical Security Battalion ''" Georg Handke"'' *1st Repair Battalion ''"Otto Schliwinski"'' *1st Chemical Defence Battalion ''""'' *1st Medical Battalion *1st Replacement Regiment 8th Motor Rifle Division (

Schwerin Schwerin (; Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch dialect, Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch Low German: ''Swerin''; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Zwierzyn''; Latin: ''Suerina'', ''Suerinum'') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Germ ...

) *27th Motor Rifle Regiment ''"

Hans Kahle Hans Kahle (22 April 1899 – 1 September 1947) was a German journalist, communist, and head of the Volkspolizei in Mecklenburg.Militaer Wochenblatt Education and career Kahle was born in Berlin-Charlottenburg, the son of a senior official. He ...

"'' *28th Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Wilhelm Florin"'' *29th Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Ernst Moritz Arndt"'' *8th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Artur Becker"'' *8th Artillery Regiment ''"

Erich Mühsam Erich Mühsam (6 April 1878 – 10 July 1934) was a German Antimilitarism, antimilitarist anarchism, anarchist essayist, poet and playwright. He emerged at the end of World War I as one of the leading agitators for a Federalism, federated Bavari ...

"'' *8th AA-Missile Regiment ''""'' *8th Rocket Detachment ''""'' *8th Heavy Mortar Detachment ''""'' *8th Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Otto Moritz"'' *8th Engineer Battalion ''"

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"'' *8th Light AT Detachment ''" Heinrich Dollwetzel"'' *8th Signal Battalion ''" Kurt Bürger"'' *8th Logistical Security Battalion ''""'' *8th Repair Battalion ''"

Wilhelm Pieck Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (; 3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the Leadership of East Germany, chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as the only president of the Ger ...

"'' *8th Chemical Defence Battalion ''" Erich Correns"'' *8th Medical Battalion ''""'' *8th Replacement Regiment 9th ''Panzer'' Division ( Eggesin) *21st ''Panzer'' Regiment ''""'' *22nd ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Soja Kosmodemjanskaja"'' *23rd ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Julian Marchlewski"'' *9th Motor Rifle Regiment ''""'' *9th Artillery Regiment ''"Hans Fischer"'' *9th AA-Missile Regiment ''" Rudolf Dölling"'' *9th Rocket Detachment ''" Otto Nuschk"'' *9th Heavy Mortar Detachment ''"

Friedrich Ebert Friedrich Ebert (; 4 February 187128 February 1925) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who served as the first President of Germany (1919–1945), president of Germany from 1919 until ...

"'' *9th Reconnaissance Battalion ''"

Eduard Claudius Eduard Claudius (born Schmidt; 29 July 1919 – 13 December 1976) was a German writer and diplomat. Biography He was born in the family of construction worker. From 1925 to 1927 he completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer and then worked in ...

"'' *9th Engineer Battalion *9th Signal Battalion ''"Adolf Bytzeck"'' *9th Logistical Security Battalion ''" Robert Stamm"'' *9th Repair Battalion ''" Paul Dessau"'' *9th Chemical Defence Battalion ''""'' *9th Medical Battalion ''" Wolfgang Langhoff"'' *9th Replacement Regiment

Military District III (South)

The headquarters of the southern district was in

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. 4th Motor Rifle Division (

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital (political), capital and largest city of the Central Germany (cultural area), Central German state of Thuringia, with a population of around 216,000. It lies in the wide valley of the Gera (river), River Gera, in the so ...

) *22nd Motor Rifle Regiment ''"

Thomas Müntzer Thomas Müntzer ( – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany. Müntzer was f ...

"'' *23rd Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Anton Saefkow"'' *24th Motor Rifle Regiment ''" John Scheer"'' *4th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''"

August Bebel Ferdinand August Bebel (; 22 February 1840 – 13 August 1913) was a German socialist activist and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). Bebel, a woodworker by trade, co-founded the Sa ...

"'' *4th Artillery Regiment ''"

Willi Bredel Willi Bredel (2 May 1901 – 27 October 1964) was a German writer and president of the East Germany, East German Academy of Arts, Berlin. Born in Hamburg, he was a pioneer of socialist realist literature. Life and career Born into the fami ...

"'' *4th AA-Missile Regiment ''""'' *4th Rocket Detachment ''" Hugo Gräf"'' *4th Heavy Mortar Detachment ''" Otto Franke"'' *4th Reconnaissance Battalion ''""'' *4th Engineer Battalion ''""'' *4th Light AT Detachment ''" Franz Jacob"'' *4th Signal Battalion ''"

Wilhelm Liebknecht Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht (; 29 March 1826 – 7 August 1900) was a German socialist activist and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).Wilhelm Leuschner"'' *4th Chemical Defence Battalion ''" Lothar Bolz"'' *4th Medical Battalion *4th Replacement Regiment 7th ''Panzer'' Division (

Dresden Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...

) *14th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Karol Swierczewski"'' *15th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''"Paul Hornick"'' *16th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Leo Jogiches"'' *7th Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Max Roscher"'' *7th Artillery Regiment ''""'' *7th AA-Missile Regiment ''"Paul Rockstroh"'' *7th Rocket Detachment ''" Alfred Kurella"'' *7th Heavy Mortar Detachment ''" Ernst Schneller"'' *7th Reconnaissance Battalion ''" Ludvik Svoboda"'' *7th Engineer Battalion ''"Arthur Thiermann"'' *7th Signal Battalion ''""'' *7th Logistical Security Battalion ''" Kurt Schlosser"'' *7th Repair Battalion ''""'' *7th Chemical Defence Battalion ''""'' *7th Medical Battalion *7th Replacement Regiment 11th Motor Rifle Division ( Halle) *16th Motor Rifle Regiment ''" Robert Uhrig"'' *17th Motor Rifle Regiment ''""'' *18th Motor Rifle Regiment ''""'' *11th ''Panzer'' Regiment ''" Otto Buchwitz"'' *11th Artillery Regiment ''"

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"'' *11th AA-Missile Regiment ''"Georg Stöber"'' *11th Rocket Detachment ''" Magnus Poser"'' *11th Heavy Mortar Detachment ''" Otto Gotsche"'' *11th Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Heinrich Brandes"'' *11th Engineer Battalion ''" Willi Gall"'' *11th Light AT Detachment ''""'' *11th Signal Battalion ''"Otto Brosowski"'' *11th Logistical Security Battalion ''" Bernhard Koenen"'' *11th Repair Battalion ''""'' *11th Chemical Defence Battalion ''" Edwin Hörnle"'' *11th Medical Battalion ''"

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"'' *11th Replacement Regiment

Second line divisions

In the event of a full-scale mobilisation, the six regular divisions of the NVA would have been supplemented by three mobilisation divisions and two reserve divisions. All five divisions would be mobilised on M+2. The cadre of each mobilisation/reserve division remained on hand as the regular staff of training centers/non-commissioned officer (NCO) schools. The five second line divisions were the 6th Motor Rifle Division (Königswartha), the 10th Motor Rifle Division (Ronneburg), the 17th Motor Rifle Division (Petersroda), the 19th Motor Rifle Division (Wulkow, which was not based on a training centre), and the 20th Motor Rifle Division (Bredenfelde). Mobilisation Divisions – command of the Military District III of land forces (

) 6th Motor Rifle Division ( Königswartha) T-55A at Panzermuseum Munster

*11th Motor Rifle Regiment *12th Motor Rifle Regiment *13th Motor Rifle Regiment *6th ''Panzer'' Regiment *6th Artillery Regiment *6th AA-Missile Regiment *6th Rocket Detachment *6th Heavy Mortar Detachment *6th Reconnaissance Battalion *6th Engineer Battalion *6th Light AT Detachment *6th Signal Battalion *6th Logistical Security Battalion *6th Repair Battalion *6th Chemical Defence Battalion *6th Medical Battalion *6th Replacement Regiment 10th Motor Rifle Division ( Ronneburg) Luna m frog 7 hameenlinna 1

*14th Motor Rifle Regiment *15th Motor Rifle Regiment *16th Motor Rifle Regiment *10th ''Panzer'' Regiment *10th Artillery Regiment *10th AA-Missile Regiment *10th Rocket Detachment *10th Heavy Mortar Detachment *10th Reconnaissance Battalion *10th Engineer Battalion *10th Light AT Detachment *10th Signal Battalion *10th Logistical Security Battalion *10th Repair Battalion *10th Chemical Defence Battalion *10th Medical Battalion *10th Replacement Regiment 17th Motor Rifle Division (

Petersroda Petersroda () is a village and a former municipality in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 July 2009, it is part of the town Sandersdorf-Brehna Sandersdorf-Brehna is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, ...

) *41st Motor Rifle Regiment *42nd Motor Rifle Regiment *43rd Motor Rifle Regiment *17th ''Panzer'' Regiment *17th Artillery Regiment *17th AA-Missile Regiment *17th Rocket Detachment *17th Heavy Mortar Detachment *17th Reconnaissance Battalion *17th Engineer Battalion *17th Light AT Detachment *17th Signal Battalion *17th Logistical Security Battalion *17th Repair Battalion *17th Chemical Defence Battalion *17th Medical Battalion *17th Replacement Regiment Reserve divisions – command of the Military District V of land forces (

) 19th Motor Rifle Division ( Wulkow) *51st Motor Rifle Regiment *52nd Motor Rifle Regiment *53rd Motor Rifle Regiment *19th ''Panzer'' Regiment *19th Artillery Regiment *19th AA-Missile Regiment *19th Rocket Detachment *19th Heavy Mortar Detachment *19th Reconnaissance Battalion *19th Engineer Battalion *19th Light AT Detachment *19th Signal Battalion *19th Logistical Security Battalion *19th Repair Battalion *19th Chemical Defence Battalion *19th Medical Battalion *19th Replacement Regiment 20th Motor Rifle Division ( Bredenfelde) *33rd Motor Rifle Regiment *34th Motor Rifle Regiment *35th Motor Rifle Regiment *20th ''Panzer'' Regiment *20th Artillery Regiment *20th AA-Missile Regiment *20th Rocket Detachment *20th Heavy Mortar Detachment *20th Reconnaissance Battalion *20th Engineer Battalion *20th Light AT Detachment *20th Signal Battalion *20th Logistical Security Battalion *20th Repair Battalion *20th Chemical Defence Battalion *20th Medical Battalion *20th Replacement Regiment

Aviation units

* Kampfhubschraubergeschwader 3 (KHG-3) " Ferdinand von Schill",

Cottbus Cottbus () or (;) is a university city and the second-largest city in the German state of Brandenburg after the state capital, Potsdam. With around 100,000 inhabitants, Cottbus is the most populous city in Lusatia. Cottbus lies in the Sorbian ...

** I. Hubschrauberstaffel/KHG-3 (I.HS/KHG-3), Mi-8TB ** II. Hubschrauberstaffel/KHG-3 (II.HS/KHG-3), Mi-24D *** KHG-3 maintained several detachments: **** FTK-512 at Neuhaus-Steinheid **** FTK-514 at Kreuzebra **** GR-9 at

Meiningen Meiningen () is a town in the southern part of the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is located in the region of Franconia and has a population of around 26,000 (2024).

**Hubschrauberstaffel der Führung und Aufklarung 3 (HSFA-3), Mi-2, Mi-8PS, Mi-9 * Kampfhubschraubergeschwader 5 (KHG-5) " Adolf von Lützow", Basepohl ** I. Hubschrauberstaffel/KHG-5 (I.HS/KHG-5), Mi-8TB ** II. Hubschrauberstaffel/KHG-5 (II.HS/KHG-5), Mi-24D ** III. Hubschrauberstaffel/KHG-5 (III.HS/KHG-5), Mi-24P *** KHG-5 maintained several detachments: **** FTK-432 at Gross Molzahn **** FTK-613 at

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**** FTK-614 at Altensalzwedel ** Hubschrauberstaffel der Führung und Aufklarung 5 (HSFA-5), Mi-2, Mi-8PS. Mi-9

Other units

The also contained some specially trained units – like the 40th Paratrooper Battalion (later the 40th Air Assault Regiment " Willi Sänger"). The structure and equipment was mostly of Soviet design, and the NVA operated in close collaboration with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. There were also reports of a special NVA diversionary battalion in south Germany equipped with M-48s and

M-113 The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 armored personnel carrier, M59 A ...

s, to cause confusion amongst

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

forces (emulating and improving on the example of

Otto Skorzeny Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian-born German SS-''Standartenführer'' in the ''Waffen-SS'' during World War II. During the war, he was involved in a number of operations, including the removal from power ...

's 150th ''Panzer'' Brigade during the

Ardennes Offensive The Ardennes ( ; ; ; ; ), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France. Geological ...

). However, more recent reports throw doubt on the existence of any such unit.

Types of units

Divisions * (motorised/mechanised infantry division) * (tank/armoured division) Regiments * (artillery regiment) * (tank/armoured regiment) * (replacement regiment) * (AA-missile regiment) * (motor rifle/mechanised infantry regiment) Battalions * (reconnaissance battalion) * (chemical defence battalion) * (logistical security battalion) * (repair battalion) * (signal battalion) * (engineer battalion) * (medical battalion) Detachments * (light AT detachment) * (rocket detachment) * (heavy mortar detachment)

Equipment

Small Arms: Armoured Vehicles:

Field artillery and rocket artillery

Rocket systems

9K52 Luna-M The 9K52 ''Luna-M'' (, ; NATO reporting name: Frog-7) is a USSR, Soviet short-range artillery rocket system which fires unguided and Spin-stabilisation, spin-stabilized 9M21 rockets. It was originally developed in the 1960s to provide Division (m ...

— 24 in service 1980. *

R-11 Zemlya The R-11 Zemlya (), GRAU index 8A61 was a Soviet tactical ballistic missile. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1b Scud-A. It was the first of several similar Soviet missiles to be given the reporting name Scud. Variant R-11M was acc ...

, R-17 Elbrus (Scud-A, Scud-B) – 24 launchers plus decoys, retired 1990 *

OTR-21 Tochka OTR-21 ''Tochka'' () is a Soviet Union, Soviet tactical ballistic missile. Its GRAU designation is 9K79. Its NATO reporting name is the SS-21 Scarab. One missile is transported per 9P129 vehicle and raised prior to launch. It uses an inertial gu ...

* OTR-23 Oka *

BM-21 Grad The BM-21 "Grad" () is a self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher designed in the Soviet Union. The system and the M-21OF rocket were first developed in the early 1960s, and saw their first combat use in March 1969 during the Sino-S ...

— 72 units. * RM-70 — 265 RM-70 and RM-70M; delivered to Greece after the collapse of East Germany. 36 sold to Finland in 1991.

Towed artillery

* 100 mm anti-tank gun T-12 267. *

122 mm howitzer 2A18 (D-30) The 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18) is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in 1960. It is a robust piece that focuses on the essential features of a towed field gun suitable for all conditions. The D-30 has a maximum range of or ...

152 mm towed gun-howitzer M1955 (D-20) The 152 mm gun-howitzer M1955, also known as the D-20, () is a manually loaded, towed 152 mm gun-howitzer artillery piece, manufactured in the Soviet Union during the 1950s. It was first observed by the West in 1955, at which time it was designa ...

137 supplied in 1974–1975,passed to Germany after German unification. 126 sold to Finland. * 130 mm towed field gun M1954 (M-46) 175. *

85 mm divisional gun D-44 85 may refer to: * 85 (number) * One of the years 85 BC, AD 85, 1985, 2085 * 85 Io 85 Io is a carbonaceous asteroid in the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 170 kilometers in diameter. It is an identified Eunomian interlop ...

Self-propelled artillery

2S1 Gvozdika The 2S1 ''Gvozdika'' (, "Dianthus caryophyllus, Carnation") is a Soviet Self-propelled artillery, self-propelled howitzer introduced in 1972 and is in service in Russia and other countries . It is based on the MT-LBu multi-purpose chassis, mount ...

2S3 Akatsiya The SO-152 (Russian: СО-152), usually known by its Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, GRAU designation 2S3 (), is a Soviet Union, Soviet 152.4 mm self-propelled gun developed in 1968, as a response to the American 155 mm M109 how ...

. 95

Mortars

* 82-BM-37 * 2S12 Sani *

120-PM-43 mortar The M1943 Mortar or 120-PM-43 () or the 120-mm mortar Model 1943 (), also known as the SAMOVAR, is a Soviet 120 millimeter calibre smoothbore mortar first introduced in 1943 as a modified version of the M1938 mortar. It virtually replaced the M193 ...

Air defense artillery systems

Mobile missile

2K11 Krug The 2K11 ''Krug'' (; English: 'circle') is a Soviet Union, Soviet and now Russian medium-range, medium-to-high altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The system was designed by NPO Novator and produced by Kalinin Machine Building Plant. I ...

2K12 Kub The 2K12 ''"Kub"'' (; English: 'cube') (NATO reporting name: SA-6 "Gainful") mobile surface-to-air missile system is a Soviet Union, Soviet low to medium-level air defence system designed to protect ground forces from air attack. ''2К12'' is ...

* 9K31 Strela-1 on

BRDM-2 The BRDM-2 (''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina'', Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car designed and developed ...

chassis. 24 launchers acquired between 1977-1981 * 9K35 Strela-10 on

MT-LB The MT-LB (, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet Union, Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious vehicle, amphibious, tracked Armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also ...

chassis *

9K33 Osa The 9K33 ''Osa'' (; English: "wasp"; NATO reporting name SA-8 ''Gecko'') is a highly mobile, low-altitude, short-range tactical surface-to-air missile system developed in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and fielded in 1972. Its export version nam ...

. 41 Osa-AK. 39 sold to Greece after the German reunification.

Mobile self-propelled AA guns

ZSU-23-4 Shilka The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is a lightly armored Soviet self-propelled, radar-guided Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft weapon system (Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon, SPAAG). It was superseded by the 2K22 Tunguska (SA-19 Grison). Etymology Th ...

. 131 were delivered from USSR, passed on to Germany after the German reunification. *

ZSU-57-2 The ZSU-57-2 Ob'yekt 500 is a Soviet Union, Soviet self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), armed with two 57 mm autocannons. 'ZSU' stands for ''Zenitnaya Samokhodnaya Ustanovka'' (), meaning "anti-aircraft self-propelled mount", '57' stand ...

. 129 ordered in 1957 from Soviet Union and delivered between 1957 and 1961.Replaced by ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" SPAAGs between 1967 and 1974. It was completely removed from East German service in 1979. Some were converted into the FAB 500U driver training vehicle. They were passed on to the unified German state.

Towed anti-aircraft gun

* ZPU *

ZU-23-2 The ZU-23-2, also known as ZU-23, is a Soviet towed 23×152mm anti-aircraft twin-barreled autocannon. ZU stands for ''Zenitnaya Ustanovka'' (Russian: Зенитная Установка) – anti-aircraft mount. The GRAU index is 2A13. Develo ...

* S-60

Aircraft

Helicopters

Mil Mi-2 The Mil Mi-2 (NATO reporting name: Hoplite) is a small, three Helicopter rotor, rotor blade Soviet-designed multi-purpose helicopter developed by the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant, designed in the early 1960s and produced exclusively by PZL-Świdn ...

Hoplite *

Mil Mi-8 The Mil Mi-8 (, NATO reporting name: Hip) is a medium twin-turbine helicopter, originally designed by the Soviet Union, Soviet Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) in the 1960s and introduced into the ...

and Mi-9 Hip *

Mil Mi-24 The Mil Mi-24 (; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity transport helicopter, troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced ...

Hind

References

External links

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