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    The National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee, pronounced [natsi̯oˈnaːlə ˈfɔlksʔaʁˌmeː] ; NVA [ɛn faʊ ˈʔaː] ) were the armed forces of the German...
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    of the National People's Army (German: Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee – LaSK) was the ground-based military branch of the German Democratic...
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    M113 APCs instead of Marder IFVs. After 1990, the Heer absorbed the Nationale Volksarmee, the armed forces of East Germany. The former East German forces...
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    MfAV vom 15. August 1990. In: (Hrsg.) BUNDESARCHIV – MILITÄRARCHIV: Nationale Volksarmee. Bestand DVW 1, Ministerium für Abrüstung und Verteidigung, Band:...
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    military force, the Nationale Volksarmee (NVA), in 1956, with conscription being established only in 1962. The Nationale Volksarmee was eventually dissolved...
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    and high-ranking military officer in the National People's Army (Nationale Volksarmee), holding the rank of Generaloberst (Colonel General). He was the...
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    on 7 February 2019 at the age of 81. 2009 – Manfred Wörner Medal Jörg Schönbohm, Two Armies and One Fatherland: The End of the Nationale Volksarmee, Berghahn...
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    ISBN 9783525350188. Retrieved 2009-03-20. German Order of Battle: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS divisions in World War II. Samuel W. Mitcham. 2007. ISBN 9780811734387...
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    counterpart—created on 1 March 1956—took the name National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee). Both organizations employed many former Wehrmacht members, particularly...
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    one another in terms of shape). SPW 50P (Schützenpanzerwagen) – Nationale Volksarmee (NVA) designation for the Soviet-produced BTR-50P. SPW 50PK – NVA...
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