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The Kriegswaffenkontrollgesetz has a list of goods it considers to be weapons: [10] Nuclear weapons and parts of these; Biological weapons, and specifically a long list of Biological agents, like many kinds of viruses, and toxins. Chemical weapons, with a long list of substances; Missiles, including e.g. Anti-tank guided missiles; Military ...
Protocol service weapons Walther P1 West Germany: Semi-automatic pistol: 9×19mm Parabellum: The P1 replaced the P8 in the Bundeswehr, but is still in use in some units and is also part of general basic training. The P1 is still worn today by the military police and the Wachbattalion in conjunction with the white gear during protocol service.
West Germany joins NATO: Walter Hallstein (left) and Konrad Adenauer (centre) at the NATO Conference in Paris in 1954. West German rearmament (German: Wiederbewaffnung) began in the decades after World War II. Fears of another rise of German militarism caused the new military to operate within an alliance framework, under NATO command. [1]
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will strengthen its military to make it the backbone of deterrence and collective defence in Europe, its defence minister pledged on Thursday as Berlin issued new defence ...
Germany may increase the size of its armed forces to 230,000, up from the current target of 203,000, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday, as the NATO alliance looks to boost its ...
Germany reaffirmed its renunciation of the manufacture, possession, and control of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons. In addition to banning a foreign military presence in the former East Germany, the treaty also banned nuclear weapons or nuclear weapon carriers to be stationed in the area, making it a permanent Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone ...
German militarism was a broad cultural and social phenomenon between 1815 and 1945, which developed out of the creation of standing armies in the 18th century. The numerical increase of militaristic structures in the Holy Roman Empire led to an increasing influence of military culture deep into civilian life.
Promising to rescue Germany from the far right, a new leftist party offered up a populist recipe of high pensions, low defence spending and an end to expensive climate policies in its first outing ...