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| Federal Defence Forces of Germany Bundeswehr | |
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 Insignia of the Bundeswehr | |
| Established | November 12, 1955 |
| Current form | October 2, 1990 |
| Parts | Heer (Army) Marine (Navy) Luftwaffe (Air Force) Streitkräftebasis (Joint Support Service) Zentraler Sanitätsdienst (Central Medical Services) |
| Headquarters | Bonn, Berlin and Potsdam |
| Leadership | |
| Commander-in-Chief | Defence Minister Thomas de Maizière after declaration of state of defence: Chancellor Angela Merkel |
| Minister of Defense | Thomas de Maizière |
| Chief of staff | General Volker Wieker (Heer) |
| Serving soldiers | |
| Military age | 17 |
| Conscription | No (Suspended on 1 July 2011) |
| Available to be a soldier | 19,594,118 (2009 est.), age 17–49 |
| Fit to be a soldier | 15,747,493 (2009 est.), age 17–49 |
| Reaching military age annually | 445,048 (2009 est.) |
| Active employees/soldiers | 207,247 active |
| Reserve personnel | 200,000 reserves |
| Expenditures | |
| Budget | € 31.1 billion (FY09) |
| Percent of GDP | 1.5% (FY09) |
| Industry | |
| Suppliers from inland | EADS Heckler & Koch Rheinmetall Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Walther arms ThyssenKrupp |
| Suppliers from foreign countries |  European Union United States |
| Annual imports | Volume of about $1 bln (2009 est.) |
| Annual exports | Volume of about $9 bln (2009 est.) |
The Bundeswehr (German for "Federal Defence Force"; 
listen (info • help)) are the German Armed Forces. The German armed forces are for the unified Germany itself and do not have several parts for the States of Germany.
There are five sections: three bigger ones: Heer (Army), Marine (Navy) and Luftwaffe (Air Force) form one unified force, not three separate fighting forces. And two smaller ones: Joint Support Service (Streitkräftebasis) and Central Medical Services (Zentraler Sanitätsdienst).
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