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Federal Defence Forces of Germany
Bundeswehr
MottoWir. Dienen. Deutschland.[1]
("We. Serve. Germany.")
Founded12 November 1955 (1955-11-12)
Current form3 October 1990 (3 October 1990)
Service branches
HeadquartersBerlin, Bonn and Potsdam
Websitebundeswehr.de
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief
Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Federal Minister Boris Pistorius
Inspector General Carsten Breuer
Personnel
Military age17
ConscriptionYes, but indefinitely suspended since July 2011
Active personnel181,672 (2023)[4] (ranked 30th)
Reserve personnel34,600 (2023)[5]
Deployed personnel2,000
Expenditures
Budget€51.95 bn (2024)[6]
€71.75 bn (2024)
Incl. 2nd tranche of special assets[6]
Percent of GDP2.01% (2024)[7]
Industry
Domestic suppliersAirbus
Rheinmetall
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
Hensoldt
MBDA Deutschland GmbH
Heckler & Koch
Diehl Defence
Carl Walther GmbH
Foreign suppliers United States
 Israel
 France
 Sweden
 United Kingdom
 Netherlands
  Switzerland
 Canada
 Italy
 Belgium
 Poland
 Croatia
 Austria
 Norway
Annual importsUS$85 million (2014-2022)[8]
Annual exportsUS$1.53 billion (2014-2022)[8]
Related articles
HistoryMilitary history of Germany
Warfare directory of Germany
Wars involving Germany
Battles involving Germany
RanksRanks of the German Bundeswehr

The Bundeswehr (German: [ˈbʊndəsˌveːɐ̯] ⓘ, literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. The Bundeswehr is divided into a military part (armed forces or Streitkräfte) and a civil part, the military part consisting of the German Army, the German Navy, the German Air Force, the Joint Support Service, the Joint Medical Service, and the Cyber and Information Domain Service.

As of 31 May 2023, the Bundeswehr had a strength of 181,672 active-duty military personnel and 81,612 civilians,[4] placing it among the 30 largest military forces in the world, and making it the second largest in the European Union behind France. In addition, the Bundeswehr has approximately 34,600 reserve personnel (2023).[5] With German military expenditures at $55.8 billion (2022),[9] the Bundeswehr is the seventh highest-funded military in the world, though military expenditures remain relatively average at 1.4% of national GDP,[9] well below the non-binding NATO target of 2%. Germany is aiming to expand the Bundeswehr to around 203,000 soldiers by 2025 to better cope with increasing responsibilities.[10]

Following concerns from the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Germany announced a major shift in policy, pledging a €100 billion special fund for the Bundeswehr – to remedy years of underinvestment – along with raising the budget to above 2% GDP.[11]

  1. ^ "'Wir. Dienen. Deutschland.' Das Selbstverständnis der Bundeswehr". Archived from the original on 17 February 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Art 65a Basic Law". Gesetze-im-internet.de. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Art 115b Basic Law". Gesetze-im-internet.de. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Aktuelle Personalzahlen der Bundeswehr [Current personnel numbers of the Federal Defence]". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Auftrag der Reserve". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Verteidigungshaushalt 2024" (in German). Bundesministerium der Verteidigung. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Deutschland meldet Militärausgaben in Höhe des Nato-Ziels" (in German). zeit.de. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
  8. ^ a b "TIV of arms imports/exports data for India, 2014-2022". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ a b Tian, Nan; Fleurant, Aude; Kuimova, Alexandra; Wezeman, Pieter D.; Wezeman, Siemon T. (24 April 2023). "Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2022" (PDF). Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Germany may increase troop numbers to 203,000 by 2025 – DW – 26.11.2018". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 3 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference commits was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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