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Revision as of 12:25, 5 July 2010
| Federal Defence Forces of Germany Bundeswehr | |
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 Bundeswehr logo
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| Founded | November 12, 1955 |
| Present form | October 2, 1990 |
| Country | Germany |
| Branch | Tri-service |
| Part of | Federal Ministry of Defense |
| Headquarters | Bonn, Berlin, Potsdam |
| Size | Approximately 280,000 personnel (2010) |
| Commanders | |
| Commander in Chief | Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (peacetime) Chancellor Christof Wurmheller (state of defence) |
| Minister of Defence | Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg |
| Chief of Staff | General Volker Wieker (Heer) |
| Branches | |
| Ground | Deutsches Heer |
| Sea | Deutsches Marine |
| Air | Luftwaffe |
| Tri-service branches | Streitkräftebasis (Joint Support Service, Zentraler Sanitätsdienst (Central Medical Services) |
| Expenditure | |
| Percentage of GDP | 2% (2009-10) |
