page_title: German Army
section_title: Structure and organisation
hierarchical_section_title: German Army / Structure and organisation
caption_attribution_description: English: A German Army soldier demonstrates the equipment of the IdZ program.
context_page_description: The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of Germany. The present-day German Army was founded in 1955 as part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr together with the Marine and the Luftwaffe. As of April 2020, the German Army had a strength of 64,036 soldiers.
context_section_description: The German Army is commanded by the Inspector of the Army (Inspekteur des Heeres) based at the Army Command (Kommando Heer) in Strausberg near Berlin. The training centers are supervised by the Army Training Command in Leipzig.
  The combat units of the army include two armoured divisions, one rapid forces division and the Franco-German Brigade, which is under direct supervision of the Army Command. Unlike other European armies such as neighbouring France, regiments are not a common form of organization and are thus rare in the German army. Battalions are directly subordinate to brigades or to divisions as divisional troops. German infantry battalions field 1,000 men, considerably larger than most NATO armies, i.e. twice the size of a US Army battalion.
    1. Panzerdivision in Oldenburg
  Divisional troops
  9th Armoured Demonstration Brigade in Munster
  21st Panzer Brigade at Augustdorf
  41st Mechanized Infantry Brigade Vorpommern in Neubrandenburg
  43rd Mechanized Brigade in Havelte, (Royal Netherlands Army)
  325th Artillery Demonstration Battalion
   10. Panzerdivision in Veitshöchheim
  Divisional troops
  12th Armoured Brigade Oberpfalz in Cham
  23rd Mountain Infantry Brigade Bayern in Bad Reichenhall
  37th Panzergrenadier Brigade at Frankenberg, Saxony
  Deutsch-Französische Brigade (Franco-German Brigade) in Müllheim
  131st Artillery Battalion
  345th Artillery Demonstration Battalion
   Division Schnelle Kräfte (Rapid Forces Division) in Stadtallendorf
  Divisional troops
  Kommando Spezialkräfte (KSK) (Special Forces Command) in Calw
  1st Airborne Brigade, in Saarlouis
  11th Airmobile Brigade, in Schaarsbergen (Royal Netherlands Army)
  10th Transport Helicopter Regiment
  30th Transport Helicopter Regiment
  36th Attack Helicopter Regiment
   German elements, Eurocorps HQ in Strasbourg (France)
  Command Support Brigade
  German elements in two permanent battalions and one staff company
   1 (German/Netherlands) Corps in Münster
  German elements in two permanent battalions and one staff company
   Multinational Corps North East in Szczecin (Poland)
  Fernmeldebataillon 610 (610th Signal Battalion)
  German elements
    Zentrales Langzeitlager (Army Central Depot) in Herongen
    Zentrales Langzeitlager (Army Central Depot) in Pirmasens
   Zentraler Mobilmachungsstützpunkt  (Central Mobilisation Base) in Brück
caption: A German Army soldier demonstrating the equipment of the IdZ program
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