Volksmarine

Volksmarine - VM (), adalah nama rasmi  angkatan laut  Republik Demokratik Jerman (GDR). Ia adalah sebahagian daripada Tentera Rakyat Nasional, ditubuhkan pada 1 Mac 1956.

Para panglima
Konteradmiral Felix Scheffler (1 Mac 1956 – 31 Disember 1956)
Vizeadmiral Waldemar Verner (1 Januari 1957 – 31 Julai 1959)
Konteradmiral Wilhelm Ehm (1 Ogos 1959 – 31 Julai 1961)
Konteradmiral Heinz Neukirchen (1 Ogos 1961 – 24 Februari 1963)
Konteradmiral Wilhelm Ehm (25 Februari 1963 – 30 November 1987)
Vizeadmiral Theodor Hoffmann (1 Disember 1987 – 17 November 1989)
Vizeadmiral Hendrik Born (11 Disember 1989 – 2 Oktober 1990)

Organisasi
Tentera Laut Rakyat telah dipimpin oleh Kommando der Volksmarine (Markas Tentera Laut) di Rostock-Gehlsdorf.  Ia telah disusun seperti berikut (tahun 1985):
1st Flotilla in Peenemünde,
4th Flotilla in Rostock-Warnemünde,
6th Flotilla at Bug on Rügen Island,
6th Border Brigade (Coast) in Rostock.

Terdapat tambahan seperti berikut:
one Torpedo Technical Support Company (TTK-18) in Sassnitz (servicing anti-submarine torpedoes)
one Naval Helicopter Wing (MHG-18) in Parow near Stralsund
one Naval Flight Wing (MFG-28) in Laage
one Navy Engineering Battalion (MPiB-18) in Sassnitz
one Combat Swimmer Command (KSK-18) in Kühlungsborn
one Coastal Missile Regiment (Ground Support) (KRR-18) in Schwarzenpfost
one Coastal Defense Regiment (Ground Support) (KVR-18) in Rostock(from 1988)
one Naval Propaganda Company (PRK-18) in Rostock-Warnemünde
the Maritime Hydrographic Service of the GDR (SHD) in Rostock
testing and other special facilities
training facilities
Naval NCO Academy  "Walter Steffens" in Parow (naval training of NCOs and seamen)
Naval Officers Academy "Karl Liebknecht" in Stralsund (training of naval officers)
NCO School for Support Services at Dänholm near Stralsund (technical training of NCOs)

Lihat juga
Armada Baltik
Tentera Rakyat Nasional

Nota

Rujukan
Siegfried Breyer, Peter Joachim Lapp: Die Volksmarine der DDR, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, ISBN 3-7637-5423-7
Robert Rosentreter: Im Seegang der Zeit, Vier Jahrzehnte Volksmarine, Ingo Koch Verlag, ISBN 3-935319-07-X
Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke: Die Generale und Admirale der NVA. Ein biographisches Handbuch. 4. Auflage. Ch. Links, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-86153-209-3

Pautan luar
 Marinekameradschaft KSS e.V. site  - Includes information on 1st & 4th Flotillas (in German)

Tentera Jerman
Tentera laut mengikut negara
Penubuhan 1956
Pembubaran 1990