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The equipment mentioned here is part of the program NNbS, ("Nah- und Nächstbereichs-schutz"), close air-support for the ground troops. At the moment, no decision has been made regarding the operator of those systems, it could go to the Bundeswehr or the Luftwaffe. In 2010, the German forces decided to retire the last 90 Flakpanzer Gepard. In ...
This page contains a list of equipment used the German military of World War II.Germany used a number of type designations for their weapons. In some cases, the type designation and series number (i.e. FlaK 30) are sufficient to identify a system, but occasionally multiple systems of the same type are developed at the same time and share a partial designation.
This list covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. Numerical designations are largely within the RLM designation system.. The Luftwaffe officially existed from 1933–1945 but training had started in the 1920s, before the Nazi seizure of power, and many aircraft made in the inter-war years were used during World War II.
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Over the next decade, the Luftwaffe received large amounts of new equipment, including in 1968 the first C-160 Transall transport planes, in 1974 the F-4 Phantom II fighter-bombers, in 1978 the first Alpha Jet Version A light attack jets and in 1979 the first of 212 Panavia Tornado fighters.
Lists of military equipment used by Germany, both current and former equipment of the German Empire, Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, West Germany/East Germany, and modern-day Germany. By type [ edit ]
While many ranks might have equivalents in other air forces, in reality the Luftwaffe military had a far greater responsibility; while officers of the Royal Air Force, the British Air Force, were graded to a higher rank when performing higher rank functions, Luftwaffe officers maintained their rank while performing functions, regardless of size ...
glider, 1/5 scale model of the Do 214; may be a mistake as scale model aircraft weren't covered in the RLM list 8-09 Göppingen Gö 9: Powered aerodynamic scale model of the Do 335; allocation may be a mistake 8-10 Dornier Do 10 (Do C4) fighter (prototype), 1931 8-11 Dornier Do 11 (Do F) medium bomber, 1931 WNF Wn 11: amphibian transport ...