Otto. Hessians,Reichswehr, and Everything in between. During the American Revolution Hessians were hired by the British. They were guns for hire or.

Otto

Hessians,Reichswehr, and Everything in between. During the American Revolution

Hessians were hired by the British.

They were guns for hire or mercenaries.

Approximately 1,200 were killed in combat.

Victory at the Battle of Waterloo ended war in Europe for almost 40 years until the Crimean war.

During World War One their was no single Army.

The four main kingdoms or regions each had an army, they were Bavaria, Prussia, Saxony, and Württemberg.

During wartime all of them reported to the king.

After the war the Reichswehr was formed.

It had an Active, Reserve, and a national guard or home guard component to it as well.

World War Two and the NAZI’s

During the 6 years of War the NAZI’s made much progress in the way of military technology.Projects ranging from the Sturmgewehr 44 to the Horton Ho 229.The German military was famous for the blitzkrieg battle technique. German military made from France to Russia to Morocco all the way to Baghdad, Iraq.

The Modern German Army Created in 1955. Current size is approx.

90,000. approx.,. 20,000 are

conscripts. Motto-Schützen,

helfen, vermitteln, kampfen.

In 1990 after the collapse of the Berlin wall the army of East Germany was absorbed into the Heer.

In 1990 after the collapse of the Berlin wall the army of East Germany was absorbed into the Heer.

The Army currently consists of 5 mechanized divisions, 1 special forces and 1 airmobile.

German Divisions 1st Armoured Division 10th Armoured 13th Mechanized

Infantry 1

German/Netherlands Corps

Multinational Corps North East

Franco-German Brigade

Airmobile Operations Division

Special Operations Division

Eurocorps

Current Weapons

MP-7Replacing the current MP-2

G36 with a AG36 Grenade Launcher

KM2000 and Sheath

List of Modern and Past Weapons Mauser MP40 MP44 G3 G36 MP2 MP7 M3M G82 Barrett .50 AK-74

Accuracy International G22

AI G24 KM2000 P8 MG4 MG3 AG36 Grenade

Launcher MILAN Panzerfaust 3

Aircraft of the Army UH-1 Huey CH-53G being

converted to CG-53GA

Eurocopter Tiger Bölkow Bo 105 Eurocopter EC 135 NHI NH90

Vehicles of the Army Leopard 2 MBT

A5,A6 Spz Puma GTK BOXER Wiesel 1 2 KMW Grizzly Mercedes-Benz

250 GD “Wolf”

Operation Enduring FreedomOperation Iraqi Freedom Kundez Province

Campaign Talibania KSK Operations include

many raids and patrols to oust the Taliban from the Kundez province and Chahar Dara district.

The German Army did not take an active part in the invasion of Iraq.

The military did provide however

-Intelligence Assistance -Provide Personnel to

protect US bases in Germany to allow more troops to be deployed to Iraq.

-Provide training to the Iraqi Army in the Arab Emirates.

Conflicts the German Military has taken part in. American Revolution Napoleonic Wars Crimean War World War I World War II Munich massacre Gulf War

UN Operations in Somalia

Post Balkan Wars Kosovo Campaign Operation Enduring

Freedom Operation Iraqi

Freedom

Work Cited Page

http://www.wri-irg.org/news/2006/pflueger-en.htm

http://www.moench-group.com/military-technology_issue_062010.php

Brinkley, Alan. “The Unfinished Nation 1877 to Present” Columbia University 2005 Boston

http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer