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EAGLE IV The Eagle IV Wheeled Armoured Vehicle in Modern German Army Service The Eagle IVs being procured as part of the Armoured Command and Multipurpose Vehicles (Geschutzte Fuhrungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge, or GFF) Programme Category 2 have already replaced many unprotected vehicles of the Bundes..

During the time of the Cold War they were exotic exceptions and generally not permitted on a wider scale. Yet today personalised vehicle markings gain more and more ground on vehicles of the modern German Army. From cool nicknames to names of famous TV characters and even comicbook superheroes these..

Fahrzeug-Graffiti GECoN-ISAF Personalised Vehicle Markings during the German Mission in Afghanistan During the time of the Cold War they were exotic exceptions and generally not permitted on a wider scale. Yet today personalised vehicle markings gain more and more ground on vehicles of the modern Ge..

Emma" The MAN 630 L2 A / L2AE 5-ton Truck in Modern German Army Service In Germany the MAN 630 5-ton tactical truck of the Bundeswehr is a true legend. Nicknamed "Emma" it is the most famous military truck design along with the Unimog and the most popular military truck in private ownership. The MAN..

ATF DINGo 1 - Protected Vehicle Long before the now ubiquitous MRAPs found their way into the motor pools for example of the US Army or the British Army the German Bundeswehr introduced the All-Protected Transport Vehicle ATF Dingo 1. The ATF Dingo 1 was built to offer the German soldiers on mission..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 4 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 3 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M113 in the Modern German Army - Part 2 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it under..

M 113 in the Modern German Army - Part 1 No other vehicle in the history of modern armoured vehicles has been nearly as successful as the American M113 armoured personnel carrier (APC). The Heer (Army) of the German Bundeswehr also procured this successful vehicle from 1962 onwards, fielding it unde..

LARS 2 - MARS Modern German Army Rocket Artillery For several decades, rocket artillery of the German Bundeswehr was shaped by the use of US-manufactured weapon systems with nuclear capabilities. This changed with the fielding of the Raketenwerfer 110 mm SF rocket launcher, a conventional rocket art..

Modern German Army Rocket Artillery Honest John - SERGEANT - LANCE - LARS 1 In the weapons arsenal of the Bundeswehr of the Cold War tactical ground-to-ground rocket systems played a key role to fulfil the demanded tasks within NATo both in conventional and nuclear battle scenarios. In the early yea..

MAN Tactical Trucks of the Follow-on Generation of the German Bundeswehr The development of the Follow-on Generation of trucks for the Bundeswehr was a unique event. It was only possible in the Cold War period with its outstanding demands. A lot of money and workforce was invested in the project. Th..

Wiesel 1 - Mobile Weapon Platform The complicated and long-termed development history of the airborne weapon carrier Wiesel 1 started in 1969 and lasted until the first series-production vehicles were handed over to the Bundeswehr in 1990. Since then the unique design Wiesel 1 is an outstanding succ..

The Early Years of the Modern German Army on 64 pages the organization and equipment of the early years of the modern German Army is comprehensively documented both in writing and in photographical form. Includes many hitherto unpublished colour photographs.Quality Photos and Illustrations; 49 col..

The tanks M 41 and M 47 in German Army service With the foundation of the Modern German Army, Bundeswehr, the demand for tanks for the Armoured Corps and Cavalry became critical. To equip the new army with capable armoured vehicles the American tank types M 41 and M 47 were chosen to form the core o..

The M 48 Main Battle Tank in German Army Service After the stopp-gap-solution with the M 47 main battle tank, the first US-built M 48 A1 reached the Modern German Army in late 1957. With the later variants M 48 A2, M 48 A2 C and M 48 A2 G, the range could be modernised and upgraded until it reached ..

Joint British and American Forces face the Threat from the EastAfter two years of preparatory work, the field training exercise Spearpoint 80 was conducted as part of the large-scale Exercise Crusader 80 between 11 and 26 September 1980. Since NATo came into existence, this exercise was the larges..

SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA British Army Vehicles on SPTA - 1970s to Today The Salisbury Plain Training Area (SPTA) is the United Kingdom's largest military training area, hosting live-firing and tactical exercises throughout the year. Salisbury Plain has played an important part in the developmen..

RECCE - The Eyes and Ears of 1st (UK) Armoured Division The Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment carries out long-range, ground-based manned reconnaissance for a larger military formation. The regiment gathers information mainly by armoured reconnaissance, but also by using battlefield surveillance syst..

KEY FLIGHT "89 - The Last Cold War Exercise of the BAoR 1989 made history as the year of the fall of the Iron Curtain. This led to a series of other events that would finally culminate in the disbandment of the Warsaw Pact, the vanishing of the Soviet Union and would also mark the end of the huge NA..

British Military Trucks in Wehrmacht Service Vehicles captured around Dunkirk, in France, Belgium, Greece and North Africa - Service on the Eastern Front, in the West, South and with the AfrikakorpsCaptured Beutefahrzeuge of British manufacture were a significant addition to Germany's military eff..