I've always heard the Germany didn't have one after cause both world wars, but I just wanted to find out from someone who actually knew
2007-12-08 03:05:44 · 14 answers · asked by Thagenesis 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Yes they do. They are pretty good to!
2007-12-08 03:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by The Voice of Reason 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Germany has the19th largest army in the world with 285 thousand soldiers (not including reserves) - nearly twice that of Britain's but less than a quarter of the US'
After the treaty of Versailles which ended WWI Germany was supposed to have a much reduced army (no more than 100 thousand and no conscription), a much smaller navy (no more than 6 battleships) and no airforce, no artillery and no tanks.
2007-12-08 03:18:52 · answer #2 · answered by Mordent 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
does the pope **** in the woods? lol
seriously, yes, Germany has a heck of an army, they are one of the pillars of NATO, we made sure they could put up a fight if WW3 ever broke out in Germany (which is where it most likely would've during the cold war). we've cooperated on advanced tanks and weapons (the MBT-70 joint American-German tank eventually became both the American M1 Abrams and the German Leopard programs). the german military has BO-105 and (maybe) Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters, they have Leopard 2 tanks, plus a number of infantry carriers, aircraft, guns, and ships. of course, i'm talking about the german military as a whole...
and never ever go by Wikipedia alone, come on, people, everyone [should] know Wiki is unreliable, if well organized
2007-12-08 10:50:30 · answer #3 · answered by F-14D Super Tomcat 21 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course they do.
German Army - Deutsches Heer
German Navy - Deutsche Marine
Air force - Deutsche Luftwaffe
They have among the most modern and sophisticated military machines in the world (Only the US, UK, Japan and France are better)
They also are the 6th biggest spender on defense (Only the US, UK, France, China and Japan spend more)
2007-12-08 04:57:14 · answer #4 · answered by Wren M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its called the Bundswehr, it came into force in the early 1950's, they were for many years prevented from serving outside Germany but, currently they have naval ships & sailors serving off the Lebanese coast as part of U.N.I.F.I.L.
As well as having troops in Kosovo, and Afganistan.
Past service in Cambodia and Croatia, and Somalia with UN Forces.
2007-12-08 06:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by conranger1 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think they do. I was just watching a show called Future Weapons, and they were demonstrating Germany's new artillery pieces. I hope Germany is on my side in the next World War.
2007-12-08 03:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
well i know for a fact they do. i lived over there for 5 years and i meet and seen them i was in the USA army it was fun in Germany and i got friends in the German army
2007-12-08 03:23:34 · answer #7 · answered by Allen 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After independence from the soviet union and the democrats
i.e. usa,uk,france. Germany has a division of two armies till
now but under one banner. The Russian artillary and The allied
artillary which is the present NATO.
2007-12-08 03:14:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes,they have and it is not 285000 but at least double that,its Panzers are as potent as ever were and,being Germans,they also produce some of the best hardware in the world...
2007-12-08 03:38:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes - it is called the Bundeswehr:
http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde
2007-12-08 03:22:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋