Branches: National People's Army, Border Troops, Ministry of State Security Guard Regiment, Air and Air Defense Command, People's Navy

Military manpower: males 15-49, 4,167,757; 3,342,951 fit for military service; 96,615 reach military age (18) annually; females 15-49, 4,059,456; 3,247,597 fit for military service; 92,631 reach military age (18) annually

Military budget: 16.2 billion marks, 5.4% of total budget (1989); note--conversion of the military budget into US dollars using the official administratively set exchange rate would produce misleading results

NOTE: The information regarding German Democratic Republic on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of German Democratic Republic Defense Forces 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about German Democratic Republic Defense Forces 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.