Editor's Foreword

134 ThE MiliTary BalancE 2010
OSCE • Serbia 1
OSCE • Kosovo 14
TAJIkIsTAN
NATO • ISAF 160; 1 C-130 Hercules; 2 C-160 Transall
UAE
3 Mirage 2000-5, 1 KC-135F at al-Dhafra (To operate alongside
UAE Mirage-9s); naval and army contingent
WEsTERN sAHARA
UN • MINURSO 13 obs
fOREIgN fORCEs
Belgium Air Force: 29 Alpha Jet trg ac located at Cazaux/
Tours
Germany Army: 209 (GER elm Eurocorps)
Singapore Air Force: 200; 1 trg sqn with 4 A-4SU Super
Skyhawk; 10 TA-4SU Super Skyhawk
germany GER
Euro € 2008 2009 2010
GDP € 2.48tr 2.28tr
US$ 3.65tr 3.40tr
per capita US$ 44,420 41,352
Growth % 1.2 -5.3
inflation % 2.9 0.3
Def exp a € 31.9bn
US$ 46.9bn
Def bdgt € 29.5bn 31.1bn 31.1bn
US$ 43.3bn 46.5bn
US$1=€ 0.68 0.67
a including military pensions
Population 82,329,758
age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 7% 3% 3% 3% 25% 8%
Female 7% 3% 3% 3% 24% 10%
capabilities
ACTIVE 250,613 (army 163,962 navy 24,407 air
62,244)
Terms of service 9 months; 10–23 months voluntary. Reserves:
junior ranks to age 45; NCOs and officers to 60.
REsERVE 161,812 (army 144,548 navy 3,304 air
13,960)
ORgANIsATIONs By sERVICE
Army 116,739; 47,223 conscript (total 163,962)
Germany contributes to all multinational Corps HQs in
Europe and is the Framework Nation for European Corps,
(Strasbourg), the German-Netherlands Corps (Münster)
and the Multinational Corps Northeast (Szczecin).
German transformation is due to be complete in 2010
and is proceeding on schedule. Three force categories
constitute the core of transformation: Response Forces
(RF), Stabilisation Forces (StF) and support forces. These
force categories will be specifically trained and equipped
for their respective missions. Their overall capability will
be enhanced as required from the Army, Air Force, Navy,
Joint Support Service and Central Medical Service. The
Army forces consists of five divisional headquarters, three
of them are deployable, and a total of twelve brigades.
Forces are tailored to form Response Forces (1st Armd Div/
GER/FRA Bde), 1 bde Special Forces, 1 air mobile div and
four stabilisation brigades. The Response Forces brigades
are structured to fight in a divisional context supported by
the capabilities of the divisional troops. The stabilisation
brigades would normally deploy under the command
of the Air Mobile Div HQ and receive any additional
capability from its Army Support Arms bde. The Special
Operations Division Headquarters is designed to provide a
multinational special forces headquarters at command level.
Its airborne brigades are generally capable of concurrently
conducting operations against irregular forces and military
evacuation operations. The Joint Support Service assists the
individual services in terms of logistics, command support
and protection. Its assets include psyops capabilities,
logistic follow on support, communication systems and
EW-capabilities. Medical support is provided by the Joint
Medical Service.
fORCEs By ROLE
Armd 1 div (1st ) (RF) with (2 armd bde each (1–2
armd bn, 1–2 armd inf bn, 1 SP arty bn, 1
armd recce coy); spt (armd recce, UAV, MRL,
engr, AD regt, NBC units))
Mech 1 (13) div (StF) with 2 bde each (1 armd, 2
armd inf , 1 recce, 1 engr, 1 sig, 1 log bn); 1
div (10) (StF) with 1 bde (1 armd, 2 armd inf,
1 recce, 1 engr, 1 sig,1 log bn), 1 bde (3 mtn inf
bn, 1 recce, 1 engr, 1 sig,1 log bn)
Spec Ops 1 div (RF) SF comd, 2 (31, 26) airborne bde
each (2 para bn, 1 recce coy, 1 UAV unit, 1
engr coy), 1 SF bde)
Air Mob 1 div (RF) 1 air manoeuvre bde (1 atk hel bn,
1 spt hel bn, 1 air mob inf regt) 1 air tpt bde (2
med tpt (CH-53) hel regt, 1 lt tpt (NH-90) regt
( in future)), 1 spt bde ( arty, AD, NBC)
Inf I lt inf bn (GER/FRA Bde)
Arty 1 bn (GER/FRA Bde)
Engr 1 cbt engr coy (GER/FRA Bde)
Trg 1 BG with (35 Leopard 2; 26 Marder 1; 12
M-109A3G)
EQUIPMENT By TyPE
MBT 1,385: 1,001 Leopard 2 (350 to be upgraded to A6) 384
Leopard 1 / A3 / A5 / 1A 4 in store
RECCE 288: 212 Fennek (incl 24 engr recce, 10 fires spt); 76
Tpz-1 Fuchs (NBC)
AIFV 2,044: 1,911 Marder 1 A2 / 1 A3; 5 Puma (test); 133
Wiesel (with 20mm gun)