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East German Navy
Also known as Volksmarine, People's Navy of East Germany, German Democratic Republic Navy, GDR navy
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Key facts
- Military unit.unit_name
- People's Navy
- Military unit.image
- Wappen Volksmarine NVA mit KM Orden.svg
- Military unit.image_size
- 180px
- Military unit.caption
- Insignia of the
- Military unit.dates
- 1 March 1956 – 2 October 1990
- Military unit.branch
- Ministry of National Defence
- Military unit.type
- Navy
- Military unit.role
- Coastal defenceAnti-submarine warfare
- Military unit.size
- 27,000
- Military unit.garrison
- Rostock
- Military unit.garrison_label
- Headquarters
- Military unit.battles
- Cold War
Article
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Reunification & disbandment
- Surviving vessels
- Operative tasks
- Chief of the People's Navy
- Organization
- Training facilities
- Equipment
- Surface fleet
- Naval aviation
- Music
- ''Volksmarine'' admirals
- ''Admiral''
- ''Vizeadmiral''
- ''Konteradmiral''
- Notes
- References
- External links
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The '''''' (VM, ; ) was the naval force of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The was one of the service branches of the National People's Army and primarily performed a coastal defence role along the GDR's Baltic Sea coastline and territorial waters.