The Volksmarine (VM, German pronunciation: [ˈfɔlksmaˌʁiːne]; English: People's Navy) was the naval force of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from...

sleeve rings encircled the lower cuffs. Korvettenkapitän was in the Volksmarine of the GDR the lowest grade of the senior officer's rank group. It was...

official name with respect to the 1990 incorporation of the East German Volksmarine (People's Navy). It is deeply integrated into the NATO alliance. Its...

flag officer grade of the Volksmarine, equivalent to the one-star rank Generalmajor (OF-6 as well). In the GDR Volksmarine there were three flag officer...

with other armed forces of the Warsaw pact. The equivalent rank in the Volksmarine (en: GDR Navy) was Oberleutnant zur See. Later it was shortened to simply...

ret. 20. August 2016 Günther Miel (2007). Die LTS- und KTS-Boote der Volksmarine. Vorbilder und Modelle (in German). Villingen-Schwenningen: Neckar-Verlag...

organized into four branches: the Landstreitkräfte (Ground Forces), the Volksmarine (Navy), the Luftstreitkräfte (Air Force) and the Grenztruppen (Border...

This is a list of minesweeper and minehunter classes Ton-class minesweeper Ton-class minesweeper Bay-class minehunter – (1986–2001) Huon-class minehunter...

grade of the Volksamarine, equivalent to the Generalleutnant. In the GDR Volksmarine there were 3 flag officer ranks: Konteradmiral, Vizeadmiral, and Admiral...

been used by the Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, and Bundesmarine. In the Volksmarine, the rank was originally used in the same way until the suffix zur See...

of the following branches: Land Forces of the National People's Army Volksmarine – People's Navy Air Forces of the National People's Army The border troops...

Generaladmiral in the Kriegsmarine until 1945 or to a Flottenadmiral in the Volksmarine until 1990. It was the highest ordinary military rank and the highest...

officer candidate or officer aspirant (OA)). While the sleeve ranks of the Volksmarine officers were of the style used by the Soviet Navy, all shoulder board...

the National People's Army, paratroopers and generals as well as the Volksmarine continued to wear their specially designed and coloured patches. The...

 Finnish Navy decommissioned its last Riga-class frigate in 1985.  Volksmarine decommissioned all three Koni-class frigates upon German Reunification...

navies of Germany being separated into the West German Navy and the Volksmarine of East Germany. Command post flags The rank of Grossadmiral (Grand admiral)...

Army Flag for combat ships and boats of the Volksmarine Flag for auxiliary ships and boats of the Volksmarine Deutsche Post service flag (1955–1973) Flag...

December 1956 the headquarters of the First Flotilla (de:Erste Flottille (Volksmarine)) of the East German People's Navy was established at Peenemünde. The...

Regiment intended for amphibious operations in the Baltic Sea; while the Volksmarine Kampfschwimmer: Combat swimmer units were intended for support of amphibious...

Kretschmer went on to serve in the Bundesmarine. In East Germany the Volksmarine (People's Navy) was established in 1956. With the reunification of Germany...

Insignia Shoulder Sleeve Higher/lower rank  Imperial German Navy Kapitän zur See Korvettenkapitän  Reichsmarine  Kriegsmarine  Volksmarine  German Navy...

Koni-class frigate (Project 1159) Kotor-class frigate (Project 1159)  Volksmarine Koni-class frigate (Project 1159) Parchim I-class corvette (Project 133)...

naval forces, e.g. Imperial German Navy, Reichsmarine, Kriegsmarine, Volksmarine, and the Austro-Hungarian K.u.K. Kriegsmarine, admiral was an OF-8 three-star...

North German Federal Navy Imperial German Navy Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine Volksmarine Awards, decorations, and badges Badge of Honour of the Bundeswehr Military...

Defense of the German Democratic Republic and head of the People's Navy (Volksmarine). Ehm's father was a carpenter who served as an armorer and a bugler...

as Novorossisk) Khmelnytskyi (believed hulked as floating barracks)  Volksmarine Five ships built – all retired Two Tarantul-class corvettes are preserved...

National People's Army and was equivalent to Stabsobermeister in the Volksmarine. The sequence of ranks (top-down approach) in that particular group (Senior...

Reichsmarine (Navy of the Realm) Kriegsmarine (War Navy) Bundesmarine Volksmarine German Navy since 1995 Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997). Preparing for Weltpolitik:...

 Finnish Navy decommissioned its last Turunmaa-class corvette in 2002.  Volksmarine sold all of its 16 Parchim-class corvettes to Indonesia in 1992.  Border...

sequence of grades was as follows: Unteroffizier (Maat ⇒ see main article Volksmarine) Unterfeldwebel (Obermaat) Feldwebel (Meister) Oberfeldwebel (Obermeister)...