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Land Forces of the National People's Army Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee | |
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Active | 1 March 1956 – 2 October 1990 |
Country | East Germany |
Size | 105,000 nominal, peacetime, 1990 394,350 nominal, wartime, 1990[1] |
Part of | Kommando Landstreitkraefte (since 1972) |
Headquarters | Geltow, Potsdam-Mittelmark |
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The Land Forces of the National People's Army[2] (German: Landstreitkräfte der Nationalen Volksarmee – LaSK) was the ground-based military branch of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) National People's Army (NPA). The Land Forces Command, located at Geltow, was established on 1 December 1972 as a management body created for the land forces. The NPA itself was created on March 1, 1956, from the Kasernierte Volkspolizei (Barracked People's Police).