What is Bundeswehr?
{{Infobox national military | name= Federal Defence Forces of Germany | native_name = Bundeswehr | image= [[Image:Bundeswehr Kreuz Black.svg|250px]] | caption= Insignia of the Bundeswehr | headquarters= [[Bonn]], [[Berlin]] and [[Potsdam]] | commander-in-chief= [[Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)|Defence Minister]] [[Thomas de Maizière]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#GGengl_000P65a |title=Art 65a Basic Law |publisher=Gesetze-im-internet.de |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> <br>after declaration of [[State of Defence (Germany)|state of defence]]: [[Chancellor of Germany|Chancellor]] [[Angela Merkel]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.html#GGengl_000P115b |title=Art 115b Basic Law |publisher=Gesetze-im-internet.de |access-date=2011-06-07}}</ref> | minister= [[Thomas de Maizière]] | commander= General [[Volker Wieker]] ([[Heer]]) | active= 207,247 active | reserve= 200,000 reserves | amount= € 31.1 billion (FY09) | percent_GDP= 1.5% (FY09) | founded= November 12, 1955 | current_form= October 2, 1990 | branches= [[German Army|Heer]] (Army)<br>[[German Navy|Marine]] (Navy) <br>[[Luftwaffe]] (Air Force) <br>[[Streitkräftebasis]] (Joint Support Service) <br>[[Joint Medical Service|Zentraler Sanitätsdienst]] (Joint Medical Service) | age= 17 | manpower_age= 17–49 | available= 19,594,118 (2009 est.) | fit= 15,747,493 (2009 est.) | reaching= 445,048 (2009 est.) | conscription = No (Suspended on 1 July 2011) | domestic_suppliers= [[EADS]]<br>[[Heckler & Koch]]<br>[[Rheinmetall]]<br>[[Krauss-Maffei Wegmann]]<br>[[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]]<br>[[Walther arms]]<br>[[ThyssenKrupp]] | foreign_suppliers= {{EU}}<br>{{USA}} | exports= Volume of about $9 bln (2009 est.) | imports=