[2] In 1957, under protest of a large part of the citizens, the Adenauer government decided to rearm West Germany and the Bundeswehr was set up in 1956.

[4] As a result of an agreement on mutual defense assistance, the new Bundeswehr received its first arms deliveries from the USA in its early days.

After the attacks of 9-11 in 2001 and the political decision for "unrestricted solidarity" (Schröder) with the USA, the Bundeswehr became an "army in action".

In 2012 all departments that are concerned with equipment, maintenance and operational readiness of the Bundeswehr were combined into today's BAAINBw.

According to SWR information, he was noticed when the Office for the Protection of the Constitution was monitoring Russian facilities in Germany.