Territorial Army (Germany)

In contrast to the field army, it consisted largely of Reserve forces, which only grew in the event of a defense by conscription of reservists.

The Heimatschutztruppe (Home Defence Troops) formed part of the Territorial Army.

In cooperation with the Deutsche Bundespost, the Fernmeldetruppe operated a fixed telecommunications network to link military and civilian command posts.

The Army Logistics Troops support the basic needs of the Bundeswehr and the repair of war materiel.

As part of the reorganization to the “completely renewed Bundeswehr” in 2001, the Territorial Army was finally dissolved and remaining national structures and tasks were integrated into the newly created Joint Support Service (Germany) (Streitkräftebasis).