Английская Википедия:Corps colours (NPA)
Corps colours, or Troop-function colours, (German: "Waffenfarbe(n)") were worn by the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic from 1956 to 1990.
Introduction
The GDR NPA uniforms initially bore the corps colours as worn by the Wehrmacht, i.e. as base and filling of the collar and sleeve patches, and as a piping around the shoulder boards/shoulder straps.
Between 1974 and 1976, alongside the introduction of uniforms with open collar and tie, patches of the NPA Landstreitkräfte uniforms were unified across all corps, with a Шаблон:Farbindex base and a white filling, along with white collar piping; the piping of the shoulder boards/shoulder straps remained the only part carrying Waffenfarbe.
However, Air Forces of the National People's Army, paratroopers and generals as well as the Volksmarine continued to wear their specially designed and coloured patches.[1]
The uniform of the Border Troops was distinguished from that of the NVA ground force and Air Force/Air Defence Force by a green armband with large silver letters identifying the wearer's affiliation, and a green cap band.
The tables below contain the corps colours used by the NPA since 1986.[2])
Land Forces of the National People's Army
⇒ see main article Ranks of the National People's Army
Air Forces of the National People's Army
Regiment or Battalion type | Colour | Insignias | Rank | Remarks |
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General officers | Sky blue | Файл:GDR Air Force OF7 Generalleutnant.gif | Lieutenant general | Also Generals of the Air defense forces and of the Funktechnische Truppen |
Air Force | Файл:GDR Air Force OF1 Leutnant.gif | Lieutenant | Officers and warrant officers (Fähnriche) | |
Air Force | Файл:GDR Air Force OR3 Stabsgefreiter.gif | Stabsgefreiter | Rank and file and sergeants | |
Air Defence Force[4] | Light grey | Including rank and file, sergeants, warrant officers (comp.) and officers |
Border Troops of the German Democratic Republic
Border troop ratings | Colour | Insignias | Rank | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|
Generale | Green | Файл:GDR Border Troops OF6 Generalmajor.gif | Major general | Pipings, peaked cap stripe, collar patches, lampasses and stripes in green |
Officers, warrant officers (comparable) |
Файл:GDR Army W1 Fähnrich.gif | Warrant officer of the border troops | Pipings, peaked cap stripe, and stripes in green | |
Sergeants, rank and file | Файл:GDR Border Troops OR5 Unterfeldwebel.gif | Unterfeldwebel | Pipings, peaked cap stripe, and stripes in green |
Volksmarine
Volksmarine ratings | Colour | Insignias | Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flag officers | Navy blue | Файл:GDR Navy Arab OF6-9.jpg | Файл:GDR Navy OF6 Konteradmiral.gif | Flottenadmiral to Konteradmiral |
Officers | Файл:GDR Navy OF5 Kapitaen zur See.gif | Файл:GDR Navy OF1c Unterleutnant zur See.gif | Kapitän zur See to Unterleutnant (zur See) | |
Warrant officers (comparable) |
Файл:GDR Navy W4 Stabsoberfähnrich.gif | Файл:GDR Navy W1 Fähnrich.gif | Stabsoberfähnrich to Fähnrich | |
Petty Officers | Файл:GDR Navy OR8 Stabsobermeister.gif | Файл:GDR Navy OR4b Maat auf Zeit.gif | Stabsobermeister to Maat | |
Seamen | Файл:OR4 Stabsmatrose VM.gif | Файл:GDR Navy OR1 Matrose.gif | Stabsmatrose to Matrose |
Civil defense of the GDR
- Common (generals, as well): Malino (de:Himbeerrot, meaning the same as and similar in shade to English raspberry)
Other users
Waffenfarben were also worn by the troops of the Stasi, "Ministry for State Security", the Ministry of Internal Affairs with several branches of the police, fire brigades, etc.
See also
References
- ↑ Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Manfred Kunz: Uniformen der Nationalen Volksarmee der DDR 1956-1986. Brandenburgisches Verlagshaus, Berlin 1990, p. 159, 175
- ↑ Keubke/Kunz, ibid. p. 261, 238 ff.
- ↑ The collar patches of the paratroopers showed an open parachute above a wing.
- ↑ Klaus-Ulrich Keubke, Manfred Kunz: Militärische Uniformen in der DDR 1949-1990. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg/Berlin/Bonn 2009, p. 187 ff.