Germany
Fully equipped with the best modern technology, the German forces are composed of about 183.6K active military personnel and about 30K in reserve, making it rank in the top 30 armies worldwide and the second largest in the European Union, only behind France.
After World War II ended, the German army dissolved, thereby leaving the state without a defense system in place. Following the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, a proper military organization began operating in 1955 with an iron cross as its symbol. It is known as Bundeswehr in its native land (Federal Defence in English).
