Tentara Rakyat Nasional Jerman

National People's Army
National People's Army
Nationale Volksarmee (NVA)
	Insignia of the National People's Army
	Flag of the National People's Army
Slogan	Für den Schutz der Arbeiter-und-Bauern-Macht; (For the security of the workers' and farmers' power)
Didirikan	1 March 1956
Dibubarkan	2 October 1990
Angkatan	Land Forces; People's Navy; Air Forces; Border Troops;
Markas besar	Strausberg, East Berlin
Kepemimpinan
Head of State	See list Wilhelm Pieck,; Walter Ulbricht,; Willi Stoph,; Erich Honecker,; Egon Krenz,; Manfred Gerlach,; Sabine Bergmann-Pohl;
Minister of Defence	See list Willi Stoph,; Heinz Hoffmann,; Heinz Kessler,; Theodor Hoffmann,; Rainer Eppelmann;
Army General	See list Willi Stoph,; Heinz Hoffmann,; Erich Mielke,; Friedrich Dickel,; Heinz Kessler;
Penambahan; usia militer/tahun	(175,300 (1987))

The National People’s Army (NPA) (German: Nationale Volksarmee - NVA) was the name used for the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic.

The NVA was established in 1956 and disbanded in 1990. It did not see any significant combat, though its participation with the Soviet Armed Forces against the Czechoslovak interim government during the Prague Spring of 1968 was cancelled at the last minute and there were frequent reports of East German advisors working with communist African governments during the Cold War.