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East Germany Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 2 weapon systems built or assembled in East Germany, including air defense and naval systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

2 weapon systems

2Catalog records

2Equipment categories

2Leading builders shown

1Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Air Defense1 Naval Systems1

Builder Links

IWP Pinnow1 Peene-Werft1

Conflict Coverage

Indonesia-Vietnam North Natuna Sea Maritime Clashes1

FASTA-4M, East German quad launcher for Strela-2/Strela-3 missiles, Air Defense

FASTA-4MEast German quad launcher for Strela-2/Strela-3 missilesBuilt by: IWP PinnowFASTA-4M was East Germany's four-barrel Fliegerabwehr-Startanlage for short-range infrared surface-to-air missiles, developed and produced at IWP Pinnow for LO1800 vehicle mounts and shipboard close air defense. Sources connect the mount to Strela-2, Strela-3, and later Igla-family installations on platforms ranging from Volksmarine vessels to Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft.

Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette, Naval Systems

Indonesia-Vietnam North Natuna Sea Maritime ClashesProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvetteAnti-submarine corvetteBuilt by: Peene-WerftProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette is an East German-developed coastal ASW corvette family built by Peene-Werft and later operated by Soviet, Russian, and Indonesian navies. The class carried 57 mm and 30 mm gun mounts, RBU-6000 rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, and sonar for shallow-water anti-submarine patrols, and an Indonesian Parchim-class ship was documented in the 2019 North Natuna Sea collision incident with Vietnamese fisheries-enforcement vessels.