Growth strength
Growth strength (or mobilization strength ) in the military is the strength of an army in case of defense . The opposite is the strength of peace .
General
The concept of the growth strength is derived from the growth , with which the increase in the performance potential or the personnel capacity of an army is described.
composition
The peace strength of an army is made up of conscripts , time and professional soldiers together. In the defense case, a place mobilization held by reservists called to be and also volunteers Report. The strength that can be achieved is called growth strength.
calculation
It must be taken into account whether it is a pure volunteer army (temporary and professional soldiers) or a conscript army . While the size of the volunteer army arithmetically based on the age group (excluding women) and the difference between the minimum age (16 years) and maximum age (45 years) (i.e. 29 years), the strength of a conscript army is much greater. In Germany, the growth rate for the latter would be around 11.5 million, for volunteers only 493,000 soldiers. In Austria , the armed forces are planning to have 55,000 soldiers, the Swiss army is assuming 1.1 million.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tobias Arand, 1870/71: The History of the Franco-German War , 2018, o.p.
- ↑ SPIEGEL ONLINE Forum: Blogs from January 2, 2013, Bundeswehr: Every third volunteer gives up