Service suit (Bundeswehr)

The service suit is a uniform of the Bundeswehr . In its basic form, it is worn outside military facilities as a dress uniform , inside military facilities also on business trips (e.g. for commanding or transfers ), sometimes for political education and on the occasion of ceremonial events. In some departments of the Bundeswehr , mainly in command authorities, but also in the Federal Ministry of Defense, it is a day service suit. There are various modifications (e.g. different headgear) and additions (e.g. rain jacket) to the service suit in its basic form. In the central guideline A1-2630 / 0-9804 suit regulations for soldiers of the Bundeswehr , all forms of service suits and other uniforms of the Bundeswehr are described in detail.

In September 2019, the CDU defense expert Henning Otte called for the design of a new service suit for all branches of the armed forces . The Bundeswehr needs a “modern service suit that soldiers like to wear in public”. It is to be designed by German designers and historians and first introduced to the army , where the old service suit is particularly unpopular.

Service suit

Army service suit

Army service suit

Men Beret / mountain hat Service jacket / ski blouse, gray Pants, dark gray Service shirt, long sleeve Long tie, gray-blue Trouser belt, black, smooth Low shoes, black, smooth Socks, black

Women Beret / mountain hat Service jacket / ski blouse, gray Skirt, gray Service blouse, long sleeves Long tie, blue Belt, black, smooth Shoes, black, smooth Tights / stockings, light / gray

• Army service suit
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  Basic shape for men

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  with coat

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  with sweater

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  with blouson

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  with a long shirt

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  Basic form for mountain hunters (mountain suit)

Luftwaffe service suit

Luftwaffe service suit

Men Boat, blue Service jacket, blue Pants, blue Service shirt, long sleeve Long tie, blue Trouser belt, black, smooth Low shoes, black, smooth Socks, black

Women Boat, blue Service jacket, blue Pants, blue Service blouse, long sleeves Long tie, blue Belt, black, smooth Shoes, black, smooth Tights / stockings, light / gray

• Luftwaffe service suit
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  Basic shape for men

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  Basic shape for women

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  with coat and cap

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  with blouson

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  with sweater

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  with a long shirt

Navy service suit

Officers, NCOs, crew ranks from the age of 30

Navy service suit

for officers, NCOs and men from the age of 30

for teams up to 30 years of age

Men Peaked cap Service jacket, dark blue Pants, dark blue Service shirt, white, long sleeve Long tie, black Trouser belt, black Low shoes, black, smooth Socks, black

Women Peaked cap Service jacket, dark blue Skirt, dark blue Service blouse, white, long sleeve Long tie or angle, black Belt, black Shoes, black, smooth Tights / stockings, light / gray

Teams up to 30 years of age

• Cap, white
• Flip-up pants, dark blue
• Shirt, dark blue (summer: shirt, white)
• Shirt collar, blue
• silk scarf, black, with bow tie
• Low shoes, black, smooth
• Socks, black

• Navy service suit
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  Basic shape for men

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  Basic shape for women

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  with skirt

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  with coat

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  with blouson

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  with year-round jacket

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  with sweater

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  with a long shirt

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  Basic form for teams

Summer service suit

The summer service suits may not be worn within Germany, but only south of the 40th parallel north. This runs roughly at the level of Madrid and Ankara . For example, it can be worn by soldiers stationed at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico .

Sand colors

Summer service suit sand-colored
here: Army (short shirt),
Navy (short shirt),
Army (basic shape)

The sand-colored summer service suit may be worn by soldiers of the Army, Air Force and Navy.

• Summer service suit, sand-colored
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  Basic form of the army

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  Basic form of the air force

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  Basic form of the navy

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  long shirt

White

The white summer service suit may only be worn by the Navy. Teams up to the age of 30 wear summer service suits with a white shirt and white trousers, but keep their black service shoes.

• Summer service suit, white
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  Basic shape for men

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  Variation for women with a skirt

Great service suit

Paratroopers in large service suits . In front a flag delegation with a troop flag.

The large service suit is a modification of the basic form of service suit and only exists in the army and air force. It is only worn on command and on special occasions. Instead of the low shoes, the combat shoes are worn with woolen socks (olive), the trousers are turned inwards above the boots. There is also a black leather belt that is worn over the service jacket. In cold weather the coat can be worn over the service jacket, the leather belt is worn over the coat. As a modification, a helmet can be ordered instead of the beret / boat, then the coat is usually worn regardless of the weather (as is common in the big tattoo ). The mountain troops of the army wear a ski blouse (gray), wedge pants (gray) as well as mountain ski boots or mountain boots and wool socks with their large service suits.

• Great service suit
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  in the basic form (army)

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  with coat and helmet (army)

The Navy does not have a “large service suit”. However, as a modification to the service suit, "sea boots with two half-blows" can be ordered. In this case, sea boots are to be worn and the pants are to be folded over twice from the inside to the outside to form a 5 cm wide cuff. This suit is also known colloquially as “2. Geige "or" Wachgeige ".

particularities

In warm weather or in closed rooms, the jacket may be taken off as long as custom and good manners do not oppose this, but only if a white shirt is not worn. The service shirt / blouse must then be worn with shoulder flaps. The jacket must not be worn over the arm. In cold weather it is permitted to wear private lace-up shoes / boots (black, smooth upper leather). In the army and air force, it is also possible to wear a peaked cap from the rank of non-commissioned officer .

Small service suit

Conscripts in small service suits 2010

Colloquially, the Army and Air Force refer to the "small service suit" as a modification of the service suit for warm days. The only outerwear that is worn here is a short service shirt with or without a long tie . Until 2005 it was not permitted to wear a long-tie with a short service shirt. Sometimes every service suit in the army and air force is referred to as a small service suit that is not designed as a large service suit. In the Navy, the service suit is also known colloquially as “1. Violin ”.

• Small service suit
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  of the Air Force

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  of the Navy

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  of the Air Force in summer suits, sand-colored

Others

At times the following uniform variants were introduced or allowed:

• White service jacket or “skirt, white”: At the end of the 1960s, the Bundeswehr introduced a white service jacket. This could be worn by officers and non-commissioned officers MP as part of the small service suit. It was to be procured “at one's own expense” and was not widely used. The white skirt was only worn in the summer months and preferably in the officers '/ non-commissioned officers' quarters. Even in the Wehrmacht, a white skirt was allowed on certain occasions.
• Light blue uniform: When the first women were hired as paramedics in the Bundeswehr in 1976, they were given a dove blue uniform.

Carrying method

Permissible carrying method of Orders, decorations , badges and markings on the uniform of the 1st Army, 2nd Air Force, the third of the Navy for enlisted men up to age 30 and the fourth of the Navy for officers , non-commissioned officers , enlisted men from the age of 30 :

Army:
1 = shoulder flap with rank badge
2 = collar tab
3 = foreign, binational or multinational association badge as sleeve badge (Army)
4 = company sergeant (KpFw) - cord
5 = rifle cord (only Uffz and Msch )
6 = up to 2 job badges , including 1 Foreign
7 = internal association badge
8 = up to 2 special badges , of which 1 foreign
9 = ribbon buckle
10 = black name badge
11 = achievement badge
12 = association badge (army)
13 = sleeve band

Air force:
1 = shoulder flap with rank badge
2 = collar tab of the air force
3 = not applicable
4 = company field sergeant (KpFw) - cord
5 = rifle cord (only Uffz and Msch)
6 = up to 2 job
badges , including 1 foreign or silver air force arm 7 = internal association badge
8 = up to 2 special badges , 1 of which is foreign
9 = ribbon buckle
10 = light blue name badge
11 = achievement badge
12 = not applicable
13 = sleeve band

Navy, crews up to 30 years:
1 = rank badge
2 = usage badge
3 = internal association badge (only in the area of ZMIlDBw / integrated use)
4 = rifle cord
5 = strap buckle
6 = name badge
7 = achievement badge

Navy, Offz, Uffz and teams from 30 years:
1 = Rank badge on both sleeves
1a = Offz
1b = Uffz mP
1c = Uffz oP
2 = Career badge
2a = Offz
2b = Uffz mP
2c = Uffz oP
3 = Guard badge
4 = Internal association badge ( only in the area of ​​ZMIlDBw / integrated use)
5 = rifle cord (Uffz only)
6 = up to 2 special badges, 1 of which is foreign
7 = up to 2 job badges , of which 1 foreign
8 = strap buckle
9 = name badge
10 = achievement badge

See also

• Field suit
• Formal suit

Web links

• Uniforms of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ WORLD: New uniforms: The Bundeswehr should look "chic and dashing" in the future . September 7, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed September 9, 2019]).
3. ↑ Holloman.af.mil ( Memento of the original from February 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Photo on the occasion of the 55,555 flight hour of the German air force flying training center in Holloman  
4. ↑ At that time ZDv 37/10 suit order for the Bundeswehr , quoted in TASCHENBUCH FÜR WEHRAUSBILDUNG - ARMY , 45th edition, Walhalla u. Pretoria Verlag, 1977, in Section B 22, B.
5. ↑ Oertzenscher pocket calendar for the officers of the army (formerly FRICKS), 63rd edition 1943, p. 396
6. ^ Deutscheuniformen.de The Bundeswehr from 1966 - 1998