Following the unification, the Volksmarine (East German navy) had surprisingly short service lives in the new German Navy. Dates for their disposal are: Knoi-class frigates Rostock (1991), Halle (1991), Berlin der Haupstadt der DDR (1991). The sixteen Parchim-class Corvettes were discardred in 1991-
92. The five Tarantul I-class guided missile boats were all stricken in 1991. The nine Sassnitz-class patrol boats have been decommissioned from the Navy and waiting on the decision to scrap, although there is a proposal
(1993) to turn four over to the Sea Border Patrol.
The story is the same for the Kondor II-class minesweepers and Frosch-class landing ships, by 1991, they have all been decommissioned or sold to other countries.
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The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.
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