List of Standards
Military Standards
Primarily, the German armaments sector makes use of appropriate civilian standards (DIN / EN / ISO etc.) for the development and procurement of defense materiel. If civilian standards cannot be used due to military requirements, first, an attempt is made by the military sector to incorporate these specifically military requirements into already existing civilian standards or into civilian standards currently being prepared.
For this purpose, experts of the armaments sector are equal partners in the appropriate civilian standardization committees of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN). The outcome of the contribution of the armaments sector in the standardization committees of the DIN are civilian standards. Only if justified military requirements cannot be considered in civilian standards can experts of the armaments sector together with the relevant industry prepare German military standards (VG standards) and / or – for materials – material specifications sheets (WL sheets) of the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement BWB). This work is done in accordance with the regulations of the civilian DIN defense technology standardization committees.
With the publication of civilian standards that cover the military requirements satisfactorily the pertinent military standards are withdrawn.
You can find the list of German military standards under the entry "Search". This list provides information on the current inventory of German military standards and BWB material specifications sheets.
The German military standards and the BWB material specifications sheets are obtainable from Beuth-Verlag, Berlin.
European Handbook For Defense Procurement (EHDP)
On European level, the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) provides a data base on the internet with military standards and standard-like procurement documents of European nations and of NATO.
In this section you can also find recommendations for the use of "Best Practice Standards" for several armaments-related technology fields.
This data base, which is still in the build-up phase, reflects the updated work results of Workshop 10 "Standardisation for Defence Procurement". This workshop is supported by the European Commission and is conducted within the framework of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN).
