Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19th

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Panzergrenadierbrigade 19
"Münsterland"
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 19

Association badge
active March 1, 1959 to 
Aug. 31, 2002
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
last staff seat Awls

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 "Münsterland" with headquarters in Ahlen was a brigade of the German army and for the longest time it was under the 7th Panzer Division in Unna . The brigade was stationed in Münsterland and was disbanded in August 2002.

history

Army structure 2

The brigade was established by the Federal Minister of Defense from February 27, 1959 to March 1, 1959 in Handorf near Münster by the III. Corps set up and relocated to Ahlen on July 1, 1959 , after the Westphalia barracks in Heessener Busch , a former property of Baron von Boeselager , were completed. In 1960 the first combat shooting took place in Bergen-Hohne . 1961 Subordination of the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 203. The AA battery 190 left the brigade on April 1, 1962 and was subordinated as the 2nd battery to the AA battalion 7 in Handorf. The brigade was subordinated to NATO in 1962 and the 194 tank battalion was converted to the M 48 main battle tank on April 16, 1962 . In October of the same year, units were transferred to the Mourmelon-le-Grand military training area in Châlons-en-Champagne in France. Due to the Cuban crisis, the exercises were terminated prematurely on October 27th. 1963 Transfer of the 194 Tank Battalion to Castle Martin Training Area in Wales . 1964 Swearing in with a big tattoo on the Lindensportplatz in Ahlen in front of 12,000 spectators. 1966 stay at the military training area in La Courtine in France with combat exercise in Westphalia and conversion to tank destroyers . On July 1, 1967, the 194 tank battalion was converted to the Leopard 1 battle tank and the 195 armored artillery battalion to the M109 G self-propelled howitzer . 1968 an aid mission follows the flood disaster in Osttünnen . 1969 Participation in the corps combat exercise Großer Rösselsprung .

In Army Structure 2, the brigade was subordinate to the following units:

  • Staff company (compiled in 1959 from Combat Group B 2, Kassel, Combat Group B 5, Wetzlar and Combat Group C 2, Marburg )
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 (list 1959 from 4th / Panzergrenadierbataillon 12, Göttingen and 3rd / Panzergrenadierbataillon 22, Fritzlar )
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 193 (formation October 1, 1959 from Panzergrenadierbataillon 5, Koblenz and Panzergrenadierbataillon 25, Koblenz)
  • Panzerbataillon 194 (list 1959 from Panzerjägerbataillon 5)
  • Panzerartilleriebataillon 195 (established in 1958 as field artillery battalion 441, Lingen (Ems) ; from 1959 as field artillery battalion 195, Münster-Handorf)
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 190 (established in 1956 as 3rd / Jägerbataillon 2, Marburg; from 1962 Panzerjägerkompanie 190 in Münster-Handorf)
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 190 (established from 1961 in Warendorf , relocated to Ahlen on March 6, 1962)
  • Supply Company 190 (established in 1957 as Quartermaster Battalion 7; from 1973 Supply Company 190, Ahlen)
  • Repair company 190 (established in 1959 as 3rd / supply battalion 196; from 1973 repair company 190, Münster-Handorf)
  • Panzer Reconnaissance Train 190 (set up in 1962 from Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 7 as a tank reconnaissance train)

Army structure 3

The Panzer Grenadier Battalion 192 was subdivided into the Jäger Battalion 441 and the Jäger Regiment 44 and thus subordinated to the Homeland Security Command 15 in 1970 . In 1971 the brigade took part in the British-led combat exercise Keystone and the NBC defense company 190 changed to NBC defense company 7 and left the brigade. 1972 The armored infantry battalions 191 and 193 were converted to the Marder armored personnel carrier . The 196 supply battalion was decommissioned in 1973 and its maintenance company and the supply company were directly subordinate to the brigade. Panzerspähzug 190 became an independent brigade unit. In 1975 the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) - Supreme Commander of NATO Headquarters Europe (SHAPE), Alexander Haig visited the brigade in Telgte . For testing purposes, the Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 was subordinate to the Panzer Brigade 20 in 1976/1977 . In 1977 the 193 Panzer Grenadier Battalion and 194 Panzer Battalion were transferred to the German Army Training Establishment Shilo (GATES) in the province of Manitoba in Canada.

Army structure 4

In 1980, the Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 was renamed to cadre Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 as part of the reclassification to Army Structure 4 . In 1982 the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 193 and the Panzer Battalion 194 moved to the Lützow barracks in Münster - Handorf . In 1989 she was given the nickname "Münsterland".

In the autumn of 1989 the brigade comprised around 3,615 soldiers in the peace structure . The planned growth force in the case of defense was around 3550 men. For nursery which was convened by reservists and the mobilization of non-active units provided. At the end of Army Structure 4 in autumn 1989, the brigade was still part of the 7th Panzer Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

The Mechanized Infantry Battalion 193 is from April 1989 laying down the Army NCO School I used. In March 1990 it was reclassified to Jägerbataillon 193 ( GerEinh ) .

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1994 the 19 Panzer Grenadier Brigade was briefly subordinated to the 1st Panzer Division and in 1996 switched back to the 7th Panzer Division. At the end of August 2002, the 19 Panzer Grenadier Brigade was disbanded.

Commanders of the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19

The commanders of the brigade were (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
17th Colonel Robert Bergmann 2000 August 2002
16 Colonel Karl Ackermann October 1, 1995 1999
15th Brigadier General Henning Brümmer October 1, 1992 September 30, 1995
14th Colonel Rudolf Camp October 1, 1989 September 30, 1992
13 Brigadier General Gerd Schultze-Rhonhof April 1, 1985 September 30, 1989
12 Colonel Manfred Gerber April 1, 1983 March 31, 1985
11 Colonel Hubertus Senff April 1, 1980 March 31, 1983
10 Colonel Wolfgang Tebbe 1st October 1977 March 31, 1980
9 Brigadier General Horst Scheuermann July 1, 1974 September 30, 1977
8th Brigadier General Horst-Bodo Schuwirth April 29, 1971 June 30, 1974
7th Colonel Günter Rennhack 1st October 1968 1st October 1971
6th Brigadier General Franz-Joseph Schulze 7th September 1967 September 30, 1968
5 Colonel Werner Ziegler August 1, 1964 September 6, 1967
4th Brigadier General Bernd Freiherr Freytag von Loringhoven April 1, 1963 July 30, 1964
3 Colonel Otto Fischer May 9, 1961 March 31, 1963
2 Brigadier General Detlef von Rumohr April 1, 1960 May 8, 1961
1 Colonel Otto Fondermann March 1, 1959 March 31, 1960

Association badge

Hand-embroidered association badge for the service suit
Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The blazon of the association badge for the uniform of the members of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 read:

Silver bordered , a soaring silver steed in red .

The association badge showed the Westphalia horse . It is similar to the coat of arms of the Prussian province of Westphalia , whose coat of arms also part later of the North Rhine-Westphalian coat of arms is where most units of the Division deployed were. The association badges of the division and the subordinate brigades were identical except for the shelves . In the tradition of the Prussian color sequence , the association badge of the 19 Panzer Grenadier Brigade was the “first” brigade of the division with a white border.

Since the badges of the division's brigades differed only slightly, the internal badge of the staff or the staff company pars pro toto was occasionally used as the brigade's "badge" instead . It showed crossed swords similar to those on the army peaked cap , the horse known from the association badge and a golden cross on a green background. Green was the weapon color of the armored infantry troops . The cross was borrowed from the coat of arms of Handorf and stood for the former affiliation of the area to the Principality of Münster .

Remarks

  1. ↑ Shown are the internal association badges, for which a wearing permit was officially granted until around the mid-1980s. Inactive units (equipment units, partially active, cadre units) are shown in italics .
  2. ^ "First" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 20 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 21 (= yellow board).

literature

  • Müller: Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 . "Münsterland Brigade" between Lippe and Ems. Ed .: Panzergrenadierbrigade 19th 2nd edition. Mönch, Koblenz, Bonn June 1981, DNB  830721622 (64 pages).
  • Müller: Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 . Information leaflet for guests and soldiers. Ed .: Müller. Mönch, Koblenz, Bonn, Waldesch, DNB  880733322 (44 p., With a supplementary part of the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19th "Münsterland Brigade" between Lippe and Ems. Open day).
  • Michael Hoffmann: Garrison town of Dülmen . Associations and units in the St. Barbara barracks. In: Heimatverein Dülmen e. V. (Ed.): Dülmener Heimatblätter . No. 1 . Dülmen 2001 ( heimatverein-duelmen.de [accessed on February 28, 2020]).
  • Bibliography on the culture and history of the city of Ahlen (Westphalia) . In: Stadt Ahlen - The Mayor Chapter = 11.10 Defense (ed.): Sources and research on the history of the city of Ahlen (Westphalia) . tape 8 . Self-published by the city of Ahlen, Ahlen (Westphalia) 2005, ISBN 3-00-017972-0 (364 pages, ahlen.de [PDF; 3.2 MB ; accessed on February 17, 2020]).

Web links

Commons : Panzergrenadierbrigade 19  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad. In: Website of the Military History Research Office . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , Military History Research Office , accessed on February 17, 2020 (For technical reasons, direct links to individual search queries or search results are not possible. Please use the “search form” to research information on the individual departments).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f O. W. Dragoner (Ed.): Die Bundeswehr 1989 . Organization and equipment of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of the Cold War. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army. Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps, February 2012 (167 p., Relektiven.com [PDF; 747 kB ; accessed on February 21, 2020] First edition: 2009, overview of the series at Relict.com).
  3. ^ Uwe Walter: The structures and associations of the German army . 1st edition. Part 1., I. Corps: (1956-1995). Edition AVRA, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-946467-32-8 , pp. 104 (260 pp.).
  4. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-19 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 19. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 .

Coordinates: 51 ° 43  '59.6 " N , 7 ° 52' 25.6"  E