3rd Army (National People's Army)
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3rd Army |
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| Lineup | only in case of war |
| Country |
.svg){kind=small} GDR
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| Armed forces | Warsaw Pact |
| Type | army |
| Insinuation | High Command of the 1st Front ( GSSD ) |
| headquarters | Leipzig |
The 3rd Army was a military association of the National People's Army , which in the event of war would have been formed from the associations , troops and units of Military District III ( Leipzig ). It would have been under the command of the 1st Front , consisting of GSSD and NVA , and would have been deployed on the southern flank of the front .
structure
- 4th Motorized Rifle Division (NVA)
- 11th Motorized Rifle Division (NVA)
- 7th Panzer Division (NVA)
- 10th motorized rifle division ( mobilization division of the NVA )
Reserves:
- 6th motorized rifle division (mobilization division of the NVA)
- 17th motorized rifle division (mobilization division of the NVA)
Strategic direction
Planning until 1985
The 3rd Army was included in the early Warsaw Pact military planning as a reserve and part of the 2nd Squadron.
Planning from 1985
From 1985 the 3rd Army became an association of the 1st Squadron. In a now more defensive strategy, as part of the 1st Front, it was supposed to defend the western border of the GDR together with forces of the GSSD.
See also
literature
- Torsten Diedrich : The armed forces of the GDR and Poland in the operational planning of the Warsaw Pact . In: Rüdiger Wenzke (Hrsg.): Potsdam writings on military history . tape 12 . Military History Research Office, Potsdam 2010, ISBN 978-3-941571-09-9 (on behalf of the Military History Research Office).