5th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr)
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5th Panzer Division |
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.svg) Association badge |
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| active | October 1, 1956 to September 30, 2001 |
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 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
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 army
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| Last seat of the staff | Mainz (as WBK IV / 5th PzDiv.) |
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| Last commander | Major General Axel Bürgener |
The 5th Panzer Division was a division of the Army of the Bundeswehr with the last headquarters of the division headquarters in Diez . It was dissolved on September 30, 2001. The division's troops were primarily stationed in the Rhenish-Hesse region between Koblenz , Zweibrücken and Sontra .
Association badge
The badge of the 5th Panzer Division showed the symbol of the medieval Counts of Nassau on a silver-black shield (silver cord with black thread woven into it) : on a blue background, sprinkled with golden shingles, a golden, red armored and tongue-tied lion . The division's coat of arms was continued by the 14th Panzer Brigade , but this shield was outlined in red. The formerly subordinate brigades of the division all had the same coat of arms motif described above and differed only in the border.
history
Army structure I and II
The division was set up in Grafenwöhr in 1956 ( Army Structure I ) . She was subordinate to Army Staff II (later II Corps ). The division initially led the following troops:
- Headquarters and headquarters company (Grafenwöhr)
- Panzerkampfgruppe A 5 ( Hohenfels )
- Panzerkampfgruppe B 5 (Grafenwoehr)
- Panzerbataillon 5 (Hohenfels)
- Panzerbataillon 15 (Grafenwoehr)
- Panzergrenadierbataillon 5 (Hohenfels)
- Panzer Grenadier Battalion 15 (Grafenwoehr)
- Panzerjägerbataillon 5 (Grafenwoehr)
- Armored Artillery Regiment 5 (Grafenwoehr)
- Anti-tank artillery battalion 5 (Grafenwoehr)
- Panzer Pioneer Battalion 5 ( Hann. Münden , from 1958 Dillingen )
- Panzerfernmeldebataillon 5 (Grafenwoehr)
- Medical Battalion 5 ( Brannenburg-Degerndorf )
- Light field equipment repair company 5 (Grafenwöhr)
- Feldjägerkompanie 5 (Grafenwöhr)
- Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 5 ( Hemer ).
In 1957 the staff moved to Wetzlar and Koblenz . The division changed to III in 1957 . Corps . In 1958 the association was officially subordinated to NATO . In 1958, the newly established Panzer Group C 5 was placed under the division.
Army structure II and III
With Army Structure II, the armored fighting groups were rededicated in brigades in 1959 . The division was now subordinate to the following brigades:
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 (from Combat Group B 5)
- Panzerbrigade 14 (from combat group A 5)
- Panzerbrigade 15 (from Kampfgruppe C 5).
In 1962 the division headquarters moved to Diez an der Lahn. In 1977 the 14th Panzer Brigade left the division and was placed under the 12th Panzer Division . For this, the 6th Panzer Brigade switched from the 2nd Jägerdivision to the 5th Panzer Division, which was then subordinate to the following brigades:
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 (Wetzlar)
- Panzerbrigade 6 ( Neustadt (Hessen) )
- Armored Brigade 15 ( Koblenz ).
In 1981, Panzerbrigade 6 was renamed Panzerbrigade 14 .
Army structure IV until dissolution
1986 - in Army Structure IV - were subordinate to the division:
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 ( Wetzlar )
- Panzerbrigade 14 ( Neustadt )
- Panzer Brigade 15 (Koblenz)
- Artillery Training Regiment 5 ( Idar-Oberstein )
- Field Artillery Training Battalion 51
- Missile Artillery Training Battalion 52 (Idar-Oberstein and Kusel, later Hermeskeil)
- Observation tank artillery training battalion 53 (Idar-Oberstein)
- Auxiliary battery 5 ( pouring )
- Division troops
- Anti-aircraft regiment 5 ( Lorch )
- Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 5 ( Sontra )
- Engineer Battalion 5 ( Lahnstein )
- Telecommunications Battalion 5 (Diez)
- Supply Battalion 5 (Wetzlar)
- Repair Battalion 5 (Giessen)
- Medical Battalion 5 (Rennerod)
- Field replacement battalions 51 to 55 (not active)
- Jägerbataillon 56 (not active) (Giessen)
- Jägerbataillon 57 (not active) ( Daaden )
- Security Battalion 58 (not active) (Daaden)
- Army Aviation Squadron 5 ( Mendig )
- Army Music Corps 5 (Koblenz)
- NBC defense company 5 (Zweibrücken).
In Army Structure V, the division merged with Military Area Command IV to form Military Area Command IV / 5. Armored Division. In 1996, Panzer Brigade 39 moved from the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division to Defense Area Command IV / 5. Armored Division. 1997 was the military area command IV / 5. Panzerdivision renamed Wehrbereichskommando II (Mainz) and the 5th Panzer Division dissolved on September 30, 2001. The division's coat of arms was carried on by the 14th Panzer Brigade .
Calls
Soldiers of the 5th Panzer Division were involved in the earthquake disaster in Agadir ( Morocco ) in March 1960 . Here in particular the medical battalion 5 under its then commander, Oberfeldarzt Dr. Mention Merkle. In February 1962 soldiers were deployed as helpers in the storm surge on the North Sea and in February 1984 in the flood disaster on the Lahn .
Commanders
| No. | Surname | Beginning of the appointment | End of appointment |
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| 20th | Major General Axel Bürgener | 2000 | September 30, 2001 |
| 19th | Major General Holger Kammerhoff | January 19, 1998 | 2000 |
| 18th | Major General Klaus Frühhaber | January 1, 1995 | January 19, 1998 |
| 17th | Major General Heribert Göttelmann | April 1, 1994 | December 31, 1994 |
| 16 | Brigadier General Klaus von Heimendahl | October 1, 1993 | March 31, 1994 |
| 15th | Major General Dieter Stöckmann | October 1, 1991 | June 24, 1993 |
| 14th | Major General Peter Rohde | 1st December 1986 | September 30, 1991 |
| 13 | Major General Wilhelm Jacoby | July 11, 1984 | November 30, 1986 |
| 12 | Major General Franz Uhle-Wettler | October 1, 1982 | July 11, 1984 |
| 11 | Major General Götz Mayer | 5th December 1980 | September 30, 1982 |
| 10 | Major General Werner Heyd | 1st October 1979 | September 7, 1980 |
| 9 | Major General Horst Wenner | September 27, 1975 | September 30, 1979 |
| 8th | Major General Kurt von der Osten | 15th January 1974 | September 26, 1975 |
| 7th | Major General Heinz-Georg Lemm | September 10, 1970 | 15th January 1974 |
| 6th | Major General Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten | May 1st 1969 | September 9, 1970 |
| 5 | Major General Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven | October 1, 1967 | April 30, 1969 |
| 4th | Major General Heinz Hükelheim | April 1, 1965 | September 30, 1967 |
| 3 | Major General Albert Schnez | October 1, 1962 | March 31, 1965 |
| 2 | Major General Günther Pape | March 1, 1960 | June 30, 1962 |
| 1 | Major General Heinrich Baron von Behr | October 1, 1956 | 7th December 1959 |
See also
- Panzer Grenadier Brigade 13
- Panzerbrigade 14 (Neustadt)
- Armored Brigade 15th
- Anti-aircraft regiment 5
Web links
Individual evidence
1st Armored Division | 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division | 3rd Armored Division | 4th Panzer Grenadier Division | 5th Armored Division | 6th Panzer Grenadier Division | 7th Armored Division | 1st Mountain Division | 1st Airborne Division | 10th Armored Division | 11th Panzer Grenadier Division | 12th Armored Division | 13th Panzer Grenadier Division | 14th Panzer Grenadier Division | Airmobile Operations Division | Fast forces division | Special Operations Division | Division South | Multinational Division Central
Division equivalents : Command Air Mobile Forces / 4. Division | Army command | Military area commands : I • II • III • IV • V • VI • VII • VIII
Heinrich Baron von Behr (1956–1959) | Günther Pape (1960–1962) | Albert Schnez (1962–1965) | Heinz Hükelheim (1965–1967) | Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1967–1969) | Hans-Joachim von Hopffgarten (1969–1970) | Heinz-Georg Lemm (1970–1974) | Kurt von der Osten (1974–1975) | Horst Wenner (1975–1979) | Werner Heyd (1979–1980) | Götz Mayer (1980–1982) | Franz Uhle-Wettler (1982–1984) | Wilhelm Jacoby (1984-1986) | Peter Rohde (1986–1991) | Dieter Stöckmann (1991–1993) | Klaus von Heimendahl (1993–1994) | Heribert Göttelmann (1994) | Klaus Frühhaber (1995–1998) | Holger Kammerhoff (1998–2000) | Axel Bürgener (2000-2001)
Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 49 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 41 ″ E