Artillery Command 1

Artillery Command 1 - ArtKdo 1 -
( did not have an association badge )
active	July 1, 1972 to 1994
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Artillery Command
Insinuation	I. Corps
Location	Muenster

The headquarters of the artillery commander was the headquarters of the I. Corps on Hindenburgplatz (today Schlossplatz) in Münster.

The Artillery Command 1 ( ArtKdo 1 ) was one of the artillery commands of the Army of the Bundeswehr . The artillery command was part of the corps troops of the I. Corps and was stationed in Münster .

assignments

The artillery command bundled the most extensive artillery systems of the artillery troops at the level of the corps . Depending on the situation , the corps artillery increased the firepower of the divisional artillery . In the final phase of the Cold War , the rocket artillery of the artillery command was able to use tactical nuclear weapons with their Lance systems within the framework of nuclear participation . To own fire too far-reaching plan , the artillery commander with the rank possessed brigadier general or colonel last alongside troops of the topography troops also drones whose reconnaissance results and the commanding general of the corps and the commanders of subordinate divisions could be made available. Overall, the size of the artillery command corresponded roughly to one of the brigades of the field army.

structure

Around 1989 the artillery command was roughly divided into:

• Staff / Staff Battery Artillery Command 1, Münster
  • Drone battery 100, Coesfeld
  • Missile Artillery Battalion 150 , Wesel
  • Supply battalion Sonderwaffen 120, Werlte
  • Security Battalion 100 ( GerEinh ), Ahaus

See also : Division of the Field Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 4) # Artillery Command 1 , Wesel-Diersfordt special ammunition depot and 552nd US Army Artillery Group

history

The artillery command was set up in 1972 to capture Army Structure III . The staff of Corps Artillery Commander 1, who had been at the side of the commanding general since 1959, was used for the setup . This service position arose in turn from the corps artillery commander 401, which was planned in 1957 in Munster, Lower Saxony and transferred to Münster that same year.

1978 saw the conversion from Sergeant to Lance .

After the end of the Cold War, the declared nuclear planning group of NATO in 1991 the abandonment of nuclear artillery systems in Germany. Most of the American special ammunition was withdrawn from Germany. The artillery command was therefore decommissioned in 1994 around the same time as the regrouping of the 1st Corps to the 1st German-Dutch Corps .

See also : Nuclear weapons in Germany

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff battery

The artillery command did not have its own association badge due to its planning as part of the dependent corps troops . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher corps .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff battery " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire artillery command. As a reference to the stationing area, it essentially showed the federal eagle on the shield of the Münster coat of arms and, similar to the beret badge of the artillery troops, a rocket and a cannon barrel .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ^ OW Dragoon: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).

Web links

• Peter Hall: Locations of the rocket artillery battalions "Lance" (1985). In: Surface-to-Surface Missiles - Military, Historical and Technical Aspects . Retrieved January 13, 2019 . 

Coordinates: 51 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 37'  E