100th Artillery Regiment

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Artillery Regiment 100
"Free State of Thuringia"
- ArtRgt 100 -
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ArtRgt 100 (B) .png

Internal association badge
active July 1, 2002 as ArtBrig 100 ,
since July 1, 2007 ArtRgt 100,
dissolution June 30, 2014
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Branch of service Artillery force
Insinuation Coat of arms of the 1st Panzer Division of the Bundeswehr 1st Armored Division
Location Mühlhausen
Görmar barracks
Awards Flag of Thuringia.svg Flag ribbon
Thuringia (2009)
commander
last commander Colonel Axel Hermeling

The Artillery Regiment 100 "Free State of Thuringia" ( ArtRgt 100 ; nickname since 2009) was an artillery association with reconnaissance and active agents. The last remaining regiment of the artillery troops in the German army, based in the Görmar barracks in Mühlhausen / Thuringia, was under the command of the 1st Panzer Division . In 2007 it emerged from the Artillery Brigade 100 ( ArtBrig 100 ) set up in 2002 , the only major artillery association . In 2009 it was awarded the banner of the Free State of Thuringia . The association provided u. a. Forces for KFOR and ISAF contingents as well as parts of the ORF battalion of NATO . He was also one of the army's intervention forces. As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the regiment was disbanded in 2014.

Mission and staff

The artillery regiment 100 had the task of reconnaissance (planning and leadership) and fire fighting of the divisional artillery in the entire intensity spectrum. In addition, it led the subordinate troops and was responsible for their training. The regiment provided an artillery regiment command post as part of international crisis management . They also took part in the training and exercises of the large army units. In addition, the regiment provided forces in regimental strength for deployment contingents (see foreign deployments of the Bundeswehr ) and for aid at home and abroad. Furthermore, one participated in the further development of the artillery force.

The staff, which was led by the chief of staff , was divided into areas S1 to S6. In the event of an emergency and during exercises, the regimental staff placed a so-called artillery cell in the division's command post or set up its own command post, which was under the leadership of the division artillery commander (deputy regimental commander). The command post was able to carry out cross-armed forces and international tasks and to work in the context of peacekeeping missions .

structure

The regiment finally consisted of the following troops:

  • (1) Supply and backup battery
  • (2–5) rocket artillery batteries ( MARS rocket launchers )
  • (6) Emergency and support battery (general basic training)

history

The 100 artillery regiment was set up on July 1, 2002 under Colonel Hans-Joachim Fröhlich as the 100 artillery brigade in Mühlhausen / Thuringia. It emerged from the 13th Artillery Regiment. The brigade was subordinated to the army command in Koblenz. A stick battery was also set up. The following units were subordinate to the brigade:

  • Staff and staff battery Artillery Brigade 100, Mühlhausen
  • Internal badge of the Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 71 Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 71, Coesfeld
  • Internal badge of the Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 121 Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 121, Tauberbischofsheim
  • Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 131, Mühlhausen
  • Missile Artillery Training Battalion 52 , Hermeskeil (previously: Idar-Oberstein and Kusel)
  • Missile Artillery Battalion 55, Homberg
  • Missile Artillery Battalion 132, Sondershausen

In August 2002 the brigade fought the floods on the Elbe and the Havel near Stendal and Tangermünde . From November 2002 to February 2003, the LUNA reconnaissance drone was used to prepare for the UNMOVIC mission, the United Nations' monitoring, verification and inspection commission, in Iraq . In May 2003, a public vow and a major tattoo of the 100 artillery brigade were held on the Blobach in Mühlhausen . In June / July 2003 the first brigade framework exercise "Thuringian Lion 2003" took place in the Saxony-Anhalt-Brandenburg area between Klietz and Großwudicke . In September 2003, the "Artillery System Training Exercise" (LÜSA) was devoted to the Baumholder military training area in Rhineland-Palatinate. A month later, the brigade supported the Thuringian Day folk festival , which lasted several days and took place in Mühlhausen in 2003 with around 100,000 visitors under the motto “Together in the middle”. In April 2004, a second brigade framework exercise "Thuringian Lion 2004" was practiced, this time in the area between Leine and Weser . LÜSA 2004 followed in Baumholder in August / September.

From February to March 2005 the staff moved from the abandoned Rosenhof barracks to the Görmar barracks in Mühlhausen. In June 2005, the “Thuringian Lion 2005” took place as a “ Three Block War ”, including LUNA flight operations, in the Thuringian Basin area , and the central lieutenant transport of the army command on the Blobach was also responsible. In July there was another LÜSA in Baumholder. From September 2006 to May 2007 the brigade provided forces for the 15th and 16th German contingent of KFOR in Kosovo , whose command was taken over by the commander, Brigadier General Hans-Joachim Fröhlich.

Open day with Prime Minister Dieter Althaus in July 2009: The 100th Artillery Regiment was awarded a troop flag, a flag ribbon and the name “Free State of Thuringia”.

On July 1, 2007, the 100 Artillery Brigade was reclassified to the 100 Artillery Regiment and subordinated to the 1st Panzer Division in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (at the time still stationed in Hanover). In the summer of 2008, the Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 121 and the partially active Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 83 in Tauberbischofsheim (Baden-Württemberg) were decommissioned. In addition, the artillery reconnaissance battalion 131 in Mühlhausen was reclassified into observation armored artillery battalion 131 . From July to November 2008, forces were provided for the 17th German ISAF contingent in Afghanistan. At the end of 2008 the Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 71 and the partially active Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 113 in Coesfeld (North Rhine-Westphalia) were decommissioned. An open day took place in July 2009 : Brigadier General Heinz Georg Wagner , Deputy Commander of the 1st Panzer Division, presented a troop flag , Dieter Althaus (CDU), Thuringian Prime Minister, awarded the regiment the flag and Lieutenant General Hans-Otto Budde , Inspector of the Army , nicknamed "Free State of Thuringia". In 2009 the 3rd battery of the observation tank artillery battalion 131 introduced the unmanned, airborne reconnaissance system " Small Aircraft for Target Location " (KZO) into ISAF operations. From January to June 2010 the 5th battery of the rocket artillery battalion 132 and from July to December 2011 the entire battalion belonged to the ORF battalion of NATO , most recently also in action in Kosovo. At the end of 2012, one last exercise took place in Baumholder. In 2013 a Joint Fire Support Coordination Group (JFSCG) and two gun platoons were in Afghanistan.

With a big tattoo the solemn roll call for dissolution of the regiment took place on May 16, 2013, which was dissolved by June 30, 2014. With the participation of Army Music Corps 1 from Hanover, in addition to the regimental commander, this was accepted by Johannes Bruns (SPD), Lord Mayor of the city of Mühlhausen / Thuringia, Major General Carsten Jacobson , commander of the 1st Panzer Division, and Christine Lieberknecht (CDU), Prime Minister of the Free State of Thuringia. In December 2013 the rocket artillery battalion 132 in Sondershausen was disbanded, with three batteries going to other units of the army. It formed the core of the Sergeant / Sergeant Candidate Battalion 1 in Sondershausen. The observation tank artillery battalion 131 was reclassified to the artillery battalion 131 , relocated to Weiden in the Upper Palatinate and placed under the Southern Division in January 2014 . Together with the Artillery Training Battalion 345 in Kusel or Idar-Oberstein, it forms the divisional artillery of the new 10th Panzer Division .

Commanders

LNr. Rank name Term of office
Beginning The End
4th Colonel Axel Hermeling 2012 June 30, 2014
3 Colonel Oliver Kohl September 25, 2009 2012
2 Colonel Hubertus von Rohr July 1, 2007 2009
1 Brigadier General Hans-Joachim Fröhlich July 1, 2002 2007

Association badge

The internal association badge showed the iron cross of the Bundeswehr on top of a silver field, covered with the city ​​arms of Mühlhausen. On a gold-colored background it showed a soaring heraldic eagle at the top and a silver mill iron in the lower red field . The eagle referred to the city's earlier status as a “ free imperial city ”, which was shaped by the Holy Roman Empire and the Roman-German emperors . The mill iron was reminiscent of the former grain mills in the city.

In the lower red field the regimental coat of arms showed two cross-lying cannon barrels with a rocket . These symbols stood for the tube and rocket artillery parts of the regiment , regardless of the separation of the tube artillery . The letter "B" stood for the regiment's artillery reconnaissance battalions. The colors white and red stood for the Thuringian national colors .

Association badge as Artillery Brigade 100

The old association badge (sleeve badge) showed two crossed swords on a black, red, and blue background in the coat of arms and resembled, except for the border, the association badge of the army command. The crossed swords represented the army troops. The color black symbolized the engineering corps , red the artillery , Heeresflugabwehr- and the NBC defense troops . Blue stood for the logistics team . The weapon colors of the subordinate troops in the division-equivalent army troop command were shown in the coat of arms. All brigades formerly subordinate to the army troop command had an identical association badge except for the border, which was usually bordered in the respective weapon color . Here it was crimson for the artillery.

Web links

Commons : Artillery Regiment 100  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Marcus Schöler: Farewell by torchlight. Federal Ministry of Defense , head of the press and information staff , Mühlhausen, May 29, 2013, accessed on July 15, 2013 .
  2. ^ Big tattoo of the Bundeswehr in Mühlhausen Thuringian State Chancellery on May 17, 2013.

Coordinates: 51 ° 13 ′ 8 ″  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 25.7 ″  E