Battalion Electronic Warfare

A battalion of electronic warfare is an association of the Bundeswehr with the mandate of electronic warfare . The four active battalions belong to the cyber and information space organizational area and are directly subordinate to the strategic reconnaissance command .

Battalion Electronic Warfare 911

Battalion Electronic Warfare 911 - EloKaBtl 911 - II
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active
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Military organizational area	Cyber ​​and information space
Branch of service	Telecommunication troops EloKa
Strength	around 800 soldiers, 300 civilians
Insinuation	KdoStrat Aufkl
Location	Stadum Südtondern barracks
Web presence	EloKaBtl 911
commander
Battalion commander	Frigate Captain René Brieskorn

The battalion electronic warfare 911 ( EloKaBtl 911 ) is a part of mobile association of the communications intelligence is one of four EloKa- battalions of the armed forces , which in the organization area cyber space and information to the Strategic command reconnaissance are immediately downstream. It is stationed in the Südtondern barracks in Stadum ( Schleswig-Holstein ) and is the northernmost branch of the Bundeswehr in Germany. The battalion consists of the components of the mobile land-based reconnaissance and the fixed telecommunications and electronic reconnaissance .

tasks

In addition to the Electronic Warfare Battalion 931, the battalion performs tasks in telecommunications and electronic reconnaissance as well as in the support of task forces using electronic warfare . The battalion provides EloKa contingents for foreign missions of the Bundeswehr and clears up electromagnetic emissions from its reconnaissance and direction finding center around the clock. The reconnaissance results obtained in this way contribute to the decision-making support of the military command and help in assessing the threat to the Bundeswehr forces. They also help the political leadership to further assess the situation in the areas of interest and reconnaissance. Soldiers and officers provide 365 days around the clock shifts .

Radio transmitting / receiving station Bramstedtlund ("Kastagnette")

A facility similar to the “castanets” in Gablingen .

The battalion operates the radio transmission / reception center Bramstedtlund (FuS / ESt Bramstedtlund). The reconnaissance area extends from the North Cape to the Black Sea. The outer diameter of the circular Wullenwever antenna is approx. 400–450 meters and the costs are said to have been around 200 million DM. The decision to build the facility was made in 1980. Around 100 hectares of land were purchased for this purpose. The contractor was today's EADS , then DASA . On March 15, 1995, the recording operation in the "Kastagnette" Bramstedtlund is started and on July 31, 1995 the high-frequency recording in the "Twedter field" is stopped. The direction finding capability of the HF system in Bramstedtlund was established on December 15, 1995. Four days later, the "Peilzentrale" in Bramstedtlund went into operation. The “castanets” were handed over to the sector on March 28, 1996. However, the official handover took place on November 28, 1996.

history

The roots of the association go back to the founding time of the Bundeswehr in 1956. Initially, it was commissioned to enlighten the naval forces of the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War . On September 1, 1960, the Marine Telecommunications Group 71 (MFmGrp 71) was set up. She was stationed in Pelzerhaken until January 14, 1961 , then in Flensburg ( Twedter Feld barracks ). An electronic reconnaissance system was set up there. On April 29, 1970, the name was changed to Marine Fernmeldekompanie 71 (MarFmKp 71) and on October 1, 1978 it was renamed again to Marine Fernmeldesektor 71 (MFmSkt 71). From December 1, 1994, the sector was relocated to Bramstedtlund and took over the high-frequency large direction finder and detection system "Kastagnette". The relocation was completed a year later.

On March 31, 2002, the communications reconnaissance section 911 (Fm AufklAbschn 911) emerged from the marine telecommunications sector 71. This resulted in a change from the marine branch to the military organizational area of ​​the armed forces base . From 2006 to October 2010, frigate captain Wilfried Kutsche was in command. On September 24, 2012, after 23 months, frigate captain Frank Richter handed over command of the 911 telecommunications reconnaissance section to frigate captain Karsten Sinner, a then 42-year-old native of Lübeck . On April 1, 2013, the current battalion was renamed and reorganized. The battalion has had land-based, mobile EloKa forces since 2013. Before that it was purely stationary.

In mid-2015, Sinner handed over command to frigate captain Kassian Meesenburg. On July 15, 2017, the property in which the battalion is stationed was renamed from General Thomsen Barracks to Südtondern Barracks . The change to the cyber and information space organizational area also took place in 2017 . In mid-September 2017, Meesenburg handed over command to frigate captain Günther Brassel. Frigate Captain René Brieskorn has been leading the battalion since October 2019.

Coat of arms and numbering

The battalion continues the coat of arms of its predecessors. The basic shape is the classic shield shape with the tip tapering downwards in the colors blue, red and gold, the colors of Friesland . The golden anchor on a blue background symbolizes the roots as reconnaissance forces of the German Navy . The red telecommunications lightning bolt pointing downwards to the left symbolizes the reconnaissance mission.

The tactical number 911, which is also in the upper left corner of the coat of arms, goes back to the former subordination to the now disbanded telecommunications area 91 (formerly naval telecommunications staff 70 ) in Flensburg , which existed until March 2013.

Battalion Electronic Warfare 912

Battalion Electronic Warfare 912 - EloKaBtl 912 - II
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Lineup	September 17, 2003
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Military organizational area	Cyber ​​and information space
Branch of service	Telecommunication troops EloKa
Strength	approx. 600 soldiers and civilians
Insinuation	KdoStrat Aufkl
Location	Nienburg / Weser Clausewitz barracks
Web presence	EloKaBtl 912
commander
Battalion commander	Colonel Sascha Mies

The Electronic Warfare Battalion 912 ( EloKaBtl 912 ) is stationed together with the Multinational CIMIC Command in the Clausewitz barracks in Nienburg / Weser ( Lower Saxony ).

Tasks and structure

The battalion performs military reconnaissance tasks with means of electronic warfare (EloKa) as well as measures with sea-based and air-based reconnaissance means as well as radar and radio link reconnaissance . The association has with his equipment the capability information about enemy forces in the operational areas of the Bundeswehr of land, in the air and win at sea.

The battalion consists of a staff , four active companies and the 5th company as a supplementary unit . The 1st company as an evaluation, supply and training unit has the task of evaluating and processing the information obtained from the other companies. She carries out the basic training as well as the repair of vehicles and equipment for the battalion. The 2nd company is the "seafaring unit" of the association. The soldiers who are embarked on the fleet service boats as EloKa specialists are at home there. Here reconnaissance takes place at sea in order to gain information in the various areas of operation on the water, under water and from land areas near the coast.

The 3rd company is the "air unit". This has the task of providing the air force with the information it needs during its exercises, operations and missions. In addition, the reconnaissance will be based here in the medium term using an airborne reconnaissance system. The 4th company, as a "land company", has the capabilities for mobile reconnaissance of directed radio transmissions and radar broadcasts with its vehicle-based systems on the Fuchs tank transport platform .

History and stakes

The Electronic Warfare Battalion 912 was set up in 2003 from units of the army , air force and navy as part of the armed forces base in the Clausewitz barracks in the garrison town of Nienburg on the Weser. At first it was subordinate to the telecommunications area 91 . The 5th / Battalion Electronic Warfare 912 (Supplementary Troop Part 2) - 5./EloKaBtl 912 (ErgTrT 2) - was set up on April 1, 2013. In 2017, the association switched to the new organizational area of cyber and information space .

Some of the battalion took part in missions abroad in Afghanistan ( ISAF ), Mali ( MINUSMA ), the Balkans ( EUFOR / KFOR ) and the Mediterranean ( UNIFIL ). Since 2014, the battalion regularly supports the Baltic Air Policing of NATO with the capability Electronic support measures and about 45 to 60 soldiers. It also complements the forces of the NATO Response Force . In September 2019, it was planned to set up a separate basic training unit, one of three in the cyber and information space organizational area.

coat of arms

The coat of arms is kept in the colors red and white and shows symbols in four parts. Above left ( heraldic : in front) the Iron Cross shows the membership in the Bundeswehr. The Sachsenross top right (heraldic: back) symbolizes the federal state in which the association is located. Bottom left (heraldic: front) “over five tinned walls with an open gate, eleven tinned archways and silver portcullis, three pointed, blue-roofed, triple-windowed silver towers with golden balls”. This element has been taken from the coat of arms of the garrison town of Nienburg. The three telecommunication flashes stand for the battalion's mission, the colors green, yellow and blue for the three armed forces and the battalion's ability to carry out its mission on land, in the air and at sea.

Commanders

The following list shows the commanders of the battalion. During the time when Jochen Rosendahl was in command, his deputy frigate captain Thorsten Krone led the battalion for several months due to illness.

No.	Rank	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
9	Lieutenant colonel	Sascha Mies	17th September 2018	-
8th	Lieutenant colonel	Markus Messelhäußer	February 26, 2016	17th September 2018
7th	Lieutenant colonel	Jochen Rosendahl	26th September 2013	February 26, 2016
6th	Lieutenant colonel	Alexander Thiele		26th September 2013
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4th	Lieutenant colonel	Oliver Prost	September 16, 2009
3	Lieutenant colonel	Uwe Malkmus		September 16, 2009
2	Frigate captain	Ronald Dirk Hoffmann	October 13, 2005
1	Lieutenant colonel	Romuald Myrzik	September 17, 2003

Battalion Electronic Warfare 922

Battalion Electronic Warfare 922 - EloKaBtl 922 - II
active	July 1, 1957 to March 31, 2013
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Military organizational area	Force Base
Branch of service	Telecommunication troops EloKa
Insinuation	KdoStrat Aufkl
Location	Donauwörth Alfred Delp Barracks
Last commander
Battalion commander	Lieutenant Colonel Janus Kaschta

The Electronic Warfare Battalion 922 ( EloKaBtl 922 ) was a mobile association for telecommunications reconnaissance of the Bundeswehr. Most recently, it was directly subordinate to the Strategic Reconnaissance Command in the Armed Forces Base division and was stationed in the Alfred Delp Barracks in Donauwörth ( Bavaria ). On March 31, 2013, the battalion was disbanded and the barracks closed.

history

The history of the Electronic Warfare Battalion 922 goes back to the Fernmeldenahaufklärungskompanie 6 (FmNah AufklKp 6; also 6. / FmBtl 211 ), which was set up on July 1, 1957 in the Hermann-Löns barracks in Bergisch Gladbach . On April 1, 1959, the company was reclassified to Telecommunications Reconnaissance Battalion 220 ( FmNah AufklBtl 220 ) and relocated to Ansbach -Katterbach in August 1959 . On July 1, 1960, it was renamed Fernmeldebataillon 220 ( FmBtl 220 ). At around this time the battalion had a strength of 300 to 450 soldiers. It was divided into a staff and telecommunications company and two close-up reconnaissance companies, each consisting of a listening and disturbance train (near), an observation and disturbance train and a telecommunication train. On August 15, 1968 the relocation to Donauwörth took place in a barracks named after Alfred Delp . The FmBtl 220 was the EloKa battalion of the II Corps in Ulm . Its sister battalions were the telecommunications battalion 120 (today Jägerbataillon 91 ) in Rotenburg (Wümme) ( I. Corps ) and the telecommunications battalion 320 (today electronic warfare battalion 932 ) in Frankenberg (Eder) ( III. Corps ). On December 14, 1973, the personnel of the FmBtl 220 set up the telecommunication company 946 in Hof , from which the present Central Investigation Center of the Federal Armed Forces for Technical Reconnaissance emerged .

In 1992 the battalion was reclassified to Telecommunications Regiment 220 ( FmRgt 220 ). It no longer belonged to the corps troops of the II Corps, but was subordinated to the Telecommunication and Electronic Reconnaissance Brigade 94 (FmEloBrig 94) in Daun , from which today's Daun Evaluation Center for Electronic Warfare arose. In 1992 the telecommunications company 4 of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division was incorporated into the regiment as 4./FmRgt 220 and dissolved in 1994. On June 14, 2002, the regiment changed from the Army branch to the newly created military organizational area Armed Forces Base, was reclassified to the Electronic Warfare Battalion 922 (EloKaBtl 922) and placed under the Strategic Reconnaissance Command in Grafschaft .

The commanders of the battalion were Lieutenant Colonel Meyer-Harassowitz, Schneider, Packebusch, Steinschuaer, von Criegern, Poss, Breit, Urban, Baumert, Risse, Lömker and Buhe.

Achim Werres led the battalion from mid-2006 to July 2008, followed by Reinhard Bussler. Lieutenant Colonel Janus Kaschta was the last battalion commander.

coat of arms

The basic shape of the coat of arms is the classic shield shape with the tip tapering downwards. On a green background, it shows a stylized silver river course running from (heraldic) top right to (heraldic) left bottom; on it a golden owl, the symbol of wisdom and military communications .

Battalion Electronic Warfare 931

→ Main article : Battalion Electronic Warfare 931

Battalion Electronic Warfare 932

→ Main article : Battalion Electronic Warfare 932

literature

• On the history of the FmBtl 220 . In: F flag . No. 2 , 1991, p. 24 .

Individual evidence

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18. ^ Blazon of the Nienburg city arms
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