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Beret badge of the artillery of the German army
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General military symbol of the artillery troops and basic symbols for artillery units
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Military symbol for an armored artillery unit
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Basic symbols for rocket artillery units

The list of units of the artillery troops of the Bundeswehr armed forces contains all disbanded, active and inactive (equipment units, cadreed battalions) and large units of the artillery troops of the Bundeswehr as well as a brief overview of the time of their deployment, stationing locations, subordination and their dissolution or renaming. In addition, the units were included, the core of which was made up to a large extent of artillerymen.

Introduction to the numbering conventions

From Army Structure II until around 1990, artillery units were numbered using a stringent numbering convention. During this time, the name could usually be taken directly from the subordination of the battalion or regiment. In the event of a change of subordination, reclassification, etc., the number has usually been consistently adapted, apart from exceptional cases. Conversely, during this period, associations with the same number cannot always be seen in the same line of tradition. After 1990 and the incorporation of parts of the disbanded National People's Army and the considerable reclassifications in the years after the end of the Cold War , this adjustment was often no longer made; the associations often kept their name by tradition. Your assumption can usually no longer be derived from your number. However, certain conclusions can be drawn about their origin and tradition. In the following, the system is presented according to the size of the associations. However, the following considerations on the system of the designation remain to be understood only as a basic concept, even for the period before 1990. In the case of troop attempts, in the formation and disbandment phase, etc., deviations from the rule are repeatedly encountered.

Legend

The legend applies to all of the following lists

Legend
Dissolved association
Partially active or inactive association
Active association

Brigades

The Artillery Brigade 100 was set up as the only artillery brigade of the Bundeswehr. She was subordinate to the army command . Their number 100 was chosen analogously to all numbers of the support brigades of the army troop command set up at that time.

Belonged to ArtBrig 100

  • StBttr ArtBrig 100
  • Art AufklBtl 71
  • Art AufklBtl 121
  • Art AufklBtl 131
  • RakArtLehrBtl 52
  • RakArtBtl 55
  • RakArtBtl 132
designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts
ArtBrig 100.jpg ArtBrig 100 July 1, 2002
(ArtRgt 13)		 Mühlhausen / Thuringia July 2007 reclassified to ArtRgt 100

Commands

Tactical sign Artillery Command 2

The artillery commands were commandos with brigade strength at corps level. Each of the three purely German corps ( I. , II. , III. Corps ) and the German-Danish corps LANDJUT were subordinate to an artillery command led by an artillery commander as a corps force. Often these troops are referred to as corps artillery. In the end, their designation resembled the number of the higher corps ( Artillery Command 1 for the 1st Corps, Artillery Command 2 for the 2nd Corps, etc.). Before that (sometimes until the 1970s) the designation began with "40" and ended with the number of the corps. The units subordinate to LANDJUT were often designated with 600 numbers, so that the Artillery Command 600 was set up here . It should be noted, however, that in contrast to the artillery commandos of the purely German corps, the artillery command 600 was not fully present, but had to be formed ad hoc in the event of a defense. The associations required for this were in peace and a. Part of the artillery regiment of the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division .

The corps artillery was also intended for the use of tactical nuclear battlefield weapons. To fulfill the nuclear mission, each command worked with a US Army Artillery Group.

As a rule, towards the end of the Cold War, the artillery commands were subordinate to the following units:

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
ArtKdo I (B) .png ArtKdo 1 1959
(ArtKdo 401)		 Muenster Disbanded in 1994 was subordinate to I. Corps
ArtKdo II (B) .png ArtKdo 2 1971
(ArtKdo 402)		 Ulm Disbanded in 1994 was subject to II Corps
ArtKdo III (B) .png ArtKdo 3 1972
(ArtKdo 403)		 Koblenz Disbanded in 1994 shelter III. corps
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtKdo 401 06/01/1957 Wesel 1959 renamed ArtKdo 1 was subordinate to I. Corps
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtKdo 402 07/01/1957 Ulm 1971 renamed ArtKdo 2 was subject to II Corps
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtKdo 403 06/01/1957 Koblenz 1972 renamed ArtKdo 3 shelter III. Corps
installation site: Munster
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtKdo 600 Flensburg dissolved In the event of a defense, all units of the ArtKdo 600 LANDJUT , the headquarters of the Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland, were subordinate to.
In peacetime, all were under non-active military units the TerrKdo SH , active the sixth PzGren .

Regiments

From Army Structure II until around 1990, the names of the regiments followed a clear order. Each of the original twelve divisions led an artillery regiment , the so-called divisional artillery . These regiments were each commanded by a division artillery commander in the rank of colonel . The designation of these regiments resulted directly from the division number, i. H. the regiment of the 1st Panzer Division was referred to as Artillery Regiment 1 , that of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division as Artillery Regiment 2, etc. In this way of counting, the 1st Mountain Division led the 8th Mountain Artillery Regiment as the 8th Division of the Army, the prefix mountain being typical for almost all units subordinate to this division. As a 9th division, the 1st Airborne Division was subordinate to the 9th Airborne Artillery Regiment (which was not set up until later). However, it should be noted that the 9th Airborne Artillery Regiment was a unit consisting only of the staff, from 1992 also with a permanently assigned battery. If necessary, artillery units from other divisions were led by this staff. The East German Panzer Grenadier Divisions ( 13th and 14th ) each received an artillery regiment, which, however, was not initially designated as usual (i.e. artillery regiments with the numbers 13, 14), but the names Artillery Regiment 70 and 80 based on their stationing in the defense areas VII and VIII received. All divisional artillery regiments have now been dissolved. What was remarkable was the ability of these regiments to use NATO's tactical nuclear weapons . As a rule, the following battalions were subordinate to each of these regiments:

  • a field artillery battalion X1
  • an X2 missile artillery battalion
  • an observation battalion X3

X stands for the number of the division. For more information, see section Battalions .

Non-active artillery regiments for special use - so-called reinforcement artillery - were set up as non-active equipment units for the national corps . In terms of service, they were subject to active formations of the artillery commandos. Your number began with the number of the corps and ended with 00. (Example: The artillery regiment 200 zbV was set up at the II Corps.)

The remaining artillery regiments of the Bundeswehr now only show their numbers 100 and 345 for reasons of tradition, because they were created from units with the same number. It should also be noted that some of the artillery regiments described here, especially regiments 1-12, were referred to as field artillery regiments until the rocket artillery battalions were subordinated.

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
ArtRgt 1 (B) .png ArtRgt 1 1956
(FArtRgt 1)		 Hanover , Freiherr von Fritsch barracks Decommissioned on September 30, 2003 set up in Hamburg
ArtRgt 2 (B) .png ArtRgt 2 1958
(FArtRgt 2)		 Kassel , Liège barracks set up in Niederlahnstein , Deines-Bruchmüller barracks
ArtRgt 3 (B) .png ArtRgt 3 1959
(PzArtRgt 3)		 Stade , Von Goeben barracks set up as PzArtRgt 3 in Bremen-Grohn
ArtRgt 4 (B) .png ArtRgt 4 1959
(FArtRgt 4)		 Regensburg , Prince Leopold Barracks 1992 1956 initially set up as FArtRgt 4, later in Cham
ArtRgt 5 (B) .png ArtRgt 5 1956
(PzArtRgt 5)		 Diez , Oranienstein Castle 1981 Merger with ArtLRgt 5 and relocation to Idar-Oberstein set up on TrÜbPl Grafenwöhr , 1957–1960 in Niederlahnstein , Deines-Bruchmüller-Kaserne
ArtLRgt 5 (B) .png ArtLehrRgt 5 1956 Idar-Oberstein disbanded on March 21, 2003
ArtRgt 6 (B) .png ArtRgt 6 1958
(FArtRgt 6)		 Kellinghusen , Liliencron Barracks set up in Flensburg , Briesen barracks
ArtRgt 7 (B) .png ArtRgt 7 1960 Dülmen , St. Barbara barracks
(until 1966 Ahlen , Westphalia barracks )		 Decommissioned October 12, 2002 then still unit in Düsseldorf
GebArtRgt 8 (B) .png GebArtRgt 8 1957 Landsberg , GFM von Leeb barracks 1992 until 1963 in Mittenwald , Luttensee barracks
LLArtRgt 9 (B) .png LLArtRgt 9
(Art Rgt 200 and 300)		 April 1986 Philippsburg , Salm barracks Dec. 1991 out of service Until April 1, 1990 only staff without permanently assigned units (GerE). Not until April 1, 1990 list of active LLArtBttr 9.
ArtRgt 10 (B) .png ArtRgt 10 1960 Pfullendorf 1991 converted into JgRgt 10
ArtRgt 11 (B) .png ArtRgt 11 1959 Oldenburg , Donnerschwee barracks Disbanded in 1994 in connection with the decommissioning of the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division
ArtRgt 12 (B) .png ArtRgt 12 1963 Tauberbischofsheim , Kurmainz barracks
ArtRgt 13 (B) .png ArtRgt 13 July 1994
(ArtRgt 70)		 Mühlhausen / Thuringia , Rosenhof barracks Disbanded August 1, 2002
ArtRgt 14 (B) .png ArtRgt 14 1994
(ArtRgt 80)		 Eggesin - Karpin , artillery barracks Dissolved in 2003
ArtRgt 70 (B) .png ArtRgt 70 Sept 1991 Mühlhausen / Thuringia , Rosenhof barracks July 1994 renaming to ArtRgt 13 Designation because of ust WBK VII
ArtRgt 80 (B) .png ArtRgt 80 1991 Eggesin - Karpin , artillery barracks 1994 Renaming to ArtRgt 14 Designation because of ust WBK VIII
ArtRgt 100 (B) .png ArtRgt 100 July 2007
(ArtBrig 100)		 Mühlhausen / Thuringia dissolved on June 30, 2014 subject to 1. PzDiv
Note: not previously ArtRgt 100, ArtKdo 1
ArtRgt 100 (B) .png ArtRgt 100 1968? Unna , MobStp masses Disbanded in 1986 Device unit. So-called reinforcement artillery.
FArtRgt 200 (B) .png FAIRS 200 1968 Philippsburg , Salm-Kaserne, MobStp May 1986 reclassification to LLArtRgt 9 Device unit. zbV, so-called reinforcement artillery. In peacetime subject to FArtBtl 210 until mobilization
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtRgt 300 1968 Ulm , lead thorn barracks 1986 dissolved, parts to LLArtRgt 9 Device unit, so-called reinforcement artillery.
PzArtBtl 345.jpg ArtLehrRgt 345 Jan. 2008
(PzArtLehrBtl 345)		 Kusel on January 1, 2014 reclassified to ArtLehrBtl 345 subordinated to the Army Brigade

Battalions

Since the Bundeswehr was founded, several types of battalions of artillery troops have been set up and designated accordingly. These are the tank artillery battalions, field artillery battalions, rocket artillery battalions, artillery battalions, the observation battalions and observation artillery battalions. Their designation was originally based on their main weapon system or their main task:

  • Armored artillery battalions : tubular artillery on armored self-propelled guns , usually as self-propelled howitzer in other armies, also with artillery cannon
  • Field artillery battalions: tubular artillery drawn or on unarmored, now also on protected self-propelled guns, known as (field) howitzer or field cannon depending on the flight path .
  • Rocket artillery battalions : In contrast to tube artillery, no projectiles are fired from tubes, but only self-propelled rockets are launched from the weapon carrier. The entire system is called a rocket launcher .
  • Observation battalions: The reconnaissance artillery was combined in these battalions . a. uses technical systems to locate enemy artillery positions or targets and its own grenade impacts, perform surveying tasks and evaluate weather data. Today, drones enable optical reconnaissance far beyond the front line of defense, even without the use of forward observers .
  • Observation artillery battalions: In addition to the reconnaissance artillery, about half of these battalions also contained firing units, whereas “normal” field or tank artillery battalions only had these reconnaissance parts to a small extent.
  • In addition, artillery battalions were set up without additional field, tank, observation, etc. In most cases, their general name suggests that the battalions had both missile and armored artillery parts; the associations were therefore so-called mixed associations. Some of these units were also artillery units with special armament or special structures, e.g. B. the artillery units of the airborne and mountain troops.

In the following, these types are each considered in a separate subsection.

Tank artillery battalions

The self-propelled howitzer M109 (here of the Dutch armed forces) was used for a long time in the tank artillery battalions of the German armed forces
The successor to the self-propelled howitzer M109 is the self-propelled howitzer 2000

The number of the battalions of the tank artillery was originally based on the designation of the brigade in each case. Their number began with the number of the superior brigade, to which a 5 was usually appended, ie the armored artillery battalions of brigades 1-9 had a two-digit number, all others a three-digit number. Example: the armored artillery battalion 215 was the armored artillery battalion of the armored brigade 21 . The tank artillery battalions with the starting numbers 1-42 are therefore the tank artillery battalions of the 42 brigades of the field army. The Homeland Security Brigade 56 (see also the list of the Bundeswehr hunter associations ) resembled a tank brigade in its structure and consequently led a 565 tank artillery battalion instead of a field artillery battalion. However, since only tank and tank grenadier brigades and, for a relatively short period of time, Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 received an tank artillery battalion , tank artillery battalions starting with 25, 26 and 27 were not set up because these were airborne brigades.

After the formation of the battalions of the East German Brigades, which were still regularly designated, the army's numbering system changed drastically. In the event of changes of subordination or reclassification, the designation was no longer changed, but retained as a tradition, so that today there is no longer a uniform scheme and the battalion number usually no longer gives any indication of the subordination. Notwithstanding this restriction and the general rules outlined above, there were some major exceptions to the designation of the tank artillery battalions:

  • In 1959, the armored artillery battalion of Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 was the only one to receive the final number 7 (177) instead of the final number 5 (175). The background was the criminal liability of sexual acts between persons of the male sex by § 175 StGB, which led to homosexuals being colloquially referred to as "175s" and it was believed that this battalion number could not be assigned.
  • The 310 armored artillery teaching battalion was part of the artillery school's teaching unit . Its formation was due to the fact that the artillery school could not dispose of an armored artillery battalion of a brigade in its vicinity, so that parts of the field artillery battalion 310 were equipped with self-propelled howitzers and were spun off as armored artillery teaching battalion 310. Since his subordination did not change (still Corps Artillery III. Corps , see below) his number was retained.
  • The 515 armored artillery battalion was created in 1993 from the 515 field artillery battalion assigned to Homeland Security Brigade 51 and the 185 armored artillery battalion. The name has been retained from tradition.
  • The Panzerartilleriebataillon 2 was created in 1996 from the Panzerartilleriebataillon 395, the Panzerartilleriebataillon 65 and the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 2 stationed in Hessisch Lichtenau (see also the list of tank reconnaissance units of the Bundeswehr ). In tradition and loyalty to the former Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 2, the Panzerartilleriebataillon received terms instead of the intended designation Panzerartilleriebataillon 395 completely atypical far for armored artillery battalions name Panzerartilleriebataillon 2 .
  • Training units of the artillery school and / or the tank training brigade received the designation tank artillery teaching battalion . As a rule, however, they kept their usual number according to the above pattern.
  • The tank artillery battalions of the 1st Mountain Division were given the prefix Gebirgs- in part or at times .
A memorial stone for the armored artillery battalion 165 in the "Ehrenhain der Schleswig-Holstein artillery" in Kellinghusen
A memorial stone for the armored artillery battalion 185 in the "Ehrenhain der Schleswig-Holstein artillery" in Kellinghusen

Table of all armored artillery battalions

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts Remarks
PzArtBtl 2 (B) .png PzArtBtl 2 1996 Hessian Lichtenau Dissolved in 2006 emerged from PzArtBtl 395
PzArtBtl 15 (B) .png PzArtBtl 15 1959 Stadtoldendorf , Yorck barracks Inactive in 2004; Disbanded in 2008 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 1
PzArtBtl 25 (B) .png PzArtBtl 25 1956 Glückstadt , marine infantry barracks,
later Leutnant Müller barracks, Braunschweig 		Disbanded in 1992;
Re-established as inactive (na) unit on January 31, 1998 and disbanded on July 30, 2008. During this time (1998-2008) the PzArtBtl 375 Frankenberg / Sa. (Wettin barracks) subordinated.		 First tank artillery battalion of the Bundeswehr
PzArtBtl 35 (B) .png PzArtBtl 35 (old) July 1, 1962 Dedelstorf , Richthofen barracks 30.9.1981 renamed to PzArtBtl 335
PzArtBtl 35 (B) .png PzArtBtl 35 (new) 1.10.1981 (PzArtBtl 335) Neustadt am Rübenberge , Wilhelmstein barracks Disbanded September 30, 1994
PzArtBtl 45 (B) .png PzArtBtl 45 1975
(FArtBtl 45)		 Göttingen , Zieten barracks Disbanded March 1993
ObspPzArtLehrBtl. 51.jpg ObspPzArtLehrBtl 51 Idar-Oberstein Disbanded March 31, 2003
PzArtBtl 45 (B) .png PzArtBtl 55 March 1959
(FArtBtl 55)		 Homberg (Efze) , Dörnberg barracks Reclassified to RakArtLehrBtl 55, November 11, 2005 dissolved Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5
PzArtBtl 35 (BV) .png PzArtBtl 65 Bad Arolsen , Prinz-Eugen-Kaserne Disbanded in 1997 Armored Brigade 14
PzArtBtl 75 (B) .png PzArtBtl 75 1959
(FArtBtl 75)		 Hamburg-Fischbek (until 1961 Achim , until 1963 Seedorf ) disbanded in 1992
PzArtBtl 85 (B) .png PzArtBtl 85 1959 Lueneburg , Scharnhorst barracks 2002 Disbanded
PzArtLBtl 95 (B) .png PzArtLehrBtl 95 Dec 2, 1958 Muenster Disbanded September 30, 2002 Training unit
PzArtBtl 105 (B) .png PzArtBtl 105 1972
(FArtBtl 105)		 Pastures Disbanded in 1992
PzArtBtl 115 (B) .png PzArtBtl 115 1959
(FArtBtl 115)		 Neunburg vorm Wald , Pfalzgraf-Johann barracks Disbanded June 30, 2007 set up in Roding , last tank brigade 12
PzArtBtl 125 (B) .png PzArtBtl 125 1963 Bayreuth Disbanded March 31, 1993
PzArtBtl 135 (B) .png PzArtBtl 135 1959 Wetzlar , Spilburg barracks disbanded March 1993
PzArtBtl 145 (B) .png PzArtBtl 145 1959 Stadtallendorf , Herrenwald barracks March 31, 1993
PzArtBtl 155 (B) .png PzArtBtl 155 1959 Lahnstein 1991
PzArtBtl 165 (B) .png PzArtBtl 165 1962
(FArtBtl 165)		 Wentorf Dissolution on September 30, 1993
PzArtBtl 177 (B) .png PzArtBtl 177 July 1, 1959 Hamburg-Rahlstedt , Boehn barracks Disbanded March 12, 1993 Consecutive numbering was interrupted in order not to establish a connection with § 175 .
PzArtBtl 185 (B) .png PzArtBtl 185 1959 Boostedt , Rantzau barracks 1993 (PzArtBtl 515) Tank brigade 18
PzArtBtl 195 (B) .png PzArtBtl 195 March 1959
(FArtBtl 195)		 Münster-Handorf , Lützow barracks disbanded in 1993 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19th
PzArtBtl 205 (B) .png PzArtBtl 205 1st October 1975 Dülmen inactive from 2002, disbanded in 2008
PzArtBtl 215 (B) .png PzArtBtl 215 1958
(I. Btl ArtRgt 7)		 Augustdorf Disbanded in 2015 PzBrig 21
GebPzArtBtl 225 (B) .png GebPzArtBtl 225 April 1962
(GebArtBtl 225)		 Füssen , Allgäu barracks 2007 reclassification to GebAufklBtl 230
GebPzArtBtl 235 (B) .png GebPzArtBtl 235 April 1977 Bad Reichenhall March 1993 Dissolution of the Mountain Artillery Battalion 235 Jan 1981 reclassification to GebArtBtl 235
GebPzArtBtl 245 (B) .png GebPzArtBtl 245 October 1, 1956 Landshut , Schoch barracks Disbanded September 30, 1994 with PzBrig 24 "Niederbayern"
PzArtBtl 285 (B) .png PzArtBtl 285 1976 Münsingen Disbanded in 2004
PzArtBtl 295 (B) .png PzArtBtl 295 October 1, 1966 Immendingen March 18, 1993 (merger with FArtBtl 555 and renaming to FArtBtl 295) Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber-Kaserne (called Neue Kaserne until May 27, 1957); emerged from FArtBtl 295
PzArtBtl 295 (B) .png PzArtBtl 295 July 1, 2001 (detailed list) Immendingen August 9, 2006 Renaming to ArtBtl 295 Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber-Kaserne ; emerged from FArtBtl 295
PzArtBtl 305 (B) .png PzArtBtl 305 January 1962 Donauwörth disbanded in 1994
PzArtBtl 345.jpg PzArtLehrBtl 310 1967
(parts of FArtBtl 310)		 Kusel 1980 Renaming to Panzerartilleriel Lehrbataillon 345 in peace teaching part art school.
In the case of V, continue to ArtKdo 3
Note: registered number in the internal association badge, actually "310"
PzArtBtl 315 (B) .png PzArtBtl 315 1967 Wildeshausen Disbanded in 1993
ArtLehrBtl 325.png PzArtBtl 325 1971
(FArtBtl 325)		 Schwanewede , Lützow barracks 2001 renamed to PzArtLehrBtl 325
ArtLehrBtl 325.png PzArtLehrBtl 325 2001
(PzArtBtl 325)		 Munster , Hindenburg barracks
until 2006: Schwanewede , Lützow barracks 		reclassified to ArtLehrBtl 325 as of July 1, 2015 Training unit part, was renamed / reclassified to ArtLehrBtl 325 and directly subordinated to the 1st Panzer Division
PzArtBtl 335 (B) .png PzArtBtl 335 (old) 1.10.1958
(III./ArtRgt 7)		 Neustadt am Rübenberge , Wilhelmstein barracks September 30, 1981 (renamed PzArtBtl 35) Stationed in Lingen , Scharnhorst barracks until June 23, 1965 ; As part of Army Structure 4, renaming to PzArtBtl 35 in 1981 and change of position to Panzer Brigade 3 . The previous PzArtBtl 35 was instead subordinated to the Panzer Brigade 33 and renamed PzArtBtl 335.
PzArtBtl 335 (B) .png PzArtBtl 335 (new) 1.10.1981
(PzArtBtl 35)		 Dedelstorf , Richthofen barracks dissolved on March 25, 1994
PzArtBtl 345.jpg PzArtLehrBtl 345 1980
(PzArtLehrBtl 310)		 Kusel 2008 transformed into ArtLehrRgt 345 Lehr (Ulm) , tank brigade 34
PzArtBtl 355 (B) .png PzArtBtl 355 July 1960
(FArtBtl 355)		 Wildflecken , from 2002 Neunburg vorm Wald from 2007 Pfreimd Inactive at the end of 2008 Panzerbrigade 35 , Panzerbrigade 36 , lastly Panzerbrigade 12
PzArtBtl 365 (B) .png PzArtBtl 365 1958 Walldürn , Nibelungen barracks 1993 Panzer Brigade 36
PzArtBtl 375 (B) .png PzArtBtl 375 1992 Frankenberg / Sa. , Wettiner barracks Disbanded in 2005 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 37
PzArtBtl 385 (B) .png PzArtBtl 385 1992 Weißenfels , Saxony-Anhalt barracks Dissolved in 2002 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 38
PzArtBtl 395 (B) .png PzArtBtl 395 Erfurt 1996 transformed into PzArtBtl 2 Panzer Brigade 39
PzArtBtl 405 (B) .png PzArtBtl 405 1992 Dabel Dissolved in 2006 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 40
PzArtBtl 415 (B) .png PzArtBtl 415 April 1, 1991 Eggesin Disbanded December 2002 Panzer Grenadier Brigade 41
PzArtBtl 425 (B) .png PzArtBtl 425 1992 Lehnitz Disbanded June 30, 2006 Panzerbrigade 42 , from 2003 Panzergrenadierbrigade 1
PzArtBtl 515 (B) .png PzArtBtl 515 1993
(FArtBtl 515, PzArtBtl 185)		 Kellinghusen December 10, 2008 dissolved Tank brigade 18
PzArtBtl 565 (B) .png PzArtBtl 565 1980 Munich , Bayern barracks 1992 Homeland Security Brigade 56

Field artillery battalions

Corps field artillery battalions

The corps artillery of the purely German corps received several field artillery battalions. Each of these battalions was fully present. From Army Structure II onwards, his number was derived from the corps number (initial number) and ended with a "10". Example: The field artillery battalion 310 was the field artillery of III. Corps . Furthermore, the corps were subject to an inconsistent number of non-active (equipment units) field artillery battalions. Their designation was given consecutively in steps of ten, starting with the designation of the active battalion. For the I. Corps, for example, in addition to the active field artillery battalion 110, the mobilization-dependent units field artillery battalion 120, 130, 140 were set up. These were subordinate to inactive artillery regiments of the corps (ArtRgt 100, 200, 300). LANDJUT (presumably) received the inactive field artillery battalions 630 and 640 - but little is known about these battalions. Their designation resulted mainly from the subordination to the Artillery Command 600. The following of these battalions were set up:

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
FArtBtl 110 (B) .png FArtBtl 110
(parts of RakArtBtl 72)		 1970 Dülmen Disbanded in 1986 1975 Delivery of parts to PzArtBtl 205
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 120 1968 Unna , MobStp masses 1993 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 130 1968 Unna 1982 renamed to FArtBtl 635, HSchBrig 66 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 140 1968 Dülmen Disbanded in 1971 GerE
FArtBtl 210 (B) .png FArtBtl 210 1962 Philippsburg Disbanded September 1985
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 220 1968 Philippsburg 1981 renamed FArtBtl 655, HschBrig 65 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 220 1981
(FArtBtl 230)		 Phillipsburg 1992/93? becomes FABtl 635 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 230 1968 Friedrichsthal 1981 renamed FArtBtl 220 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 240 1968 Oftersheim Disbanded in 1971 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 310 1959
(parts ArtLehrBtl)		 until 1965: Idar-Oberstein
from 1965: Kusel 		from parts 1967 formation of Panzerartillerielehrbataillon 310
remnants continued FArtBtl 310
1986 disbanded		 in peace: LehrTrTeil ArtSchule
This battalion existed from 1967 parallel to the inactive, "new" FArtBtl 310
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 310 1965? Kusel Disbanded in 1986 GerE
This battalion existed parallel to the active, "old" FArtBtl 310
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 320 Aug 1, 1968 to water Disbanded April 1, 1983 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 330 Aug 1, 1968 to water Disbanded March 31, 1986 GerE
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 441 1958 Lingen (Ems) 1959 renamed to FArtBtl 195 was under KorpsArtKdo 401
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 630? around 1970? 1986? Existence unclear
GerE was
presumably subject to TerrKdo SH in peace , LANDJUT in the V case
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 640? around 1970? 1986? Existence unclear
GerE was
presumably subject to TerrKdo SH in peace , LANDJUT in the V case

Division field artillery battalions

A field howitzer FH155-1 of the Bundeswehr. The transport took place as a trailer load behind a truck 7 to gl.
Field howitzer 203mm (M110) of the field artillery battalions. It was (like the 155mm self-propelled howitzer (M109) later ) suitable for firing tactical US nuclear weapons .

A field artillery battalion was set up for each of the originally twelve divisions - except for the 1st airborne division, which was only subordinate to the 9th airborne artillery battery - each subordinate to the artillery regiment belonging to the division. The final number of these battalions was always "1". The first digit (s) corresponded to the number of the superior artillery regiment. The divisions newly established in East Germany after 1990 did not all receive a field artillery battalion. But it began with the establishment of a field artillery battalion for the future 13th Panzer Grenadier Division . This battalion was subordinate to the 70th Artillery Regiment (named after WBK VII , see above). However, since the battalion was decommissioned before this regiment was renamed Artillery Regiment 13, there was no field artillery battalion 131 but only field artillery battalion 701 (today artillery battalion 131 ). The following battalions were set up:

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
FArtBtl 11 (B) .png FArtBtl 11 March 16, 1959
(I./FArtRgt 1)		 Hanover Disbanded in 1993
FArtBtl 21 (B) .png FArtBtl 21 19.12.1959
(renamed from PzArtBtl 21)		 1959–1961 Fritzlar , then Schwalmstadt - Treysa Disbanded September 30, 1993
FArtBtl 31 (B) .png FArtBtl 31 July 2, 1956
(as I./PzArtRgt 3)		 Luneburg dissolved
FArtBtl 41 (B) .png FArtBtl 41 February 16, 1959
(I./FArtRgt 4)		 Regensburg , Nibelungen
barracks in Landshut until 1965 		Disbanded in 1993
FArtLBtl 51 (B) .png FArtLBtl 51 1956 as ArtLBtl Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks 1993 reclassification to ObPzArtLBtl 51

Dissolved in 2003

Teaching
FArtBtl 61 (B) .png FArtBtl 61 March 1959 Flensburg
from 1963: Albersdorf 		April 1993 reclassification in ObArtBtl 61
FArtBtl 71 (B) .png FArtBtl 71 1959
(from parts of FArtBtl 441?)		 Münster
until 1962: Lippstadt
until 1966 Dülmen 		1993 renamed to ObArtBtl. 71
GebFArtBtl 81 (B) .png GebFArtBtl 81 1970 Kempten (Allgäu) <dissolved in 1993
FArtBtl 81 (B) .png FeldArtBtl 81
FArtBtl 101 (B) .png FArtBtl 101 26.6.1959 Pfullendorf 1991 reclassification to JgBtl 101
FArtBtl 111 (B) .png FArtBtl 111 July 1, 1956
(I./PzArtRgt 3)		 Oldenburg , Hindenburg barracks Disbanded in 1994
FArtBtl 121 (B) .png FArtBtl 121 1.4.1970 Tauberbischofsheim 1993 Renaming to ObPzArtBtl 121 Installation in Speyer as FschArtBtl 265 (?)
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 701 July 1991 Mühlhausen / Thuringia March 1992 Renaming to ObArtBtl 701

Field artillery battalions (FArtBtl) of the brigades

Each armored infantry brigade of the Army had an artillery battalion ending with "5" in its first structure. (Example: Brigade 11, FArtBtl 115. Exception: FArtBtl 177 of Brigade 17 because of § 175 StGB.) Later the FArtBtl were reclassified into tank artillery battalions and renamed while maintaining their number.

The homeland security brigades that were set up later (initial number 5 or 6) (see also the list of hunter associations in the Bundeswehr ) each received an artillery battalion.

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 15
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 25
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 45 1959 Niederlahnstein Relocated to Arolsen in 1961, was divided in 1975 and formed the basis for PzArt Btl 45, later PzArt Btl 65
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 55 1959
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 75 July 1, 1959 Achim
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 105 June 30, 1959 Willows in the Upper Palatinate Renamed to PzArtBtl 105 in 1970
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 165
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 177
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 195
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 285 1982 from FArtBtl 130 Unna Disbanded in 1992/92 not active
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 295 October 1, 1958 Immendingen , Münsingen
until December 15, 1958 		from October 1st, 1966 PzArtBtl 295
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 295 March 18, 1993 (reorganization) Immendingen On July 1, 2001 renaming to PzArtBtl 295
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 315
ArtLehrBtl 325.png FArtBtl 325 April 1, 1961 August 2001 renaming to PzArtLehrBtl 325
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 355 1982 from FArtBtl 130 Unna Disbanded in 1992/92 not active
FArtBtl 515 (B) .png FArtBtl 515 1981 Kellinghusen 1993 (PzArtBtl 515)
FArtBtl 525 (B) .png FArtBtl 525 1981 Fürstenau
FArtBtl 535 (B) .png FArtBtl 535 1981 Euskirchen Disbanded in 1992
FArtBtl 545 (B) .png FArtBtl 545 1980
(PzArtBtl 145)		 Niederlahnstein , your Bruchmüller barracks active AMF
FArtBtl 555 (B) .png FArtBtl 555 October 1, 1981
(parts of PzMrsKp 500)		 until 1989 in Böblingen , then Horb Dissolution March 31, 1993
Coats of arms of None.svg FArtBtl 615 Hamburg-Sülldorf not active
FArtBtl 625 (B) .png FArtBtl 625 not active
FArtBtl 635 (B) .png FArtBtl 635 1982 from FArtBtl 130 Unna Disbanded in 1992/92 not active
FArtBtl 645 (B) .png FArtBtl 645 not active
FArtBtl 655 (B) .png FArtBtl 655 not active
FArtBtl 665 (B) .png FArtBtl 665 1981
(FArtBtl 220)		 Oftersheim ? 1992/1993? not active

Missile artillery battalions

The following rocket artillery battalions were originally set up:

  • Each of the 14 artillery regiments (see above) of the 14 divisions of the field army led a rocket artillery battalion. Only the 9th Airborne Artillery Regiment of the 1st Airborne Division did not lead a missile artillery battalion. The starting digits of these battalions corresponded to the division number of the artillery regiment and always ended with a 2. Example: The 32 rocket artillery battalion was subordinate to the 3 artillery regiment of the 3rd division. Since the artillery regiments 13 and 14 were initially referred to as artillery regiments 70 and 80, their respective subordinate battalions were initially referred to as rocket artillery battalions 702 and 802. Usual deviations for the battalions of the mountain troops were the prefix mountain and for training units the designation rocket artillery training battalion .
  • Each of the corps' artillery commands led a rocket artillery battalion. Its designation resulted from the first number of the superordinate artillery command and the two last digits 50. Example: the rocket artillery battalion 650 was subordinate to the artillery command 600 ( LANDJUT ).
The Lance artillery missile system (here American model) was used in the corps rocket artillery battalions and was equipped with nuclear warheads. The sergeants were the predecessors
The MARS (American system in the picture) supplemented the LARS , which had replaced the MGR-1 Honest John in the Bundeswehr .

After the restructuring of the Bundeswehr after 1990, the names were partly continued from tradition, so that from around the mid-1990s the name does not always indicate the subordination relationship. One example is the rocket artillery battalion 55, which emerged from the armored artillery battalion 55 in 2003 and which traditionally continued its number.

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
Coats of arms of None.svg RakArtLehrBtl 1 1966
(ArtLehrBtl 1)		 Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler 1969 dissolved, parts to RakArtBtl 72
RakArtBtl 12 (B) .png RakArtBtl 12 Sept 1959 Nienburg - Langendamm , Clausewitz barracks Disbanded in 2005 belonged to ArtRgt 1
since 2001
alternatively:RakArtBtl 12 (B) .png
RakArtBtl 22 (B) .png RakArtBtl 22 Feb. 1969
(ArtBtl 22)		 Schwalmstadt Disbanded September 30, 1992 belonged to ArtRgt 2
squad since 2001, ArtBtl 22 was set up on September 15, 1959 in Eschweiler
RakArtBtl 32 (B) .png RakArtBtl 32 Jan. 1963
(ArtBtl 32)		 Dörverden , Lower Saxony barracks Disbanded September 1993 belonged to ArtRgt 3
ArtBtl 32 was set up in Barme in 1961
RakArtBtl 42 (B) .png RakArtBtl 42 Hemau , General von Steuben barracks Dissolved in 2003 belonged to ArtRgt 4
before the dissolution of GerE
RakArtBtl 52 1962
(RakArtBtl 140)		 to water possibly dissolved for the reorganization of the "new" RakArtBtl 52?
RakArtBtl 52 Jan 1965
(RakArtBtl 348)		 Idar-Oberstein ? 1982 renamed RakArtLehrBtl 52
RakArtLBtl 52 (B) .png RakArtLehrBtl 52 1982
(RakArtBtl 52)		 Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks
from 1997: Hermeskeil 		2007 Lehr, parts (heavy batteries MARS) before 1997 in Kusel
PzArtBtl 55 (B) .png RakArtBtl 55 2003
(PzArtBtl 55)		 Homberg / Efze , Dörnberg barracks Disbanded Nov 2005
RakArtBtl 62 (B) .png RakArtBtl 62 1961 Kellinghusen , Liliencron Barracks belonged to ArtRgt 6
RakArtBtl 72 (B) .png RakArtBtl 72 1960 Warendorf
until 1956: Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler		 1970 Parts are sold to FArtBtl. 110 and renamed to RakArtLehrBtl 72
RakArtLBtl 72 (B) .png RakArtLehrBtl 72 1970
(RakArtBtl 72 & parts RakArtLehrBtl 1)		 Geilenkirchen , Selfkant barracks 1980 Reclassification of RakArtBtl 72 Lehr, belonged to ArtRgt 7
RakArtBtl 72 (B) .png RakArtBtl 72 1980
(RakArtLehrBtl 72)		 Wuppertal , Colmar barracks Disbanded in 1993
GebRakArtBtl 82 (B) .png GebRakArtBtl 82 Landsberg am Lech , Generalfeldmarschall-Ritter-von-Leeb barracks belonged to ArtRgt 8
1993? dissolved
Coats of arms of None.svg RakArtBtl 92 1961 Großengstingen
from 1963: Philippsburg 		1964 renamed RakArtBtl 122
RakArtBtl 102 (B) .png RakArtBtl 102 1960 Pfullendorf , Colonel General von Fritsch barracks
initially in Bergen 		Disbanded September 1991 belonged to ArtRgt 10
RakArtBtl 112 (B) .png RakArtBtl 112 Nov 1959 Delmenhorst , Barbara barracks (Delmenhorst) December 31, 1993 dissolved belonged to ArtRgt 11
RakArtBtl 122 (B) .png RakArtBtl 122 1964
(RakArtBtl 92)		 Philippsburg , Salmkaserne
from 1993: Walldürn , Nibelungen-Kaserne		 there dissolved in 2002
until 2006 partially active in Hermeskeil 		belonged to ArtRgt 12
RakArtBtl 132 (B) .png RakArtBtl 132 July 1994 Sondershausen , Karl-Günther barracks Appeal for dissolution on March 23, 2013, dissolution on December 31, 2013 subject to ArtRgt 100
Coats of arms of None.svg RakArtBtl 140 1959 to water 1962 renamed RakArtBtl 52
RakArtBtl 142 (B) .png RakArtBtl 142 1994 Eggesin Dissolved in 2003
RakArtBtl 150 (B) .png RakArtBtl 150 Jan 1961 Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler
from 1962: Warendorf
from 1965: Wesel , Schill barracks		 Disbanded Oct 2002 ArtKdo 1, from 1993 ArtRgt 7
RakArtBtl 250 (B) .png RakArtBtl 250 Oct 1961 Großengstingen , Eberhard Finckh barracks
until 1963: Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler		 Disbanded March 22, 1993 ArtKdo 2
Name until 1965: Artillery Battalion 250
RakArtBtl 350 (B) .png RakArtBtl 350 April 1961 Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler
from 1964: Mayen
from 1966: Montabaur , Westerwald barracks		 Disbanded March 1993 Artillery Command 3

Special ammunition depot dissolved

Coats of arms of None.svg RakArtBtl 348 Jan. 1964
(ArtBtl 422)		 Pouring ? Jan 1965 renamed RakArtBtl 52 1 year troop trial?
ArtBtl 422 drawn up in 1958
RakArtBtl 650 (B) .png RakArtBtl 650 May 1963 Flensburg , Briesen barracks
erected in Donnerberg barracks Eschweiler
until 1964: Breitenburg
until 1973: Itzehoe 		Disbanded September 1993 ArtKdo 600, in peacetime from Jan 1973 ArtRgt 6
until 1973 subordinated to ArtKdo I.
RakArtBtl 132 (B) .png RakArtBtl 702 March 1, 1991 Sondershausen July 1994 renamed RakArtBtl 132
RakArtBtl 802 (B) .png RakArtBtl 802 1991 Eggesin 1994? renamed RakArtBtl 142

Artillery battalions

Mixed formations: pipe and rocket artillery or special battalions such as light artillery, e.g. B. Mountain and Airborne Artillery Battalions. Often also training battalions, e.g. B. ArtLehrBtl 1, emerged from Artillery Training Battalion 421/422.

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
Coats of arms of None.svg LLArtBtl 9 Engstingen ,
Eberhard Finckh barracks 		Disbanded March 15, 1959
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtBtl 22 1959? Eschweiler ,
Donnerberg barracks (Donnerberg camp)		 Disbanded in 1969
ArtBtl 131.jpg ArtBtl 131 0Jan. 1, 2014
(ObPzArtBtl 131)		 Weiden ,
Ostmark barracks 		active subordinated to the 10th Panzer Division
Coats of arms of None.svg ArtBtl 250 Engstingen ,
Eberhard Finckh barracks 		Disbanded May 15, 1963 stationed in Eschweiler before dissolution
PzArtBtl 295 (B) .png ArtBtl 295 August 9, 2006 Stetten am kalten Markt ,
Alb barracks 		active Previously stationed in Immendingen , October 1st, 2014 Reorganization in Stetten am kalten Markt, relocation of the armored vehicles there from March 8th to 9th, 2016
ArtLehrBtl 325.png ArtLehrBtl 325 2015
(PzArtLehrBtl 325)		 Munster ,
Hindenburg barracks 		active
Association of the 1st Panzer Division emerged in 2015 through renaming and reclassification from PzArtLehrBtl 325
PzArtBtl 345.jpg ArtLehrBtl 345 Jan. 2014
(PzArtLehrRgt 345)		 Idar-Oberstein,
Klotzberg barracks 		active subordinated to the 10th Panzer Division

Observation battalions

The artillery detection radar COBRA is one of the artillery reconnaissance systems of the Bundeswehr's artillery observation
A memorial stone for the observation artillery battalion 61 in the honor grove of the Schleswig-Holstein artillery in Kellinghusen

Two groups:

  • Pure observation battalions without firing batteries
  • Observation artillery battalions: also contained firing batteries
designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
Obbtl 63 (B) .png Observation 6
 1970? Kellinghusen , Liliencron Barracks Disbanded March 31, 1993 emerged from RadarBttr 6 (1964?) and SchallmeßBttr 6 (1964?), moved to Breitenburg, then Itzehoe, renamed BebBtl 63, belonged to ArtRgt 6
Obbtl 13 (B) .png Observation 13 1972? Wolfenbüttel , Gneisenau barracks Disbanded in 1994 belonged to ArtRgt 1
Obbtl 23 (B) .png Observation 23 1979? Stadtallendorf , Herrenwald barracks Disbanded in 1993 belonged to ArtRgt 2
Obbtl 33 (B) .png Observation 33 1980? Stade , Von Goeben barracks 1986 belonged to ArtRgt 3
Obbtl 43 (B) .png Observation 43 1970 Amberg , Leopold barracks from 1986 belonged to ArtRgt 4 in
1986 moved from Regensburg to Amberg
Coats of arms of None.svg ObspPzArtLehrBtl 51 1997?
(FArtBtl 51)		 Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks Disbanded March 31, 2003
ObLBtl 53 (B) .png ObserverBtl 53 1970? Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks Disbanded in 1993
Coats of arms of None.svg F- / ObservArtBtl 61 1993? Albersdorf , Dithmarsen barracks Disbanded in 1996
Obbtl 63 (B) .png Observation 63 1970? Itzehoe , Hanseatic Barracks Disbanded in 1993 belonged to ArtRgt 6
Art AufklBtl 71 (B) .png ObservPzArtBtl 71 1995? Dülmen , St. Barbara barracks Disbanded October 1, 2002 1993–1995 ObArtBtl 71
Obbtl 73 (B) .png Observation 73 1980? Dülmen , St. Barbara barracks Disbanded in 1990 belonged to ArtRgt 7
GebBeobBtl 83 (B) .png GebBeobBtl 83 1980? Landsberg am Lech , GFM von Leeb barracks Disbanded in 1993 belonged to ArtRgt 8
as GebBeobArtBtl 83 in 1993 as a mixed artillery association (Landsberg / Lech, Lechrain barracks) in ArtRgt 4 with the merger of GebArtBtl 81 and GebBeobBtl 83. Deactivated in 1996 and re-erected from 1997 as GebBeobPzArtBtl 83 in Hemau as a partially active Btl. 2003 move to Tauberbischofsheim as Art AufklBtl 83 (partially active); Disbanded in 2007
Obbtl 103 (B) .png Observation 103 1980? Pfullendorf , Colonel General von Fritsch barracks 1986 belonged to ArtRgt 10
ObArtBtl 113 (B) .png Observation 113 1980? Delmenhorst , Feldwebel-Lilienthal-Kaserne / Barbara-Kaserne Disbanded in 2002, then ObArtBtl 113 ta belonged to ArtRgt 11
Coats of arms of None.svg ObspPzArtBtl 121 1970?
(FArtBtl 121)		 Tauberbischofsheim , Kurmainz barracks Disbanded in 2003, reclassified to Art AufklBtl 121 until 1992 FArtBtl 121
Obbtl 123 (B) .png Observation 123 1980
(ObBtl 12)		 Tauberbischofsheim , Kurmainz barracks March 30, 1993 belonged to ArtRgt 12
ObservPzArtBtl 131 ObservPzArtBtl 131 1991
(FArtBtl 701)		 Mühlhausen / Thuringia , Görmar barracks reclassified to ArtBtl 131 1992–1994 ObArtBtl 701, 1994–2002 ObArtBtl 131, 2002–2008 Art AufklBtl 131
Coats of arms of None.svg Observation 170 1962? Wuppertal , Diedenhofen barracks Disbanded in 1966 set up in Münsingen
Coats of arms of None.svg Obbtl 270 1958? Engstingen , Eberhard Finckh barracks Disbanded April 30, 1966
Coats of arms of None.svg Observation 370 1957? Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks Disbanded in 1966
Obbtl 701 (B) .png ObArtBtl 701 1991
(FArtBtl 701)		 Mühlhausen , Görmar barracks Renamed to ObArtBtl 131 in 1994
Obbtl 801 (B) .png ObBtl 801 Eggesin - Karpin , artillery barracks

Batteries

In the artillery troops there were also some more or less independent batteries below the order of magnitude of the unit , but they cannot be listed here in great detail. One companion battery corresponds to one company. The most common types of batteries are briefly outlined below.

Backup batteries

Outline of support commands 5

The tactical symbol for the escort battery corresponded to a mixture of the tactical symbol of the barrel artillery (point) and the St. Andrew's cross of the infantry . Backup batteries were set up as backup units within the divisional artillery. The mission was the mobile and stationary security of the US special ammunition stocks that were planned for the respective German army division. The auxiliary batteries 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11 and 12, as well as the mountain escort battery 8, were set up. The 1st Airborne Division, as the ninth of the divisions, only had artillery battalion 9 - later LL Artillery Battery 9 - without an accompanying battery. The designations thus corresponded to the number of the higher-level division. According to their order, the backup batteries belonged to the artillery force . However, their training was clearly infantry.

An escort battery corresponded purely in formal terms to a company, but its actual manpower was more like a weak battalion . The four escort trains each had a staff of around 70-85 men. In addition, extensive forces were combined in the battery command group , such as their own repair shop , gun repairs for FK 20 , NBC defense and medical troops. The batteries planned in some of the six support commandos (WHNS) for securing US nuclear ammunition and the corresponding artillery units also belonged to the artillery force. Their numbers were four digits. The auxiliary batteries 4301, 4302 (support command 3), 4402 (UstKdo 4), 4501, 4502 (UstKdo 5), 4801, 4802 and 4803 (UstKdo 5) were set up. The guarding of the special weapons at the corps level was taken over by four partially active security battalions (see list of security associations of the Bundeswehr ).

designation Listing
(off) 		garrison Whereabouts comment
ArtBegltBttr 1 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 1 4./RakArtBtl 12 Liebenau (Lower Saxony)
ArtBegltBttr 2 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 2 4./RakArtBtl 22 Schwalmstadt
ArtBeglBttr 3 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 3 4./RakArtBtl 32 Dörverden , Lower Saxony barracks disbanded June 30, 1993
ArtBeglBttr 4 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 4 4./RakArtBtl 42 Hemau
Coats of arms of None.svg Missile artillery backup battery 4 4./RakArtBtl 150 Wesel
ArtBegltBttr 5 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 5 4./RakArtBtl 52 Giessen , Steubenkaserne disbanded March 31, 1993
ArtBeglBttr 6 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 6 4./RakArtBtl 62 Kellinghusen
ArtBegltBttr 7 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 7 4./RakArtBtl 72 Dülmen , St. Barbara barracks disbanded September 30, 1992
Coats of arms of None.svg Mountain Artillery Escort Battery 8 4./GebRakArtBtl 82 Landsberg am Lech
ArtBeglBttr 10 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 10 4./RakArtBtl 102 Pfullendorf , Colonel General von Fritsch barracks
ArtBeglBttr 11 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 11 4./RakArtBtl 112 Delmenhorst
ArtBeglBttr 12 (B) .png Artillery backup battery 12 4./RakArtBtl 122 Philippsburg
Coats of arms of None.svg Artillery backup battery 4301 4./RakArtBtl 122 Hasbergen , MobStp guests
Coats of arms of None.svg Artillery backup battery 4401 4./RakArtBtl 122 Giessen , Berg-Kaserne MobStp

Drone batteries

At times there were also some independent drone batteries, which later were also an organic part of the artillery or observation battalions. Some of these units were absorbed into the Army Reconnaissance Force . The drone battery 14 was stationed in the Barbara barracks in Delmenhorst and from June 14, 1994 it was subordinate to ArtRgt14. The drone battery 100 was stationed in the Freiherr-vom-Stein barracks in Coesfeld and assigned to the 1st Corps. The drone battery 200 was stationed in the Fürst-Wrede barracks in Munich . The drone training battery 300 was stationed at the Artillery School Idar-Oberstein and subordinated to ArtLehrRgt 5.

designation Listing
(off) 		garrison Whereabouts comment
DroBttr 1 (B) .png Drone battery 1 4./BeobBtl 113 Delmenhorst , Barbara barracks Was reclassified in 2003 as 3./Art AufklBtl 113 and organizationally subordinated to Art AufklBtl 71
DroBttr 4 (B) .png Drone battery 4 regensburg
DroBttr 6 (B) .png Drone battery 6 Boostedt
Coats of arms of None.svg Drone battery 12 4./BeobBtl 123 Hardheim incorporated In 2003 it was incorporated into Art AufklBtl 121 as the third battery
DroBttr 13 (B) .png Drone battery 13 Stadtallendorf Incorporated January 1, 2003 Was integrated into Art AufklBtl 131 as the 3rd battery
DroBttr 14 (B) .png Drone battery 14 4. / Observer 33 Delmenhorst , Barbara barracks was placed under ArtReg 1 on March 1, 1997 and cadreed, dissolution on March 31, 2000
DroBttr 100 (B) .png Drone battery 100 Coesfeld Incorporated in 2002 In 2003 it was incorporated into Art AufklBtl 71 as the third battery
DroBttr 200 (B) .png Drone battery 200 Munich
DroLBttr 300 (B) .png Drone training battery 300 Idar-Oberstein In 2003 it was reclassified as 3./GebArt AufklBtl83 and organizationally subordinated to Art AufklBtl 121
Coats of arms of None.svg Drone battery 410 (not active)

Topography batteries

The topography troops of the army were initially an organic part of the artillery troops and formed their own, partially and temporarily separate batteries within them, before they were later completely separated from the artillery and the corresponding units disbanded. They have meanwhile merged into the armed forces joint geographic information system of the Bundeswehr .

Airborne artillery

  • Luftlandeartilleriebataillon 9 / Fallschirmartilleriebataillon 255 1958 to 1959 Kdr Lieutenant Colonel Hans-Werner Voss / 1959 to 1961 Lieutenant Colonel Egon Peller von Ehrenberg
  • Parachute artillery battalion 265 1959 to 1963 Major Wilhelm Konert

Eberhard Finckh barracks

designation Listing
(off) 		garrison Whereabouts comment
LLArtBttr 9 (B) .png Airborne artillery battery 9 Airborne Artillery Regiment 9 Philippsburg Disbanded in 1996 Part of the Allied Command Europe Mobile Forces

schools

The following schools were responsible for the artillery force:

designation Listing
(off) 		Location Whereabouts comment
Artillery School (Bundeswehr) .svg Artillery School 0Apr 1, 1957 Idar-Oberstein
( Rilchenberg barracks )		 0July 1, 2015 STF / IndirF trainer
Coat of arms educator STF IndirF.png STF / IndirF trainer 0June 1, 2015
( Artillery School )		 Idar-Oberstein
( Rilchenberg barracks ; since December 22, 2014 "Artillery School")		 active formally reorganized as of Jan. 1, 2017
Artillery missile school (Bundeswehr) .svg Missile School of the Army 0October 1, 1964
(from teaching group  D at the Artillery School in Cologne-Longerich )		 Eschweiler
( Donnerberg barracks )
July 7, 1969 Relocation to Geilenkirchen
( Selfkant barracks )		 0Jan. 1, 1973 Renamed the Artillery Rocket School
Artillery School (Bundeswehr) .svg Artillery missile school 0Jan. 1, 1973
( Army Rocket School )		 Geilenkirchen
( Selfkant barracks )		 0Oct. 1, 1981 Integration into artillery school as teaching group B

Abbreviations

  • ArtBtl → Artillery Battalion
  • ArtBrig → Artillery Brigade
  • ArtKdo → Artillery Command
  • ArtLehrRgt → Artillery training regiment
  • ArtRgt → Artillery Regiment
  • FArtBtl → Field Artillery Battalion
  • FschArtBtl → Parachute Artillery Battalion
  • GebArtRgt → Mountain Artillery Regiment
  • GebRakArtBtl mountain rocket artillery battalion
  • LANDJUT → Headquarters of the Allied Land Forces Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland
  • LLArtBtl → Airborne Artillery Battalion
  • LLArtRgt → Airborne Artillery Regiment
  • NATO → North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • PzArtBtl → Panzerartillery battalion
  • PzArtLehrBtl → Panzerartillery training battalion
  • PzBrig → Panzer Brigade
  • PzDiv → Panzer Division
  • PzGrenDiv → Panzergrenadierdivision
  • PzLehrBrig → Panzerlehrbrigade
  • RakArtBtl → rocket artillery battalion
  • RakArtLehrBtl → rocket artillery training battalion
  • TerrKdo SH → Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein
  • UstKdo → support command

literature

  • Society for Artillery Science V., information sheet for members 2/2010, Idar-Oberstein.
  • Helmut R. Hammerich, Dieter H. Kollmer, Michael Poppe, Martin Rink , Rudolf Schlaffer: Das Heer 1950 to 1970. Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 .
  • Hans Joachim Krug: 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr. 1982, ISBN 3-7909-0184-9 .
  • Hans-Jürgen Schraut: The armed forces structure of the Bundeswehr 1956-1990. Documentation as part of the Nuclear History Program. Ebenhausen 1993.
  • Herbert Seifert, Federal Ministry of Defense, Command Staff of the Army I 5: The structures of the Army. Bonn 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The 3rd Panzer Grenadier Division of the Bundeswehr on www.relektiven.com. Manfred Tegge, accessed April 3, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Martin Rink: Structures roar in competition . In: Michael Poppe (Ed.): Das Heer 1950 to 1970 . Conception, organization and setup (=  security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany ). tape 3 . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 460 .
  3. ^ Soldiers as potential sexual partners . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1984, pp. 23 ( Online - Jan. 16, 1984 ). Quote: “All tank artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr are numbered and have a five as the final number. Only Battalion 177 Hamburg-Rahlstedt, in which Lindner served, got a seven in the end. "
  4. ↑ Claus Heinrich Gattermann - “Because with us one stands for all”: Das Panzerartilleriebataillon 25 na (No longer available online.) Paperc.de, archived from the original on November 2, 2010 ; Retrieved January 13, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / paperc.de
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h Location database of the Bundeswehr of the Military History Research Office
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j List of artillery battalions at www.panzer-modell.de. Thomas Hartwig, accessed April 2, 2011 .
  7. ^ History of the Panzerartilleriebataillon 75. Traditionsgemeinschaft PzArtBtl 75, accessed on August 22, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Chronik des Panzerartilleriebataillon 165. (No longer available online.) Panzergrenadierbrigade16.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 25, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.panzergrenadierbrigade16.de  
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