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Buntes Fähnlein 86 was a German - US American - Canadian FTX military maneuver of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division in Bavaria / Upper Palatinate , which took place in the winter of 1986 .

Division of troops

The BLUE exercise force was composed as follows:

• Panzergrenadierbrigade 11 "Bayerwald", sheet (54 × Leopard 1 A5)
• Parts of the division troops
• 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (CMBG) (59 × Leopard CA1)

RED was structured as follows:

• Panzerbrigade 12 , Amberg (Leopard 2A4)
  • Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 4, Weiden (34 × Leopard 1 A1A1)
  • Parts of the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 122, Oberviechtach
• Parts of the division troops
• Parts of the 1st US Armored Division
  • 3rd Battalion / 35th Armored Regiment
• 2nd US Armored Cavalry Regiment , Nuremberg

Management and referee service provided the Panzergrenadierbrigade 10 and the telecommunications battalion 4.

scope

The division exercise Buntes Fähnlein 86 took place from November 3rd to 7th, 1986 in the area of Auerbach , Pressath , Windischeschenbach , Weiden , Nabburg , Amberg , Sulzbach-Rosenberg , Freihung , Tanzfleck and Vilseck . Buntes Fähnlein 86 was part of the “Autumn Forge” series of maneuvers .

procedure

In the division exercise Buntes Fähnlein 86, the M981 FISTV (Fire Support Team Vehicle / Forward Observer Vehicle - VB artillery observer with Ground / Vehicular Laser Locator Designator [G / VLLD] on M113 chassis) was used for the first time. On the 2nd day of the exercise there was a partly fierce tank battle between the Leopard battle tanks of the 4th RCD "The Royal Canadian Dragoons" and the Pz AufklBtl 4 on the part of ROT in the early morning hours.

See also

• Military maneuvers

Web links

• Colorful flag 86 on M136
• Buntes Fähnlein 86 on the Military Database

media

• The great exercises of the Bundeswehr 2nd DVD. Breucom-Medien, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940433-33-6 .

Notes and individual references

1. ↑ Field Training Exercise, free-running exercise for the full force
2. ↑ Autumn maneuvers. War game with consequences. The annual "Lane of Violence". The time. 17th October 1986
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Buntes Fähnlein 86 on M136
4. ↑ NATO continues series of autumn maneuvers. New Germany. 4th November 1986
5. ↑ forward observer