Operations center
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The operations center ( OPZ ), often C ombat I nformation C enter (CIC) called, the command center inside of warships (surface and underwater vessels). In order to be as well protected, it is housed as low as possible in the hull . All information from outside (reconnaissance, sensors, etc.) and inside (weapon status, etc.) comes together in it and is evaluated. In the opz can position are presented and evaluated. The commander then decides on further action on the basis of this data and existing commands . In particular during combat operations, the commander can forego staying on the much more exposed bridge. On larger ships there are often two OpZs in order to give the commander of landing troops or special units a spatially separate command.
The K130- class corvettes have an OpZ that is no longer blacked out.
Operations centers are also used on land. They are often referred to there as the situation center .
Operations Center (Army)
An operations center (OpZ) of the Army of the Bundeswehr is the core element of a command post or a command post group. The core tasks of staff work are carried out in it. These include B. Evaluation of radio messages, issuing orders by radio, issuing orders from the commander to appointed company commanders, working on military situation maps, etc. a. Both planning and operation management (OpFü) take place here. This also includes combat support troops ( artillery , engineers, etc.) dependent on cooperation , which can be represented temporarily by a liaison officer. In the combat troops, usually armored or armored infantry troops, it consists of the commander, the G3 / S3 cell (planning and management of ongoing operations) and the G2 / S2 cell (military intelligence and enemy situation). In terms of personnel, it consists of the commander, who is not tied to a specific location and can also command from a mobile command post (mostly command armor), the S3 staff officer, the supporting S3 sergeant, and the S2 StOffz and S2 Fw. An OpZ works in shifts in the field in order to be able to react to changing situations for 24 hours. A distinction can be made between leadership and willingness to work. As a rule, the telecommunications organization and the associated commands are geared towards the OpZ (the OpZ often has its own telecommunications train or group) in order to be able to permanently reach all subordinate and superordinate radio stations. The smallest organizational unit is the OpZ of a battalion. During Army Structure IV , the opz of a tank or tank grenadier battalion consisted of two M113 MTW FüFu and a camouflaged command post tent. If the movable command point fails, the OpZ alone is responsible and vice versa. Since operations centers and command posts are viewed by the enemy as high-value targets, these must be relocated to changing locations after a certain period of time. The OpZ of a Pz- or PzGrenBtl has to coordinate the combat management of four to five companies and is therefore frequent due to the multitude of different information (reconnaissance results, current enemy situation, enemy intrusion, development of the battle, failures, loss reports, etc.) and the associated time-critical decisions exposed to very high loads.
Individual evidence
- ^ Dictionary operations center . Dict CC. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
- ↑ GefStd main, GefStd back, advanced GefStd etc.
- ↑ Command and radio tanks