Structure of the Army (Bundeswehr)

Deployment 10/2012

Structure of the Army in March 2020

The division of the army of the Bundeswehr describes the current division of the army into units.

Introduction and structure of the list

The list describes the current structure of the Army and thus a structure that replaces the previous structure of the NEW Army . Under the heading of “ transformation ”, the structure of the army is subject to constant change in small steps. With this current structure, the structure ARMY 2011 was achieved. The first fundamental step was the establishment of the Army Command with the simultaneous loss of the Army Command and Staff on October 1, 2012. At this point in time (October 2012), the Army comprised around 68,000 active soldiers. The ARMY 2011 structure was largely achieved at the association level at the end of 2015. At the same time, there were first changes compared to the originally intended structure of the Army 2011. For example, the non-actively planned tank battalion 414 was subordinated to a German-Dutch active tank battalion and the Dutch 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade .

The list is also limited to the actual army. Army uniform wearers in other branches of the armed forces and other military organizational areas are expressly not taken into account . Since the structure of the army was subject to constant change and the list strives for a service structure, units that still existed or before, and their subordinate relationships, by definition, cannot be considered. The same therefore applies to earlier or later subordination relationships. Where possible, special assignments that deviate from the subordination to troops are added. It should be noted, therefore, that the list cannot contain all of the Army units that have ever been established. As a rule, no units smaller than independent battalions and independent companies are listed. The type of garrison indicated generally refers to the location of the headquarters and headquarters company. Deviating from this, subordinate units that are not listed may be stationed at other locations. The specified location for non-active associations is to be understood inconsistently as the location of mobilization, the cadre, the active portion of partially active associations, the mobilization sergeant or the (device) depot of the stored device.

Units listed in italics were not active at the time of observation, including mainly supplementary units without equipment, or partially active units, including units in the process of being disbanded, regrouped or set up. The color troop part denotes the association on which the supplementary troop part is based, i.e. H. which, for example, temporarily surrenders large equipment from its own inventory to the exercising reservists. The internal association badges are shown in small letters and in front of the name of the unit . On the right edge, larger, the association badges (sleeve badges for service suits) are shown, which apply to all subordinate units, as long as the subordinate units do not have their own association badges.

Army command

Association badge command army

The army is led by the inspector of the army . The highest authority is the Army Command . This leads all divisions and the German parts of the multinational units as well as the Office for Army Development and the Training Command . A fixed assignment of the units to a NATO command structure is not provided and is therefore not presented further.

• Army Command , Strausberg
  • Central long-term camp Pirmasens

Fast forces division

Association badge division Rapid forces

The Fast Forces division is divided into:

• Staff / Telecommunication Company (St / FmKp) Division Fast Forces, Stadtallendorf

Division troops Fast forces division

See also : Division troops

• Transport helicopter regiment 10 , Army Airfield Faßberg (nickname: "Lüneburger Heide")
• Transport helicopter regiment 30 , Niederstetten Army Airfield
• Combat helicopter regiment 36 , Heeresflugplatz Fritzlar (nickname: "Kurhessen")
• Heer Rotary Wing System Center , Donauwörth
• SAR control center (Land) Rescue Coordination Center (RCC) Münster

Special Forces Command

Association badge special forces command

Note: The Special Forces Command is a unit at brigad level and is not divided into independent units.

The special forces command in Calw is divided into:

• Special Forces Command (KSK)
  • Psychological service
  • Language service
• Staff and command support company Special Operations Component Command (SOCC) in Hardheim
• Command forces
  • 1. Command company
  • 2. Command company
  • 3. Command company
  • 4. Command company
  • Special command company
  • Special reconnaissance company
• Support staff
  • Supply company
  • Telecommunications company
  • Support company
    • Supply / transshipment train
    • Repair train
    • Parachute and air handling train
  • Medical center
• Training area
• Development area

Airborne Brigade 1

Association badge of the LLBrig 1

• Headquarters and telecommunications company Luftlandebrigade 1 , Saarlouis
• Paratrooper Regiment 26, Zweibrücken
• Paratrooper Regiment 31, Seedorf
• Airborne Reconnaissance Company 260 , Zweibrücken
• Airborne Reconnaissance Company 310 , Seedorf
• Airborne Pioneer Company 260 , Saarlouis
• Airborne Pioneer Company 270 , Seedorf

11 Luchtmobiele Brigade

The 11 Luchtmobiele Brigade (11th Air Mobile Brigade) from Arnhem Netherlands reports to the DSK for training and exercises .  

• Headquarters Company, 11th Air Mobile Brigade, Arnhem
• 11th Infantry Battalion, Garde Grenadiers en Jagers, Arnhem
• 12th Infantry Battalion, Van Heutsz Regiment, Arnhem
• 13th Infantry Battalion, Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard Regiment, Assen
• 11th Airborne Engineer Company, Arnhem
• 11. Supply company, Arnhem
• 11. Repair company, Arnhem
• 11. Medical company, Assen
• 20th Reservist Battalion, The Hague , Bergen , Amsterdam , Amersfoort

1st Armored Division

Association badge 1st Panzer Division

The 1st Panzer Division is structured as follows:

• Headquarters / Telecommunications Company 1st Panzer Division, Oldenburg

Division troops 1st Panzer Division

Note: The division troops are commanded by the deputy division commander and division troops commander of the 1st Panzer Division.

• Support Battalion Operation 1, Oldenburg (not active), part of the supplementary troop
• Telecommunications Battalion 610, Prenzlau (subordinate troop service, for training and use to Command Support Brigade of the Multinational Corps Northeast )
• 325 Artillery Training Battalion , Munster
• heavy pioneer battalion 901, Havelberg (color: Panzer pioneer battalion 803. Not active. No large equipment of its own available or long-term storage.)

Tank Training Brigade 9

Association badge tank training brigade 9

• Headquarters / Telecommunication Company Panzerlehrbrigade 9 , Munster
• Jägerbataillon 91 Rotenburg (Wümme)
• Panzer Grenadier Battalion 33, Neustadt am Rübenberge
• Panzer Grenadier Training Battalion 92, Munster
• Panzer Lehrbataillon 93, Munster
• Reconnaissance Training Battalion 3, Lüneburg (nickname: "Lüneburg")
• Panzer Pioneer Battalion 130 , Minden
• Supply Battalion 141, Neustadt am Rübenberge

Armored Brigade 21

Association badge tank brigade 21

Note: The Panzer Brigade 21 is nicknamed "Lipperland"

• Headquarters / telecommunications company Panzerbrigade 21, Augustdorf
• Jägerbataillon 1, Schwarzenborn
• Panzer Battalion 203, Augustdorf
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 , Augustdorf
• Reconnaissance Battalion 7, Ahlen
• Panzer Pioneer Battalion 1, Holzminden
• Supply Battalion 7, Unna
• Jägerbataillon 921, Schwarzenborn (Couleur: Jägerbataillon 1. Not active.)

Panzer Grenadier Brigade 41

Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 41

Note: The Panzer Grenadier Brigade 41 is nicknamed "Vorpommern"

• Headquarters / Telecommunication Company, Panzer Grenadier Brigade 41, Neubrandenburg
• Jägerbataillon 413, Torgelow
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 411, square
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 401, Hagenow
• Reconnaissance Battalion 6, Eutin
• Panzer Pioneer Battalion 803, Havelberg
• Supply Battalion 142, Hagenow
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 908, Viereck (Couleur: Panzergrenadierbataillon 411. Not active. No large equipment available or long-term storage.)

43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade

internal association badge

The Dutch 43 Gemechaniseerde Brigade (43rd Mechanized Brigade) from Havelte is subordinate to the 1st Panzer Division for training and exercises .

• Headquarters Company 43rd Mechanized Brigade, Havelte The Netherlands 
• 44th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Johan Willem Friso", Havelte
• 45th Mechanized Infantry Battalion "Oranje Gelderland", Havelte
• 11th Panzer Engineer Battalion , Wezep
• 10th Reservist Battalion, Assen
• Panzerbataillon 414, Bergen (District of Celle) Germany The Netherlands   
• 43. Reconnaissance company "Huzaren van Boreel", Havelte
• 43rd Medical Company , Havelte
• 43. Maintenance company, Havelte

10th Armored Division

Association badge 10th Panzer Division

Note: the "new" 10th Panzer Division was reorganized from Division South at the end of 2014 .

• Headquarters / telecommunications company, Veitshöchheim

Division troops 10th Panzer Division

• Support Battalion 10, Veitshöchheim (not active)
• Artillery Training Battalion 345 , Idar-Oberstein
• Artillery Battalion 131 , Weiden in the Upper Palatinate
• Pioneer Battalion 905, Ingolstadt (Couleur: Mountain Pioneer Battalion 8. Not active. No own large equipment available or long-term storage.)

Armored Brigade 12

Association badge tank brigade 12

Note: The Panzer Brigade 12 is nicknamed "Upper Palatinate"

• Staff / telecommunications company Panzerbrigade 12, Amberg
• Panzer Battalion 104, Pfreimd , Weiden
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 112, rain
• Panzer Grenadier Battalion 122, Oberviechtach
• Reconnaissance Battalion 8, Freyung
• Panzer Pioneer Battalion 4, bow
• Supply Battalion 4, Roding , Pfreimd
• Mountain Panzer Battalion 8 ( partially active ), Pfreimd

Mountain Infantry Brigade 23

Association badge Mountain Infantry Brigade 23

Note: The Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23 is nicknamed "Bavaria"

• Headquarters / Telecommunication Company Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, Bad Reichenhall
• Mountain Infantry Battalion 231, Bad Reichenhall
• Mountain Hunter Battalion 232, Bischofswiesen - Strub
• Mountain Infantry Battalion 233, Mittenwald
• Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion 230, Füssen
• Mountain Pioneer Battalion 8, Ingolstadt
• Mountain Supply Battalion 8, Füssen (parts in Mittenwald and Bad Reichenhall )
• Operation and training center for pack animals 230 , Bad Reichenhall

Panzer Grenadier Brigade 37

Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 37

Note: The Panzergrenadierbrigade 37 is nicknamed "Free State of Saxony"

• Headquarters / Telecommunication Company, Panzergrenadierbrigade 37, Frankenberg / Sa.
• Panzerbataillon 363, Hardheim
• Tank battalion 393, Bad Frankenhausen
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 371 , Marienberg
• 391 Panzer Grenadier Battalion , Bad Salzungen
• Reconnaissance Battalion 13, Gotha
• Panzer Pioneer Battalion 701, Gera
• Supply Battalion 131, Bad Frankenhausen
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 909, Marienberg (color: Panzergrenadierbataillon 371, not active, no large equipment of its own or long-term storage.)

Franco-German Brigade

Association badge of the Franco-German Brigade

Note: Only units with a German part are listed. The remaining units are provided by the French army.

• German-French Brigade Staff , Müllheim (German part)
  • Jägerbataillon 291 , Illkirch-Graffenstaden ( FR )
  • Jägerbataillon 292 , Donaueschingen
  • Artillery Battalion 295 , Stetten ak M.
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 550, Stetten ak M.
  • German-French Brigade supply battalion, Müllheim (German part)

Eurocorps

Association badge

Note: Only permanently assigned units with a German component are listed (except for the Franco-German Brigade). In terms of troops, the German parts of the Franco-German Brigade are under the command of the Army. The brigade is constantly subordinate to the Eurocorps for training, exercise and operations . Most of the remaining troops are provided by the French army.

• Eurocorps Staff, Strasbourg ( FR ) (German part)
  • Multinational Command Support Brigade ( English : Staff Multinational Command Support Brigade ) (partially active) (German part), Strasbourg

I. German-Dutch Corps

Association badge 1st D-NL Corps

Note: Only permanently assigned units with a German component are listed. Most of the remaining troops are provided by the Dutch army . When deployed, the corps is subordinated to other large units.

• Staff I. German-Dutch Corps (German part), Münster
  • Staff and Support Battalion I. German-Dutch Corps (German part), Münster
  • / Telecommunications Battalion I. German-Dutch Corps (German part), Eibergen ( NL )

Northeast Multinational Corps

Association badge Multinational Corps Northeast

Note: Only permanently assigned units with a German component are listed. Most of the rest of the troops are provided by the Polish and Danish armies . Other large associations are subordinated to them

• Multinational Corps Northeast Staff , Stettin ( PL ) (German part)
  • Command Support Brigade Multinational Corps Northeast ( English : Command Support Brigade )
    • Staff Command Support Brigade (German part)
    • Telecommunications Battalion 610, Prenzlau (subordinate troop service to 1st Panzer Division , subordinated to Command Support Brigade for training and operations )

Office for Army Development

Association badge Office for Army Development

• Office for Army Development , Cologne

Training command

Association badge training command

• Training command , Leipzig

Training institutions of the army

See also : Army training facilities

Deviating from the rest of the illustration, the badges shown are the school's association badges according to the scheme "crossed swords and S in a red shield". Assigned / subordinate units (staffs, teaching groups, support groups, etc.) may also have internal association badges. The following training institutions exist:

Schools and training centers

• Army Officer School , Dresden
  • Tactical Center of the Army , Dresden
• Army NCO School , Delitzsch , Münster
  • Sergeant / Sergeant Candidate Battalion 1 , Sondershausen
  • Sergeant / Sergeant Candidate Battalion 2 , Celle
  • Sergeant / Sergeant Candidate Battalion 3 , Altenstadt
• Infantry training center , Hammelburg
  • Training base mountain and winter combat , Mittenwald
  • Airborne / Air Transport Training Base , Altenstadt
  • Officer Candidate Battalion 2 , Hammelburg
• Munster training center , Munster
  • Army Reconnaissance Training Area , Munster
  • Training area armored forces , Munster
  • Training area Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support / Indirect Fire (STF / IndirF), Idar-Oberstein
  • Officer Candidate Battalion 1 Munster
• Pioneers training center , Ingolstadt
  • Combat defense training base , Stetten am kalten Markt
• Training center for land systems technology , Aachen
  • Army technical college for technology
• International helicopter training center , Bückeburg
  • German shares of the TIGER training center in France
  • German-French training facility TIGER in Fassberg
• Special Operations Training Center , Pfullendorf

Central training institutions

• Air mobility training and exercise center , Celle
• Combat Simulation Center Army , Wildflecken
• Combat Training Center Heer , Letzlingen
• UN training center of the Bundeswehr , Hammelburg

See also

• List of former Bundeswehr properties
• List of active units of the Bundeswehr
• Structure of the armed forces base (Bundeswehr)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LLBrig 26: Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger from April 2015 on a new assignment. www.deutschesheer.de, April 1, 2015, accessed April 1, 2015 . 
2. ^ Structure of the 1st Armored Division. Federal Ministry of Defense , head of the press and information staff , July 5, 2015, accessed on July 18, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Dr. Christian Kahl: Unique in the world: New ways of German-Dutch army cooperation. PIZ Heer, March 18, 2016, accessed on March 19, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Simon Hofmann: One success story ends - another one continues. Federal Ministry of Defense , Press and Information Office , June 26, 2014, accessed on June 27, 2014 . 
5. ↑ A tank location steeped in tradition is revived . German army. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
6. ↑ mö: Bundeswehr: Tank Battalion are now leaving Bad Salzungen. In: insuedthueringen.de . Suhler Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, February 3, 2014, accessed on August 30, 2014 . 
7. ^ Supply battalion 131. In: bB . Blauer Bund eV, July 2014, accessed on August 30, 2014 . 

Web links

• Army offices. Federal Ministry of Defense , head of the press and information staff, accessed on October 2, 2011 . 
• Realization plan ARMY2011. (PDF) Staff Inspector of the Army I 5, May 23, 2012, accessed on August 29, 2014 .