The friction

The friction. The handbook for soldiers of the Bundeswehr is designed as a handbook for soldiers of all military organizational areas of the Bundeswehr and has been published since 1929. The current editor is Lieutenant Colonel a. D. Wilhelm Bocklet.

content

It is intended for both active soldiers and reservists and is based on the Bundeswehr Central Service Regulations (ZDv) . The Reibert “should be given to the soldier in a concise, easily legible form

basic knowledge about the state, society and the armed forces
the equipment for practical service and instruction in the context of military training,
an overview of the mission and structure of the Bundeswehr and its armed forces as well as training

mediate and serve the reservists as a reference work. "

The book is divided into four sections.

The first part (A) explains the areas of Inner Leadership and the legal principles that apply to soldiers both in military service and on missions abroad.

Inner guidance and law
Citizenship Education / The Free Democratic Basic Order
International humanitarian law in armed conflict

General military knowledge

Representation of interests

The second part (B) explains the armed forces and the specific mission of the Bundeswehr in the context of security policy.

Section three (C) describes the basic aspects in the training of soldiers such as formal service , weapon training or medical service.

Formal service
Handling and shooting training with hand weapons
Training with hand grenades , hand flame cartridges and grenade pistol 40 mm
Training with anti-tank hand weapons ( Panzerfaust 3 ) and the light box
Combat service of all troops (on land)
The soldier in winter
Anti-tank defense for all troops - tank detection
Telecommunication service for all troops
Anti-aircraft defense (on land)
NBC defense of all troops and self-protection
Pioneering
Medical service for all troops (first aiders )
Motor service

The last part (appendix) gives an overview of military-specific rank , danger and markings.

history

The book was named after its author, Colonel Dr. iur. Wilhelm Reibert . The book was first published in 1929 and has been updated regularly since then. But there are also predecessors, for example the book “Service instruction for the infantryman of the German Army ” by Lieutenant Colonel Transfeldt (1914). Only from 1946 (after the surrender of the German Wehrmacht ) to 1958 (shortly after the establishment of the Bundeswehr ), i.e. in the time when Germany did not have its own army, the work on the Reibert was not continued. Since 1959, the "new Reibert" appeared initially as Brandt / Reibert. The contents of the pre-war editions were revised and re-compiled by Captain Jürgen Brandt .

The Reibert is not an official regulation; it is acquired privately.

Before the end of the war there were specialized editions for the individual branches of arms and also special editions, for example Reibert for the newsman, Reibert for the news soldier, Reibert for the rifle company, Reibert for the gunner and for drivers . There were at least 18 different editions, from pioneer to driver; but the best known is the one for "Schützen der Schützenkompanie".

The Reibert was published from 1959 to 1989 in three editions for the armed forces army, air force and navy. Since 1989, however, only a uniform complete edition has been produced.

Similar books

Before 1945 there were a number of comparable books, the production of which was discontinued (e.g. "The Soldier's Primer", "Wehrwolf").

In 1977 the Sendler Verlag Frankfurt am Main published a brochure with the title: Im Klartext. Der Reibert - The manual for the soldier.

For a long time there was the paperback for military training (previously published as a paperback for conscripts ) from the Walhalla Fachverlag in Regensburg. The 78th edition was published on March 28, 2014.

The paperback for defense issues with illustrations and information on state and defense policy principles, armed forces, defense legislation, organization of national defense and more has also been published.

The manual military basic knowledge , last edition in 1988 in the military publishing house of the GDR , was a comparable work for the soldiers of the National People's Army .

There is also a comparable work for the USA with The Soldier's BCT Handbook (BCT = Basic Combat Training; corresponds to the basic training in the Bundeswehr). Only issues from the years 1968/69 are known.

Bibliographic data

The friction. Manual for the German soldiers. Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin / Bonn / Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-8132-0917-4 .
The friction. Marine. Publisher E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Frankfurt am Main 1974.
Rubs. Service lessons in the army. Edition for riflemen of the rifle company. Publisher E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1939.

Individual evidence

↑ Wilhelm Bocklet (arrangement): Der Reibert. The handbook for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . Ed .: Mittler. 4th edition. Mittler ES + Sohn, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-8132-0993-8 , p. 484 .

↑ Soldiers and reservists committees (ed.): In clear text. Der Reibert - The manual for the soldier. Sendler, Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-88048-039-X .

^ Karl Helmut Schnell, Sven Korweslühr: Pocket book for military training. Walhalla Fachverlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3802962066 .

↑ Hans Edgar Jahn , Kurt Neher, Herbert Pfeill (Hrsg.): Paperback for military questions. Mainland publisher.

[1] Wilhelm Bocklet (arrangement): Der Reibert. The handbook for soldiers in the Bundeswehr . Ed .: Mittler. 4th edition. Mittler ES + Sohn, Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-8132-0993-8 , p. 484 .

[2] Soldiers and reservists committees (ed.): In clear text. Der Reibert - The manual for the soldier. Sendler, Frankfurt am Main 1977, ISBN 3-88048-039-X .