Paratrooper Battalion 263

Paratrooper Battalion 263 - FschJgBtl 263 - II
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active	April 1, 1982 to March 31, 2015
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Paratroopers
Type	Intervention Battalion
Strength	~ 1000
Insinuation	Airborne Brigade 26
Location	Zweibrücken , Niederauerbach barracks
Awards	Saarland flag ribbon (1984), Rhineland-Palatinate flag ribbon (2009)
commander
last commander	Lieutenant Colonel Constantin Spallek

The paratrooper battalion 263 , as part of the specialized forces, carried out the battle / operation as part of the airborne brigade 26 or as a combat unit. It was used in the context of the entire range of tasks, according to its conception it was completely air transportable and capable of jumping with all parts.

assignment

Some tasks in detail:

• protects its own troops and facilities during operations against irregular forces and terrorist threats;
• supports the use of special forces in evacuation operations;
• participates in the safe return of military and other official persons deployed on behalf of NATO / EU / OSCE / UN ;
• conducts quick initial operations with aircraft as air landing or parachute jump;
• takes and holds key objects and key sites as a prerequisite for important follow-up operations;
• conduct combat / reconnaissance as part of deep operations;
• conducts combat in all types of combat and special combat actions;

The paratrooper battalion was an association trained for airborne operations. It could be relocated to an operational area with transport helicopters as part of air landing operations, but also by parachuting from transport aircraft.

structure

The following companies were subordinate to the Paratrooper Battalion 263 in Zweibrücken:

• 1./FschJgBtl 263 - supply / support company (generally called "staff / supply company" due to the subordination of the staff and the tactical character of the company, including: medical train, dog train, parachute special train, telecommunication train)
• 2./FschJgBtl 263 - Paratrooper company (operational / combat company)
• 3./FschJgBtl 263 - Parachute Company EGB (Operation / Combat Company Nemesis)
• 4./FschJgBtl 263 - Paratrooper Company (Operation / Combat Company)
• 5./FschJgBtl 263 - heavy paratrooper company ( Wiesel MK / TOW , mortar , "joint fire" / fire support train - "'Fortis et Fidus' - 'Brave and loyal'" )
• 6./FschJgBtl 263 - Paratrooper company (operational support company / "training company")

history

As part of Army Structure IV , the 263 Parachute Battalion was set up on April 1, 1982 as the third battalion of Airborne Brigade 26 . On November 30, 1994, it celebrated its move to the Zweibrücken location with a big tattoo . Today the garrison town is the military home of around 1,000 paratroopers . From November 1985 to July 1998 the paratrooper battalion 263 was part of the multinational AMF (L) Brigade, since April 1, 1997 it has been part of the Einsatzverband evacuation operations. It has represented the German paratroopers in numerous international exercises in Denmark , Belgium and the USA . In 1993 , a large part of the battalion was used for security tasks as part of the UN mission in Somalia . From June to October 1999 the battalion was under the leadership of the 4th Company with around 150 soldiers in KFOR deployment. From July 2002 to February 2003 , the battalion provided the lead association for security forces in Afghanistan. In July 2003, the battalion made a part of the infantry parts of the fourth mission contingent Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB) as part of the International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF = International Security Assistance Force ) in Afghanistan . From June to December 2006 a large part of the Btl was in Africa as part of the EUFOR RD Congo mission to secure the democratic elections in the Republic of the Congo. This mission also went almost smoothly and all soldiers had returned to their families in good health by Christmas 2006.

The later FDP politician Jürgen W. Möllemann was a candidate for the reserve officer in the paratrooper battalion 263.

As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr, the paratrooper battalion 263 was disbanded on March 31, 2015. Parts of the FschJgBtl 263 were transferred to the new 26th Paratrooper Regiment . The Zweibrücken location will be retained.

Fallen

date	place	Art	Course of events
August 6, 2008	Kunduz	hostile - suicide bomber	A suicide bomber blows himself up on a motorcycle next to dismounted soldiers. Three of them are wounded. One dies on October 5, 2009 from the aftermath of the attack. Liked: Stabsgefreiter Patric Sauer , 4./FschJgBtl 263
August 27, 2008	Kunduz	hostile - IED	A soldier dies if an IED explodes. Three more are wounded. Liked: Sergeant Michael Meier , 4./FschJgBtl 263
October 20, 2008	Kunduz	hostile - suicide bomber	A suicide bomber blows himself up. Two soldiers are killed and two wounded. Fallen: Staff Sergeant Patrick Behlke , 2./FschJgBtl 263 Corporal Roman Schmidt , 2./FschJgBtl 263
June 23, 2009	Kunduz	hostile - skirmish	Three soldiers drown in a firefight with the Taliban. Two of them are members of the 391 Panzer Grenadier Battalion, one is a member of the 263 Parachute Battalion. Liked: Hauptgefreiter Alexander veil Nick , 1./FschJgBtl 263

Press

• In June 2006, the 263 Parachute Battalion hit the headlines negatively because of highly controversial rituals. According to a report by the Saarbrücker Zeitung, dried fruit was introduced into the rectum of a soldier as an admission ritual for the NCOs and then hit on the buttocks with a paddle. Some soldiers were then transferred and the Congo mission was taken over by other forces in the battalion due to the incidents.
• On July 10, 2006, a recruit was brought unconscious to the Homburg University Hospital after running 5000 meters . During his stay in the hospital, despite the efforts of the doctors, his kidneys and liver failed, and a day later his lungs failed. When the heart finally stopped, the recruit died.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homepage Division Special Operations
2. ↑ http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/dso/dienststellen/brig26/truppenteile/fschjg263/gliederung graphical structure on the website of the German Army, as of May 29, 2008
3. ↑ Minich, Wolfgang; FschJgBtl 261 (ed.): Die Rote Teufel - wie Pech und Schwefel, Fallschirmjägerbataillon 261 - 50 years 1956–1996, Ottweiler 1996
4. ↑ LLBrig 26: Seedorfer Fallschirmjäger from April 2015 on a new assignment. www.deutschesheer.de, April 1, 2015, accessed April 5, 2015 . 
5. ↑ http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/service/redenundinterviews/redendesministers?yw_contentURL=/C1256F1200608B1B/W27WMGVG644INFODE/content.jsp
6. ↑ http://www.bundeswehr.de/portal/a/bwde/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd443DgwBSUGYAfqR6GIBIQixoJRUfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQAlYgRn/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfQ180QzU!?yw_contentURL=/C1256EF4002AED30/W27R7E3M974INFODE/content.jsp
7. ↑ http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4k3cTcHSUGYxvqR6GJu5gixoJRUfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQBKxVXm/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfRF80SjU!?yw_contentURL=/C1256F1200608B1B/W27KQEVB782INFODE/content.jsp
8. ↑ http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4k3cTcHSUGYxvqR6GJu5gixoJRUfW99X4_83FT9AP2C3NCIckdHRQBKxVXm/delta/base64xml/L2dJQSEvUUt3QS80SVVFLzZfRF80SjU!?yw_contentURL=/C1256F1200608B1B/W27TKAL8002INFODE/content.jsp

Coordinates: 49 ° 15 '37.6 "  N , 7 ° 23' 7.5"  E