Artillery troops (Bundeswehr)

The artillery force ( ArtTr ) is a branch of service of the army of the German Federal Armed Forces . The artillery is one of the combat support troops . The main tasks are fire support for the combat troops , fighting by fire in the depths of the space and artillery target and situation reconnaissance. The main weapon systems are the self-propelled howitzer 2000 and the MARS II rocket launcher . The artillery force comprises 5,157  posts .

assignment

See also : Artillery deployment principles

The artillery gives the combat troops fire support by combating point and area targets and fighting targets in the depths of the space. It works with steep fire from howitzers and rocket launchers . With its diverse and far-reaching reconnaissance means, the artillery helps to capture targets and to keep the situation current. The artillery is the main vehicle of fire fighting. Information and effects are possible regardless of the time of day or the weather. Your agents are precise and capable of spacing.

The artillery force contributes to the Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support (STF). The Joint Fire Support Teams in each artillery battalion accompany the combat troops and can direct fire from artillery, mortars , fighter-bombers , attack helicopters and ship artillery .

history

See also : History of Artillery

See also : planned structure of the army

The artillery force comprised eleven regiments , 83  battalions and 14 independent batteries in the 1980s . Around 42,000 soldiers served in this branch of service, equipped at that time with around 1,100 artillery pieces and 400 rocket launchers  . At that time, the artillery force was not only by far the largest group of troops in the army, but also larger in terms of personnel than the naval armed forces in the same period. The artillery school was divided into four teaching groups with 16  inspections and 50  lecture halls and training trains.

The topography troops were part of the artillery troops until 2002 and then became a separate service.

The artillery force was restructured for the last time as part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr . Parts of the reconnaissance equipment, especially for general situation reconnaissance, were given to the new army reconnaissance force . The artillery troops still have their own extensive reconnaissance equipment for their own target reconnaissance.

education

The training area Armed Forces Joint Tactical Fire Support / Indirect Fire (Trainer STF / IndirF) in Idar-Oberstein , before the reorganization of the "Artillery School", is subordinate to the Munster training center and is responsible for the training and advanced training of the military leaders of the artillery troops. Your commander is also the artillery general . Group III 2 1 (ArtTr / STF) in the Office for Army Development (AHEntwg) has been responsible for the further development of the artillery force since June 2013 .

organization

The artillery force today comprises four active artillery battalions, the STF / IndirF trainer and the ArtTr / STF group in the AHEntwg. Three battalions are directly subordinate to a division as division troops, one battalion is part of the Franco-German brigade .

The organization of tank artillery , rocket artillery and reconnaissance artillery / observation artillery in their own battalions was given up. Each of today's artillery battalions has all the weapon systems and capabilities of the artillery force. For this purpose, they are each divided into a supply and support battery, a reconnaissance artillery battery, a rocket artillery battery and several tubular artillery batteries.

Units of the active artillery force

	designation	abbreviation	Location	property	Insinuation	Manpower	Lineup	commander
	Artillery Battalion 131	ArtBtl 131	Willows in the Upper Palatinate	Ostmark barracks	10th PzDiv	about 700	0July 1, 1991	Sven Zickmantel
	Artillery Battalion 295	ArtBtl 295	Stetten am kalten Markt	Alb barracks	D / F Brig	about 550	1958	Thomas Kopsch
	Artillery Training Battalion 325	ArtLehrBtl 325	Muenster	Hindenburg barracks	1 PzDiv	around 730	0Apr 1, 1961	Alfred John Grethe
	Artillery Training Battalion 345	ArtLehrBtl 345	Idar-Oberstein	Klotzberg barracks	10th PzDiv	around 910	0Feb. 4, 1959	Carsten Windsch

Artillery Battalion 131

Artillery Battalion 131 - ArtBtl 131 - II
Internal association badge
Lineup	July 1, 1991
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Artillery force
Type	Artillery Battalion
Subordinate troops	1-6 battery
Strength	about 700
Insinuation	10th Armored Division
Location	Weiden , Ostmark barracks
Former locations	Mühlhausen / Thuringia Görmar barracks
equipment	Self-propelled howitzer 2000 , MARS II , KZO
Web presence	ArtBtl 131
Battalion leadership
Battalion commander	Colonel Sven Zickmantel
Old names
1991-1992	Field Artillery Battalion 701 (FArtBtl 701)
1992-1994	Observation artillery battalion 701 (ObArtBtl 701)
1994-2002	Observation Artillery Battalion 131 (ObArtBtl 131)
2002-2008	Artillery Reconnaissance Battalion 131 (Art AufklBtl 131)
2008-2013	Observation tank artillery battalion 131 (ObspPzArtBtl 131)

The artillery battalion 131 ( ArtBtl 131 ) is one of four artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr . The association is stationed in the Ostmark barracks (until 1966 Metzer barracks) in the Bavarian town of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate and, like the Artillery Training Battalion 345 , subordinated to the 10th Panzer Division . For exercises is the Grafenwoehr Training Area in the immediate vicinity.

structure

The battalion is divided into the staff and six batteries , one of which is not active:

• 1./ArtBtl 131: Supply and support battery
• 2./ArtBtl 131: Ground-based and airborne reconnaissance battery
• 3./ArtBtl 131: rocket artillery battery
• 4./ArtBtl 131: tubular artillery battery
• 5./ArtBtl 131: tubular artillery battery
• 6./ArtBtl 131: tubular artillery battery ( supplementary troop part )

history

Today's artillery battalion 131 was set up on July 1, 1991 as field artillery battalion 701 ( FArtBtl 701 ) in the Görmar barracks in Mühlhausen / Thuringia . April 1, 1992, it was in observation Artillery Battalion 701 ( BeobArtBtl 701 ), 1 July 1994 in observation Artillery Battalion 131 ( BeobArtBtl 131 ), 1 October 2002, artillery reconnaissance battalion 131 ( ArtAufklBtl 131 ) and July 1, 2008 in observation Panzerartilleriebataillon 131 ( BeobPzArtBtl 131 ) renamed.

In 2004 and 2005, the current head of the Armed Forces Training Area for Joint Tactical Fire Support / Indirect Fire and General of the Artillery Force , Colonel Dietmar Felber, was battalion commander. On March 18, 2009, the battalion carried out the last flight of a CL 289 drone in the Bundeswehr.

Due to the stationing concept 2011 , the battalion was disbanded on June 30, 2014 and the Görmar barracks closed. Six months earlier, on January 1, 2014, the battalion was reorganized as Artillery Battalion 131, its current name, in Weiden in the Upper Palatinate. Weiden was already an artillery site from 1977 to 1992 and housed the armored artillery battalion 105. On February 16, 1959, the 115 field artillery battalion was set up here, but was relocated to Roding on July 1, 1959 .

On July 8, 2015, the sponsorship between the city of Weiden and the battalion was sealed. In the same year 165 soldiers returned from deployments abroad in Kosovo and Afghanistan . In July 25, 2017, the then Federal Minister of Defense , Ursula von der Leyen, visited the battalion. In October 2019, the third battery has the Artillery Training Battalion at a test site in Vidsel with the rocket launcher MARS  II GPS fired -gelenkte launchers from M31 Unitary GMLRS. In 2018 the battalion was the lead unit for the 49th KFOR contingent , its task was to dismantle the German field camp in Prizren. 380 soldiers of the battalion took part in the foreign deployment of the Bundeswehr in Kosovo.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	Commander of	Commander up
Lieutenant colonel	Sven Zickmantel	28 Mar 2019	to date
Lieutenant colonel	Christian Kiesel	19 Dec 2015	28 Mar 2019
Lieutenant colonel	Wolfgang Schmidt	0Dec 9, 2013	19 Dec 2015
Lieutenant colonel	Michael Erwin Heinrich	Nov 30, 2011	0Dec 9, 2013
Lieutenant colonel	Martin Rödiger	Oct 30, 2009	Nov 30, 2011
Lieutenant colonel	Andreas Reyer	0Nov 8, 2007	Oct 30, 2009
Lieutenant colonel	Dietmar Felber	2004	2005

Internal association badge

The association badge is divided vertically in white and red with two crossed cannon barrels. Above it is a black shield with a golden lion.

Artillery Battalion 295

Artillery Battalion 295 - ArtBtl 295 - II
Internal association badge
Lineup	1958
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Artillery force
Type	Artillery Battalion
Subordinate troops	1-6 battery
Strength	about 550
Insinuation	D / F Brig
Location	Stetten am kalten Markt Alb barracks
Former locations	Immendingen , Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber-Kaserne
equipment	Self-propelled howitzer 2000 , MARS II , KZO
Web presence	ArtBtl 295
Battalion leadership
Battalion commander	Colonel Thomas Kopsch
Deputy BtlKdr	Colonel Jörg Wehrhold
Old names
1958	Field Artillery Battalion 442 (Kader) (FArtBtl 442)
1958-1966	Field Artillery Battalion 295 (FArtBtl 295)
1966-1993	Panzerartilleriebataillon 295 (PzArtBtl 295)
1993-2001	Field Artillery Battalion 295 (FArtBtl 295)
2001-2006	Panzerartilleriebataillon 295 (PzArtBtl 295)

The artillery battalion 295 ( ArtBtl 295 ), stationed in the Alb barracks in Stetten am kalten Markt , is one of four artillery battalions of the Bundeswehr and the only one that is subordinate to a brigade . The battalion belongs to the Franco-German Brigade , whose German parts are subordinate to the 10th Panzer Division . The association has been led by Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Kopsch since March 29, 2019 .

structure

The battalion is divided into the staff and six batteries :

• 1./ArtBtl 295: Supply and support battery
• 2./ArtBtl 295: tubular artillery battery
• 3./ArtBtl 295: tubular artillery battery
• 4./ArtBtl 295: rocket artillery battery
• 5./ArtBtl 295: Ground-based and airborne reconnaissance battery
• 6./ArtBtl 295: training battery, formerly training support company 295 and recruit company 6

history

Today's Artillery Battalion 295 is the Bundeswehr's oldest active artillery battalion. It was set up in 1958 as field artillery battalion 442 (Kader) ( FArtBtl 442 ) in Münsingen ( Herzog-Albrecht-Kaserne ). On October 1, 1958, it was renamed Feldartilleriebataillon 295 ( FArtBtl 295 ). From December 15, 1958 to January 1959, the battalion moved to Immendingen to the Neue Kaserne, which was renamed Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber-Kaserne on May 27, 1967 . The battalion trained the first people to do military service , was equipped with the FH 105mm (L) field howitzer and was subordinate to the 29th Panzer Brigade as a brigade artillery battalion.

When the battalion was equipped with the M109 self- propelled howitzer in 1966 , it was renamed to Panzerartilleriebataillon 295 ( PzArtBtl 295 ) on October 1, 1966 . In the following years, the battalion took part in many binational (mainly with France) and international exercises, such as the NATO exercise REFORGER 1973. On March 18, 1993, it was renamed Field Artillery Battalion 295 , merging with Field Artillery Battalion 555 (FArtBtl 555) from Horb and reorganization into Army Structure 5 . Personnel, field howitzers 70 and other material were taken over from the field artillery battalion 555 . At the same time, the battalion was subordinated to the Franco-German Brigade. It took part in the 1994 French National Day parade on the Champs-Elysées . Several jungle combat training courses in cooperation with the French armed forces as well as missions abroad within the framework of SFOR and KFOR took place from 1996 to 1998.

In 2000 the battalion took part in the repair of the storm damage caused by hurricane Lothar and the aftermath of the tanker Erika . Throughout the year, the battalion was again deployed in the Balkans as part of SFOR and KFOR. On July 1, 2001 the battalion was equipped with the Panzerhaubitze 2000 and renamed again to Panzerartilleriebataillon 295 .

The battalion provided disaster relief in 2002 after the floods on the Elbe . The battalion took part in several large exercises, including a. 2001 at the Cobra exercise in Spain. The years 2002 and 2003 were marked by several missions: parts of the battalion took part in KFOR and SFOR, while other parts were deployed in Afghanistan as part of the ISAF mission . In addition, parts of the battalion were assigned to Task Force FOX in Macedonia. In 2004 and 2005, parts of the battalion again took part in the Afghanistan mission, this time as part of the Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMND).

In 2005, the battalion was awarded the flag ribbon of the state of Baden-Württemberg by its interior minister Heribert Rech .

With the New Army structure , the battalion was renamed Artillery Battalion 295 , its current name, in April 2006 , and the 4th battery was equipped with the MARS rocket launcher . The battalion took part in several NATO exercises in the same year, u. a. of the Nato Response Force 7 . In 2011, parts of the battalion were again deployed in Afghanistan , Kosovo and Mali . In 2012, soldiers of the battalion were engaged in fire fighting as part of the NATO Response Force in Kosovo north of the city of Mitrovica . During the refugee crisis in 2015, soldiers of the battalion provided support, including vacant company buildings in the Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber-Kaserne as accommodation for refugees.

With the takeover of the Army structure in 2011 , the artillery battalion 295 left the Oberfeldwebel-Schreiber barracks in Immendingen after 57 years and relocated the large equipment to its current location on March 8 and 9, 2016. It was formally repositioned at the new location on October 1, 2014. In 2016, parts of the battalion took part in TACET in Lithuania. In 2017, parts of the battalion were deployed again in Lithuania as part of Enhanced Forward Presence . In 2018 the battalion will be deployed again in Mali.

In February 2018, the Mars II rocket launcher was fired for the first time from the Vogelbühl external fire position at the Heuberg military training area with 48 110mm rockets. On September 29, 2018, the battalion celebrated its 60th anniversary with an open day and the big tattoo .

The training support company 295 (AusfUstgKp 295) set up on October 1, 2014, whose main mission was to carry out basic training , was integrated into the battalion as the 6th battery on January 1, 2020.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	Commander of	Commander up
Lieutenant colonel	Thomas Kopsch	29 Mar 2019	to date
Lieutenant colonel	Kim Oliver Frerichs	Apr 22, 2016	29 Mar 2019
Lieutenant colonel	Ralf Peter Hammerstein	May 27, 2014	Apr 22, 2016
Lieutenant colonel	Ingo Reershemius	30th Mar 2012	May 27, 2014
Lieutenant colonel	Jörg Hoogeveen		30th Mar 2012
Lieutenant colonel	Uwe Kraft	Sep 14 2007	Sep 18 2009
Lieutenant colonel	Frank De Waele	29 Sep 2005
Lieutenant colonel	Peter Wenning	0Jan. 9, 2004	29 Sep 2005
Lieutenant colonel	Lindenmann	21 Sep 2001	0Jan. 9, 2004
Lieutenant colonel	Eberhard Zorn	17 Sep 1999	21 Sep 2001
Lieutenant colonel	Wendroth	25 Sep 1997	17 Sep 1999
Lieutenant colonel	sexton	0Oct. 1, 1995	25 Sep 1997
Lieutenant colonel	Weisenburger	25th Mar 1994	Sep 30 1995
Lieutenant colonel	Schmidtmeier	22 Mar 1991	25th Mar 1994
Lieutenant colonel	Kunz	27 Sep 1988	21 Mar 1991
Lieutenant colonel	from Schönefeld	0Oct 8, 1986	26 Sep 1988
Lieutenant colonel	Miedreich	Oct 14, 1983	0Oct 7, 1986
Lieutenant colonel	Krause	0Oct. 1, 1979	Oct 13, 1983
Lieutenant colonel	Günter Freiherr von Steinaecker	0Apr 1, 1978	Sep 30 1979
Lieutenant colonel	Donhauser	0Apr 1, 1973	31 Mar 1978
Lieutenant colonel	Gruner	0Sep 2 1968	31 Mar 1973
Lieutenant colonel	Aschmann	0Apr 6, 1967	0Sep 1 1968
Lieutenant colonel	Stachowetz	Sep 12 1963	0Apr 5, 1967
Lieutenant colonel	Franz	0Oct. 1, 1958	Sep 11 1963

Internal association badge

The coat of arms of the Artillery Battalion 295 reflects its history. The coat of arms shows a black Staufer lion on a yellow background. The yellow background symbolizes the affiliation to the 10th Panzer Division. The red border around the inner shield indicates that it was part of the 29th Panzer Brigade . The red color of the outer shield shows as the weapon color of the artillery as well as the crossed cannons that the battalion belongs to the artillery force.

Artillery Training Battalion 325

Artillery Training Battalion 325 - ArtLehrBtl 325 - II
Internal association badge
Lineup	April 1, 1961
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Artillery force
Type	Artillery Battalion
Subordinate troops	1-8 battery
Strength	around 730
Insinuation	1st Armored Division
Location	Munster , Hindenburg barracks
Remote area	Luneburg
Former locations	Schwanewede , Lützow barracks , Weser-Geest barracks
equipment	Self-propelled howitzer 2000 MARS II KZO
Web presence	ArtLehrBtl 325
Battalion leadership
Battalion commander	Colonel Alfred John Grethe
Old names
1961-1971	Field Artillery Battalion 325 (FArtBtl 325)
1971-2001	Panzerartilleriebataillon 325 (PzArtBtl 325)
2001-2015	Panzerartillery teaching battalion 325 (PzArtLehrBtl 325)

The Artillery Training Battalion 325 ( ArtLehrBtl 325 ) is one of four artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr . The association is stationed in the Hindenburg barracks in the Lower Saxony city ​​of Munster , the second  battery is deposited in the Theodor-Körner barracks in Lüneburg .

structure

The battalion is divided into the staff and eight batteries :

• 1./ArtLehrBtl 325: Supply and support battery
• 2./ArtLehrBtl 325: Ground-based and airborne reconnaissance battery
• 3./ArtLehrBtl 325: rocket artillery battery (formerly 4./RakArtBtl 132)
• 4./ArtLehrBtl 325: tubular artillery battery
• 5./ArtLehrBtl 325: tubular artillery battery
• 6./ArtLehrBtl 325: tubular artillery battery (October 1, 2018 renamed 7./- and 6./- reorganized)
• 7./ArtLehrBtl 325: (since October 1st, 2018 by renaming; renamed March 1st, 2020 to 8./- and 7./- reorganized)
• 8./ArtLehrBtl 325: (until February 28, 2020 7./-)

The battalion has nine Joint Fire Support Teams , three Joint Fire Support Coordination Teams and two Interface Teams.

history

Today's artillery teaching battalion 325 goes back to the field artillery battalion 325 ( FArtBtl 325 ) set up on April 1, 1961 in the Lützow barracks in Schwanewede near Bremen . On October 1, 1971, the battalion was renamed and reclassified as Panzerartilleriebataillon 325 ( PzArtBtl 325 ). The field howitzers were replaced by the M109 self-propelled howitzer . The battalion was the brigade artillery battalion of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 , which was also stationed in Schwanewede. The brigade belonged to the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division in Oldenburg . The order of the artillery battalion was to ensure fire support for the brigade.

In 1973 the battalion moved to the same location in the Neuenkirchen barracks, which was renamed the Weser-Geest barracks in 1991 . The Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 was disbanded on September 30, 1996. The battalion was subordinated to the Panzerlehrbrigade 9 in Munster. Therefore, in 2001, the name was changed to Panzerartillerielehrbataillon 325 ( PzArtLehrBtl 325 ). After the dissolution of the Panzerartillery Teaching Battalion 95 in Munster at the end of September 30, 2002, the Panzerartillery Teaching Battalion 325 was the only brigadier artillery battalion of the Panzerlehrbrigade 9. In 2006, the battalion moved to Munster to the location of the brigade in the property of the disbanded Panzerartillery Teaching Battalion 95, the Hindenburg Kasbah. In the early 2000s, the battalion received the new self-propelled howitzer 2000 , which replaced the M109. In connection with the floods in Central Europe in 2013 , the association was set up in the Lüneburg area.

On July 1, 2015, the battalion was renamed and reclassified as Artillery Teaching Battalion 325 (ArtLehrBtl 325). In addition, the subordination to the 1st Panzer Division in Oldenburg. From now on the battalion belongs to the division artillery . It was no longer only equipped with pipe artillery. There was also a rocket artillery battery, the former 4th / rocket artillery battalion 132 from Sondershausen and a reconnaissance artillery battery.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	Commander of	Commander up
Lieutenant colonel	Alfred John Grethe	June 27, 2019
Lieutenant colonel	Volker Lorenz	June 2016	June 27, 2019
Lieutenant colonel	Volker Thiemann	21 Mar 2014	June 2016
Lieutenant colonel	Stephan Willer	May 30, 2012	21 Mar 2014
Lieutenant colonel	Hubert Nahler	Apr 19, 2010	May 30, 2012
Lieutenant colonel	Jörn Hasler	Dec 2008	Apr 19, 2010
Lieutenant colonel	Old
Lieutenant colonel	from Hobe
Lieutenant colonel	Huebner
Lieutenant colonel	duke
Lieutenant colonel	Kell
Lieutenant colonel	Carl-Gero von Ilsemann	0Apr 1, 1961	Jan. 1963

Internal association badge

The association badge shows two crossed cannon barrels on a red background. Both the color and the pipes symbolize the artillery. The coat of arms of Lower Saxony hovers above it , a sign of the battalion's ties to the state of Lower Saxony.

Artillery Training Battalion 345

Artillery Training Battalion 345 - ArtLehrBtl 345 - II
Internal association badge
Lineup	4th February 1959
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Artillery force
Type	Artillery Battalion
Subordinate troops	1-7 Battery , ZAW care center
Strength	around 910
Insinuation	10th Armored Division
Location	Idar-Oberstein , Klotzberg barracks
Former locations	Kusel , NCO Kruger barracks
Main weapon system	Self-propelled howitzer 2000 MARS II KZO
Web presence	ArtLehrBtl 345
Battalion leadership
Battalion commander	Colonel Carsten Windsch
Old names
1959-1967	Field Artillery Training Battalion 310 (FArtLehrBtl 310)
1967-1980	Panzerartilleriel Lehrbataillon 310 (PzArtLehrBtl 310)
1980-2007	Panzerartillery teaching battalion 345 (PzArtLehrBtl 345)
2008-2013	Artillery Training Regiment 345 (ArtLehrRgt 345)

The Artillery Training Battalion 345 ( ArtLehrBtl 345 ) is one of four artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr . The association is stationed in the Klotzberg barracks in the Rhineland-Palatinate city ​​of Idar-Oberstein .

structure

The battalion is divided into the staff and seven batteries , one of which is not active:

• 1./ArtLehrBtl 345: Supply and support battery
• 2./ArtLehrBtl 345: Ground-based and airborne reconnaissance battery
• 3./ArtLehrBtl 345: rocket artillery battery
• 4./ArtLehrBtl 345: tubular artillery battery
• 5./ArtLehrBtl 345: tubular artillery battery
• 6./ArtLehrBtl 345: tubular artillery battery
• 7./ArtLehrBtl 345: tubular artillery battery ( supplementary troop part )

In addition, the ArtLehrBtl 345 the civil Vocational education and training assistance center civil Vocational education and training Idar-Oberstein subordinated troops on duty .

history

Today's artillery teaching battalion 345 was set up in 1959 as field artillery teaching battalion 310 ( FArtLehrBtl 310 ) in Idar-Oberstein. The artillery training batteries 405 and 406 were also subordinate to him at the beginning. In peace, the battalion was subordinate to the Artillery Training Regiment 5 and the Artillery School to support training. In the event of a defense , a change of position to III. Corps takes place as a corps artillery element. From 1961 the association took part in corresponding corps exercises.

In 1965 the battalion moved to the new " Unteroffizier-Krüger-Kaserne " in Kusel , named after a field artilleryman from the First World War . In 1966 the last unit was set up, the 4th / Field Artillery Training Battalion 310, which completed the unit and was the only battery in the battalion to be equipped with 203mm M110 A1 / A2 field howitzers capable of nuclear weapons .

With Army Structure 3 , the M109 self-propelled howitzer became the standard gun for brigade artillery in the Bundeswehr. In order to support the artillery school in training accordingly, the association was equipped with the weapon system, renamed and reclassified into the Panzerartillery teaching battalion 310 ( PzArtLehrBtl 310 ).

In Army Structure 4 , it was converted into a brigade artillery battalion. The association was subordinated to the Panzer Brigade 34 and renamed again, now in Panzerartilleriel Lehrbataillon 345 ( PzArtLehrBtl 345 ). In the 1980s, the M109 self-propelled howitzers were upgraded to the A3 G version . From 1994 until its dissolution in 2003, the Kusel driver training center was subordinate to the association.

In 1998 the armored artillery training battalion 345 was the first unit of the Bundeswehr to receive the new self-propelled howitzer 2000 , which is still the most modern and powerful artillery gun in the world. In 2007 the association was commissioned as the lead association for the 13th German ISAF contingent to provide a protection company for the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kunduz in Afghanistan . In addition, the training of Afghan armed forces should take place within the framework of Operation Monitoring and Liaison Teams ( OMLT ).

On January 1, 2008, the Panzerartillery teaching battalion 345 reorganized into the Artillery Training Regiment 345 ( ArtLehrBtl 345 ) in the course of taking over the New Army structure . This expressed the fact that on the one hand the association had seven active batteries (more than usual for a battalion), on the other hand, with two reconnaissance batteries, it was no longer limited to the ability to "armored artillery". At the same time the subordination to the Army Brigade , which in turn was part of the Air Mobile Operations Division , took place. In 2010 the association was awarded the flag ribbon of the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate . After the brigade was disbanded at the end of 2012, the association was directly subordinate to the division. In connection with the floods in Central Europe in 2013 , the association was deployed with 340 soldiers in the northern Saxony-Anhalt area.

In the course of taking over the structure HEER 2011 , the two reconnaissance batteries, the 2nd and 3rd batteries, were merged to form the new 2nd battery. The 2nd / Rocket Artillery Battalion 132 was incorporated into the unit as the new 3rd battery, the 7th battery, previously charged with carrying out general basic training , became a non-active supplementary troop unit . This also resulted in the last renaming to Artillery Training Battalion 345 on January 1, 2014. Three months later, the ZAW support center Idar-Oberstein, which had previously been assigned to the Artillery School, was placed under troop service in anticipation of the relocation of the battalion in the fourth quarter of 2014 from Kusel to Idar-Oberstein.

In 2015 the association with over 130 soldiers was in the stand-by phase for the NATO Response Force (NRF) 2015.

In December 2017, the Artillery Training Battalion 345, together with the Army Development Office , tested twelve M31 missiles (GMLRS-U) with 81.6 kg fragmentation warhead on the Vidsel test site in Sweden using the MARS II missile launcher. It was the first Bundeswehr association to fire this new ammunition.

Commanders

Rank	Surname	Commander of	Commander up
Lieutenant colonel	Carsten Windsch	Apr 13, 2018
Lieutenant colonel	Olaf Tuneke	Apr 24, 2015	Apr 13, 2018
Lieutenant colonel	Markus Kossack	Apr 12, 2013	Apr 24, 2015
Lieutenant colonel	Peter Millahn	25th Mar 2011	Apr 12, 2013
Lieutenant colonel	Thomas Lowin	Dec 18, 2008	25th Mar 2011
Lieutenant colonel	Ole Klingebiel	Dec 20, 2006	Dec 18, 2008
Lieutenant colonel	Hans-Joachim Peter	Dec 16, 2004	Dec 20, 2006
Lieutenant colonel	Klaus Hiery	Dec 16, 2002	Dec 16, 2004
Lieutenant colonel	Jochen Sauvant	Nov 20, 2000	Dec 16, 2002
Lieutenant colonel	Otfried Fehlinger	21 Sep 1995	Nov 20, 2000
Lieutenant colonel	Wilhelm Nasarek	17 Sep 1993	21 Sep 1995
Lieutenant colonel	Peter Wozniak	Oct 11, 1991	17 Sep 1993
Lieutenant colonel	Udo Meyer	0Apr 7, 1989	Oct 11, 1991
Lieutenant colonel	Jörn Haar	05th Sep 1986	0Apr 7, 1989
Lieutenant colonel	Uwe Munderloh	0May 4th 1984	05th Sep 1986
Lieutenant colonel	Georg Hapke	13 Mar 1980	0May 4th 1984
Lieutenant colonel	Hellmut von Arnim	0Apr 1, 1978	13 Mar 1980
Lieutenant colonel	Helmut Billert	0Apr 1, 1973	31 Mar 1978
Lieutenant colonel	Paul Berger	01st July 1969	31 Mar 1973
Lieutenant colonel	Wolfgang Mika	0July 1, 1966	June 30, 1969
Lieutenant colonel	Heinz Adler	0July 1, 1964	June 30, 1966
Lieutenant colonel	Eberhard Honecker	0Jan. 1, 1962	June 30, 1964
Lieutenant colonel	Eberhard Götz	0Apr 1, 1959	Dec 31, 1961

Internal association badge

The golden crook in the green field, as well as the wave current in the upper field of the coat of arms come from the coat of arms of the district and former garrison town of Kusel . The former order of the battalion to support the artillery school as a teaching association is made clear by the letter "L". The red background color and the two crossed cannon barrels show that the battalion belongs to the artillery branch.

equipment

Current

Self-propelled howitzer 2000

Self-propelled howitzer 2000

MARS rocket launcher

The four artillery battalions of the Bundeswehr basically have the same weapon systems and the same large equipment.

Pipe artillery

• Self-propelled howitzer 2000

Rocket artillery

• MARS II rocket launcher

Artillery reconnaissance and targeting

• Artillery detection radar COBRA
• Small aircraft and target detection (KZO) are currently (as of January 2020) by Luna NG replaced
• M113 ABRA
• Sound measurement system 064 PC
• Fennek as Joint Fire Support Team (JFST)
• Marder armored personnel carriers as observation tanks

Fire control systems

• Artillery computer FALKE
• Artillery, data, situation and deployment computer network (ADLER)
• Transport tank Fuchs as a fire control vehicle

another large device

• Armored recovery vehicle Buffalo
• various wheeled vehicles

Former

At first, the artillery troops of the Bundeswehr were equipped with field howitzers , rifled guns and self-propelled guns.

Tube artillery Tank artillery

• Self-propelled howitzer 105 mm M7B2 Priest
• Self-propelled howitzer 105 mm M52
• Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm M44
• Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm M109G
• Self-propelled howitzer 203 mm M55

Field artillery

• Mountain howitzer 105 mm ( OTO Melara model 56 caliber 105 / L14)
• Field howitzer 105 mm FH 105 (L)
• Field howitzer 155 mm M1 A2
• Field howitzer 155 mm FH70
• 175 mm cannon on M107 self-propelled gun
• Howitzer 203 mm on self-propelled gun M110

Rocket artillery

• Short-range missile Honest John
• Lance short-range missile
• Short-range missile sergeant
• Multiple rocket launcher LARS

Artillery reconnaissance and targeting

• Green Archer artillery radar on M113
• M113 A2 Optronik observation tank
• Observation tank Kanonenjagdpanzer (without 90 mm on-board cannon)
• Observation tank armored personnel carrier short (type 22-2)
• CL 89 drone
• CL 289 drone

Fire control systems

• Fire control device radar artillery (FERA)
• Artillery computer type BUM -11 for PzH M109G; -12 for FH 105mm; -13 for GebH 105mm (manufacturer: ARENCO)

uniform

The weapon color of the artillery troops, shown for example as the color of the braids and collar tabs , is crimson . The color of the beret of the artillery force is coral red . The beret badge shows two crossed cannon barrels framed by an oak wreath . 

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  Beret badge and beret color

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  Beret badge

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  Collar Tabs

See also : Army uniforms

Tactical sign

→ Main article : Military symbols

As a basic tactical sign, units of the artillery lead the central point following the general NATO scheme. The point symbolizes a cannonball or the mouth of a cannon barrel. The tank artillery combines it with a lying oval. This stylizes the tracks of armored vehicles. The rocket artillery adds two angles pointing upwards as a sign of the type of gun. The mountain artillery also uses the filled triangle below the point, symbolizing a mountain peak. As a tactical symbol, the reconnaissance forces of the artillery use the line for reconnaissance troops with the basic symbol of the artillery that runs from bottom left to top right. Support staff sometimes have a different designation appropriate to their function, and often modifications of the symbols described.

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  Artillery force

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  Tank artillery

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  Rocket artillery

Rank designations

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Rank designations of the lowest rank of soldier in units of the artillery force are gunner or tank gunner . They correspond to the rank designations rifle, radio operator, tank grenadier etc. of other branches of service, branches of the armed forces and military organizational areas. The other ranks corresponded to the general ranks of the Bundeswehr .

Team rank
Lower rank		Higher rank
-	Gunner tank gunner	Private
Rank group : Teams-NCOs-NCO-NCOs-Lieutenant-Captains-Staff officers-Generals See also : Ranks  and Rank Badges of the Bundeswehr

See also

• List of units of the artillery force of the Army of the Bundeswehr

literature

• Hans-Joachim Krug: 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr: the history of one type of service . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7909-0184-9 .
• Wilhelm Speisebecher: paperback for artillerymen . Wehr-und-Wissen-Verlagsgesellschaft, Koblenz / Bonn / Darmstadt 1974, ISBN 978-3-8033-0231-1 .
• Artillery training regiment 345 (2012): Kusel location 2012 (brochure on the open day)
• Artillery Training Battalion 345: Official Chronicle

Web links

• Artillery. In: Bundeswehr. Federal ministry of defense 
• Artillery Battalion 131. In: www.bundeswehr.de. 
• Artillery battalion 295. In: www.bundeswehr.de. 
• Artillery training battalion 325. In: www.bundeswehr.de. 
• Artillery training battalion 345. In: www.bundeswehr.de. 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Artillery. In: www.bundeswehr.de. Federal Ministry of Defense , accessed on May 17, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Lars Kleine: 75 years of the garrison town of Idar-Oberstein. Part 4: Bundeswehr - The Artillery School . In: Too equal . tape 19 , no. 1 , 2014, p. 65 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} Artillery (training) battalion. In: Bundeswehr location database . www.zmsbw.de, accessed on May 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Head of STF / IndirF trainer and general of the artillery force . In: Too equal . tape 24 , no. 1 , 2018, p. 78 .
5. ↑ Holger Leutz: A long era is coming to an end: "Golden flight of the drone CL 289 reconnaissance system" . In: Too equal . tape 14 , no. 1 , 2009, p. 24 f .
6. ↑ Gustl Beer: Soldiers back home. In: Upper Franconia TV . July 9, 2015, accessed April 29, 2020 . 
7. ^ Daniel Richter: Artillery in WEIDEN is future-proof . In: Too equal . tape 22 , no. 1 , 2017, p. 48 f .
8. Jump up ↑ Video: "Feuer frei" in Sweden. In: General News. October 18, 2019, accessed April 28, 2020 . 
9. Jump up ↑ Feuer Frei - rocket launcher MARS II - Bundeswehr. In: Bundeswehr. Youtube , November 14, 2019, accessed April 29, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Back at home. In: Upper Franconia TV . November 8, 2018, accessed April 29, 2020 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Rick Schnell: Change of Commander Artillery Battalion 131 . In: Too equal . tape 25 , no. 1 , 2019, p. 54 f .
12. ↑ Ronny Schubert: Look ahead instead of back. A changing of the guard . In: Too equal . tape 21 , no. 1 , 2016, p. 63 f .
13. ↑ New commanders: VITA Commander Artillery Battalion 131, WEIDEN / Upper Palatinate . In: Too equal . tape 19 , no. 1 , 2014, p. 86 .
14. ↑ New commanders: Vita Commander of the observation tank artillery battalion 131 MÜHLHAUSEN . In: Too equal . tape 17 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 120 .
15. ↑ Table of contents Thuringian General. October 31, 2009, accessed April 23, 2020 . 
16. ↑ Introduction of new commanders . In: Too equal . tape 13 , no. 1 , 2008, p. 22 .
17. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 9 , no. 1 , 2004, p. 29 .
18. ↑ Gerd Feuerstein: Stumbling stone for the Nazi victim Salomon "Simon" Leibowitsch in the Heuberg camp. In: Südkurier . November 4, 2019, accessed April 24, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Marco Jeschonnek rocket shooting on the Heuberg in ZU GLEICH 1/2018, p. 71
20. ↑ Südkurier to 60 years ArtBtl 295
21. ↑ AusbUstgKp 295. In: Site Database Bundeswehr . www.zmsbw.de, accessed on April 23, 2020 . 
22. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 21 , no. 1 , 2016, p. 79 .
23. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 20 , no. 1 , 2015, p. 74 .
24. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 17 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 121 .
25. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 17 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 121 .
26. ↑ New commander . In: Too equal . No. 2 , 2007, p. 3 .
27. ↑ 10 years binational location Immendingen
28. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 9 , no. 1 , 2004, p. 29 .
29. ↑ Stephan Thiel: "Range and Precision": The 4th / Rocket Artillery Battalion 132 in their new military home MUNSTER . In: Too equal . tape 19 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 47 .
30. ↑ Wolf-Joachim Clauß: STF - future-oriented ability for future operations . In: Too equal . Special edition STF, No. 15 , 2009, p. 10 .
31. ↑ Robert Badstübner: The tank artillery teaching battalion 325 in the flood operation in the district of LÜNEBURG . In: Too equal . tape 18 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 43 f .
32. ↑ ^{a b} team of authors ArtLehrBtl 325: change of leadership in ArtLehrBtl 325 . In: Too equal . tape 25 , no. 2 , 2019, p. 73 .
33. ↑ New commanders: Vita Commander Panzerartillery Teaching Battalion 325, MUNSTER . In: Too equal . tape 19 , no. 1 , 2014, p. 87 .
34. ↑ New commanders: Vita Commander Panzerartillery Teaching Battalion 325, MUNSTER . In: Too equal . tape 17 , no. 1 , 2012, p. 123 .
35. ↑ New commanders / personnel changes at the artillery school: Vita Commander Panzerartillerielehrbataillon 325, MUNSTER . In: Too equal . tape 15 , no. 1 , 2010, p. 46 .
36. ↑ New commanders . In: Too equal . tape 14 , no. 1 , 2009, p. 41 .
37. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Hans-Joachim Krug: 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr: the history of a type of service . Podzun-Pallas, Friedberg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7909-0184-9 , pp. 214 .
38. ↑ Christian-David Bombelka, Markus Schmidt, Carsten Windshield, Marc Frormann: Armored Artillery Demonstration Battalion 345 in Afghanistan . In: Too equal . tape 13 , no. 1 , 2008, p. 14-17 .
39. ↑ Flag ribbon of the Prime Minister for the Kusel artillerymen . deutschesheer.de, July 26, 2010.
40. ↑ Robert Badstübner: Flood operation of the artillery training regiment 345 on the Elbe from 5-14. June 2013 . In: Too equal . tape 18 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 49-52 .
41. ↑ With information booth at the family day. (No longer available online.) In: Deutscher Bundeswehrverband . Archived from the original ; accessed on May 7, 2015 . 
42. ↑ Historic missile launch - Bundeswehr fires high-precision ammunition in Sweden. In: Bundeswehr. Youtube , December 7, 2017, accessed April 29, 2020 . 
43. ^ Colonel Krug 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr. Pp. 48, 131 and 159, ISBN 3-7909-0184-9 .
44. ^ Colonel Krug 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr. 54/159, ISBN 3-7909-0184-9 .
45. ↑ http://www.panzer-modell.de/referenz/in_detail/m113_optronic/optronic.htm
46. ^ Colonel W. Speisebecher, paperback for artillerymen, 2nd episode, pp.182f, 1974, WEHr UND WISSEN, ISBN 3-8033-0231-5
47. ↑ ^{a b} The equivalent, higher and lower ranks are given in accordance with ZDv 14/5 B 185, cf. The Federal Minister of Defense (ed.): ZDv 14/5. Soldiers Act . DSK AV110100174, change status July 17, 2008. Bonn August 21, 1978, rank designations in the Bundeswehr, p. B 185 (Not to be confused with the Law on the Legal Status of Soldiers (Soldiers Act) . The order of the ranks shown in the info box does not necessarily correspond to one of the regular rank sequences provided for in the Soldiers' Career Ordinance , nor does it necessarily correspond to the rank hierarchy described in the Superiors Ordinance a managerial relationship ).