Anti-aircraft command 3

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Air Defense
Command 3 - FlaKdo 3 -

No coats of arms.svg

(did not have an association badge )
active 1972 to September 30, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Branch of service BW beret badge Heeresflugabwehrtruppe.png Army anti-aircraft troops
Type Air Defense Command
Insinuation III. Corps.svg III. corps
Staff seat Koblenz

The air defense command 3 was one of the air defense commands of the army of the German armed forces . The headquarters were in Koblenz . The command was part of the corps troops of III. Corps .

assignments

The anti-aircraft command pooled the forces of the Army anti-aircraft troops at the corps level . The main weapon systems of the subordinate regiment around 1989 were the anti-aircraft missile tank Roland and the Fliegerfaust 1 . The non-active and only in the case of defense mobile to be made , however subordinate air defense battalions possessed around 1989 "only" about 40 mm anti-aircraft guns L / 70 . In the defense case should contain important facilities of the corps leadership and the Corps troops , so for example, command posts , airfields and firing positions of the corps artillery , military units throughout the combat sector of the corps protected from enemy aircraft are. Therefore, the air defense command should not be used closed, but could depending on position widely deployed and in ad hoc managed assembled air defense combat units.

In addition, the division troops of each subordinate division in Army Structure IV each had an anti-aircraft regiment . However, around 1989, in addition to the Fliegerfaust 1, these “only” had the Gepard anti-aircraft gun tank , whose range and combat power lagged behind the Roland anti-aircraft missile tank.

Overall, the size of the anti-aircraft command with around 2100 members corresponded to around 50% of the strength of one of the brigades of the field army .

structure

Location in Marburg: The Tannenberg barracks ( 50 ° 47 ′ 28 ″  N , 8 ° 44 ′ 27 ″  E )

Around 1989 the air defense command was roughly divided into:

history

The Air Defense Command 3 was set up in 1972 to take over Army Structure IV in the Fritsch barracks in Koblenz . On placement was Corps air defense commander 3 used, the edited since 1960 by Koblenz from the concerns of the air defense corps.

The air defense command 3 was after the end of the Cold War in 1993 about the same time as the decommissioning of the III. Corps disbanded.

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff battery

As part of the dependent corps troops, the air defense command did not have its own association badge due to its planning . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher corps .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff battery " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire air defense command. The main shield showed the Koblenz city coat of arms with the Trier cross and the crown of Mary as a reference to the stationing area . As an indication of the type of service, the diamond-shaped shield showed the flak sky , the weapon color of the Army anti-aircraft troops , as well as an anti-aircraft missile and two tubes of an anti-aircraft gun similar to the beret badge of the Army anti-aircraft troops . The applied shield was similarly continued as the internal association badge of the staff and the staff battery of the Air Defense Brigade 100 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 '26 "  N , 7 ° 37' 55.9"  E