Organization of the Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 2)

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The breakdown of the Army of the Bundeswehr in Army Structure 2 describes the units of the Army in Army Structure 2 . Army Structure 2 referred to the division between around March 1959 and around 1970 when the reclassification into Army Structure 3 began. The most noticeable difference between Army Structure 1 and 2 was the sustained growth and the formation of brigades with simultaneous dissolution of the combat groups typical for Army Structure 1 .

Preliminary remarks

Scope of the army

At the end of 1959, eleven divisions with a total of 27 brigades were set up. The army's personnel was around 148,000 men. The grenadier divisions had been renamed Panzergrenadierdivisionen .

In 1964, two out of three corps had one armored and two armored infantry divisions. The 6th Panzer Grenadier Division was also subordinate to the I. Corps . In addition, the 1st Mountain Division and the 1st Airborne Division continued. With the subordination of the 12th Panzer Division to NATO in April 1965, the planned number of divisions of the army was reached. The army's workforce grew to 285,000 men by 1967.

The targeted 36 brigades could not yet be set up in Army Structure 2.

Superior leadership

The three German Corps and subordinate military unit should in case of war (from 1968 as a defense case by designated) batons of NATO turned out rden. In the NATO command structure , operations for LANDJUT , NORTHAG and CENTAG were planned. The troops subordinated to the inspector of the army at the level of the highest army command remained (also in the event of war ) under national leadership - they remained subordinate to the Federal Ministry of Defense or the command staff of the armed forces and the command staff of the army . So this area was not integrated into the NATO command structure.

The territorial army in the army structure 2

The troops of the Territorial Army are not listed , because these troops subordinate to the Territorial Defense Command were not part of the Army in Army Structure 2, but instead formed a separate area of ​​the Bundeswehr alongside the Army. It was not until 1969/1970 command Territorial Defense was under the administration of the army structure 3 decommissioned, as the supreme command authority instead the territorial commands furnished them to the branches of the armed force army integrated.

Note on the association badges and internal association badges

For internal Badge middle, only about officially granted a carrying approval of the 1980s. They are therefore not shown. The enumerated troop units or the "successors" standing in their tradition could, however, have unofficially already carried badges similar to a coat of arms or have officially received them from the middle of 1980. The association badges shown for large associations were introduced into the troops in Army Structure 2 and are shown accordingly.

Supreme Army Command

I. Corps

Association badge I. Corps

Note: The 6th Panzer Grenadier Division was not intended to be part of the 1st Corps in the event of war (from 1968 referred to as a defense case ) , but was the main German contribution to LANDJUT from 1962 .

II Corps

Association badge II Corps

III. corps

Association badge III. corps

literature

  • Helmut R. Hammerich , Dieter H. Kollmer , Martin Rink , Rudolf J. Schlaffer : Das Heer 1950 to 1970 . Conception, organization and installation. Oldenbourg, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 (821 pages, with the assistance of Michael Poppe).
  • Rolf Clement : 50 years of the Bundeswehr . 1955 - 2005. Mittler & Sohn, Hamburg, Berlin, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-8132-0839-7 (288 pages).
  • Hans-Jürgen Schraut: The armed forces structure of the Bundeswehr 1956-1990 . Documentation as part of the Nuclear History Program. Science and Politics Foundation, Ebenhausen 1993.
  • Herbert Seifert: The structures of the army . In: Federal Ministry of Defense, Command Staff of the Army I 5 (Ed.): European Security . No. 1999/2000 . Bonn 2000, DNB  962058939 (68 pages).
  • Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955–1995 . In: Leadership and Troop . tape 5 . Patzwall, Norderstedt 1996, ISBN 3-931533-03-4 (156 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The history of the army. Federal Ministry of Defense , Head of the Press and Information Office , 2020, accessed on March 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Department MA 3 : BArch BH 1 / Federal Ministry of Defense - Army Command. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2012, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad. In: Website of the Military History Research Office . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , Military History Research Office , accessed on February 17, 2020 (For technical reasons, direct links to individual search queries or search results are not possible. Please use the “search form” to research information on the individual departments).
  4. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 8-6 / 6. Panzergrenadier Division. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Department MA 3 : BArch BH 7-1 / I. Corps. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1995, accessed on March 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Section MA 3 : BArch BH 7-2 / II. Corps / II. (GE / US) Corps. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2005, accessed on March 17, 2020 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Section MA 3 : BArch BH 7-3 / III. Corps. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 17, 2020 .