Organization of the Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 3)

The division of the Army of the Bundeswehr in Army Structure 3 describes the units of the Army in Army Structure 3 . Army Structure 3 referred to the division between around 1970 and around 1980 when the reclassification into Army Structure 4 began. The most noticeable difference between Army Structure 2 and 3 was the establishment of the last of the 36 planned brigades , the reclassification of some divisions and brigades into Jägerdivisions and Jägerbrigades , the reclassification of the paratrooper brigades into airborne brigades and the initial integration of the territorial army into the army.

Preliminary remarks

Scope of the army

The field army was able to set up the last of the planned 36 brigades in 1975. The territorial army set up in 1974 in each of the six military districts each one homeland security command as the core of home protection force on.

Superior leadership

The three German Corps and subordinate military units should be in the case of defense by batons of NATO turned out rden. In the NATO command structure , operations for LANDJUT , NORTHAG and CENTAG were planned. The the inspector of the army subordinate units at the level of the top army command and the three territorial commands subordinate troops remained (in the case of defense ) under national command - that remained the Chancellor and Federal Ministry of Defense and the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces and the Army Staff downstream . So this area was not integrated into the NATO command structure.

The territorial army in the army structure 3

The territorial army , so everyone in the army structure 2 even the command Territorial Defense subordinate and therefore not part of the army troops were first incorporated to assume the army structure 3 in the army and by three newly planned territorial commands out. In addition to the field army , i.e. the units subordinate to the corps and integrated into the NATO command structures, the territorial army formed a separate area within the army.

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

Inspector of the Army / Command Staff of the Army , Bonn

Field army

I. Corps

Association badge I. Corps

Staff I. Corps , Münster
- Corps troops
  - Fernmeldekommando 1 , Münster (reference: list 1972)
  - Heeresfliegerkommando 1 , Münster (reference: list 1971)
  - Pionierkommando 1 , Minden (reference: list 1972)
  - Artillery Command 1 , Münster (Note: Listed in 1972)
  - Repair command 1 , Bielefeld (note: list 1972)
  - Resupply Command 1 , Rheine (reference: list 1972)
  - Sanitätskommando 1 , Münster (reference: list 1972)
  - Panzerregiment 100 , Hemer (note: 1975 reclassification into Panzerbrigade 20 )

Note: For the staff of the corps air defense commander 1 ( Munster ) may have been similarly already in 1970 to the air defense command of the other corps, the air defense command 1 as part of the Corps troops deallocated when I Corps.

1st Panzer Grenadier Division

1st Panzer Grenadier Division , Hanover

3rd Armored Division

3rd Panzer Division , Buxtehude

6th Panzer Grenadier Division

Note: The 6th Panzer Grenadier Division was not intended to be part of the 1st Corps in the event of a defense , but was the main German contribution to LANDJUT .

6th Panzer Grenadier Division , Neumünster

7th Panzer Grenadier Division

Note: The 7th Panzer Grenadier Division was until 1972 the III. Corps subordinated and then switched to the 1st Corps .

7th Panzer Grenadier Division , Unna
- Division troops 7th Panzer Grenadier Division
- 19 Panzer Grenadier Brigade , Ahlen
- Panzerbrigade 20 , Iserlohn (until 1976 Hemer ) (Note: reorganization 1975 from Panzerregiment 100 )
- Panzer Brigade 21 , Augustdorf

11th Panzer Grenadier Division

11th Panzer Grenadier Division , Oldenburg
- Division troops 11th Panzer Grenadier Division
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 31 , Oldenburg
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 , Schwanewede
- Panzerbrigade 33 , Celle (until 1976 Lingen )

II Corps

Association badge II Corps

Staff II Corps , Ulm
- Corps troops
  - Fernmeldekommando 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1973)
  - Heeresfliegerkommando 2 , Laupheim (reference: list 1971)
  - Pionierkommando 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1972)
  - Luftabwehrkommando 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1972)
  - Artillery Command 2 , Ulm (Note: Listed in 1972)
  - Repair command 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1972)
  - Resupply Command 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1972)
  - Sanitätskommando 2 , Ulm (reference: list 1972)
  - Panzer Regiment 200 , Dornstadt (Note: Established 1971; 1975 reclassification to Panzerbrigade 28 )

4th Jäger Division

4th Jägerdivision , Regensburg

1st Mountain Division

1st Mountain Division , Garmisch-Partenkirchen

1st Airborne Division

Note: the airborne brigades were led in peacetime by the 1st Airborne Division as shown . In the event of a defense , each of the airborne brigades was intended as a quickly deployable reserve for one corps .

1st Airborne Division , Bruchsal
- Luftlandebrigade 25 , Calw (Note: established in 1971 by reclassification of Paratrooper Brigade 25 )
- Luftlandebrigade 26 , Saarlouis (until 1972 Zweibrücken ) (Note: Paratrooper Brigade 26 established in 1971 through reclassification )
- Airborne Brigade 27 , Lippstadt

10th Armored Division

10th Panzer Division , Sigmaringen
- Division troops 10th Panzer Division
- Panzerbrigade 28 , Dornstadt (Note: formed in 1975 from Panzer Regiment 200 )
- Panzer Brigade 29 , Sigmaringen
- 30th Panzer Brigade , Ellwangen

III. corps

Association badge III. corps

Note: The 7th Panzer Grenadier Division was until 1972 the III. Corps subordinated and then switched to the 1st Corps . The planned tank regiment (300) was not set up.

Staff III. Corps , Koblenz
- Corps troops
  - Fernmeldekommando 3 , Koblenz (reference: list 1972)
  - Heeresfliegerkommando 3 , Mendig (until 1971 Koblenz ) (note: list 1971)
  - Pionierkommando 3 , Koblenz (reference: list 1972)
  - Air Defense Command 3 , Koblenz (reference: list 1972)
  - Artillery Command 3 , Koblenz (reference: list 1972)
  - Repair command 3 , Koblenz (note: set up by 1972 at the latest)
  - Resupply Command 3 , Diez (reference: list 1972)
  - Sanitätskommando 3 , Koblenz (reference: list 1972)

2nd Jäger Division

Note: The Panzer Brigade 6 switched from the 2nd Jägerdivision to the 5th Panzer Division in the course of a troop attempt and in anticipation of Army Structure 4 in 1976/1977 . In return, Panzer Brigade 34 moved in 1975 from the 12th Panzer (Grenadier) division to the 2nd Jägerdivision. The names of the brigades involved were only adjusted in Army Structure 4.

2nd Jägerdivision , Kassel (until 1974 Marburg )
- Division troops 2nd Jägerdivision
- Jägerbrigade 4 , Göttingen
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 , Homberg
- Panzerbrigade 6 , Neustadt (Note: this is essentially the later Panzerbrigade 14 )

5th Armored Division

Note: In the course of a troop attempt and in anticipation of Army Structure 4 in 1977, Panzer Brigade 14 changed from the 5th Panzer Division to the 12th Panzer (Grenadier) Division . In return, Panzer Brigade 6 moved in 1977 from the 2nd Jägerdivision to the 5th Panzer Division. The names of the brigades involved were only adjusted in Army Structure 4.

5th Panzer Division , Diez
- Division troops 5th Panzer Division
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 , Wetzlar
- Panzerbrigade 14 , Koblenz (note: this is essentially the later Panzerbrigade 34 )
- Armored Brigade 15 , Koblenz

12th Panzer (Grenadier) Division

Note: In the course of a troop attempt and in anticipation of Army Structure 4 in 1975, Panzer Brigade 34 changed from the 12th Panzer (grenadier) division to the 2nd Jägerdivision . In return, Panzer Brigade 14 moved in 1977 from the 5th Panzer Division to the 12th Panzer (Grenadier) Division. The names of the brigades involved were only adjusted in Army Structure 4.

12th Panzer Grenadier Division , Veitshöchheim (Note: dissolved in 1977 and reclassified to 12th Panzer Division.)

→ 12th Panzer Division , Veitshöchheim (Note: Listed 1977 Listed by reclassification of 12th Panzer Grenadier Division .)
- Division troops 12th Panzer Grenadier Division
- Panzerbrigade 34 , Kassel (Note: list 1975; it is essentially the later Panzerbrigade 6 )
- Panzergrenadierbrigade 35 , Hammelburg
- Panzerbrigade 36 , Bad Mergentheim

Territorial Army

Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein / Military District Command I

Association badge Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein

Note: The staff of the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was also the staff of Defense Division I in Army Structure 3 .

Staff Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein / Military District Command I , Kiel

Homeland Security Command 13 , Eutin

Supply Command 600 , Flensburg

Medical Command 600 , Neumünster

Defense District Command 10 , Hamburg

Defense District Command 11 , Schleswig (until 1973 Flensburg ) (Note: 1974 reclassified to Disposable Troop Command 600)

Disposal Troop Command 600 ( equipment unit ), Schleswig (Note: Established in 1974 from Defense District Command 11. Alternatively also known as Troop Disposal Command 600. )

Note: it is possible that the Territorial Command South was set up, analogous to the Territorial Command North, by the end of the 1970s a medical command (possibly already referred to as the 850 medical command ).

Military District Command IV

Military District Command IV , Mainz
- Heimatschutzkommando 16 , Zweibrücken (reference: list 1972)
- Defense District Command 41 , Koblenz
- Defense District Command 42 , Trier
- Defense District Command 43 , Wiesbaden
- Defense District Command 44 , Kassel
- Defense District Command 45 , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Defense District Command 46 , Saarbrücken
- Defense District Command 47 , Giessen

Military area command V

Military District Command V , Stuttgart
- Heimatschutzkommando 17 , Böblingen (reference: list 1972)
- Defense District Command 51 , Ludwigsburg
- Defense District Command 52 , Karlsruhe
- Defense District Command 53 , Freiburg
- Defense District Command 54 , Tübingen

Military District Command VI

Military District Command VI , Munich

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^ The I. Corps of the Bundeswehr. In: Relict.com. Relics in Lower Saxony and Bremen . Manfred Tegge, accessed on March 4, 2020 .
↑ 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 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w 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 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 7-3 / III. Corps. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 17, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Department MA 3 : BArch BH 27 / Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein / German authorized area AFNORTH. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2014, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Section MA 3 : BArch BH 26 / Territorial Commands North and South. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on March 25, 2020 .
↑ ^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 ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah Department MA 3 : BArch BH 30 / Defense District Commands. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2013, accessed on March 25, 2020 .

[MGFA-1] ↑ ^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 ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs ^bt ^bu ^bv ^bw ^bx ^by ^bz ^ca ^cb ^cc ^cd ^ce ^cf ^cg ^ch ^ci ^cj ^ck ^cl ^cm ^cn ^co ^cp ^cq ^cr ^cs ^ct ^cu ^cv ^cw ^cx ^cy ^cz ^da ^db ^dc ^dd ^de ^df ^dg ^dh ^di ^dj ^dk ^dl ^dm ^dn ^do ^dp ^dq ^dr ^ds ^dt ^du ^dv ^dw ^dx ^dy ^dz ^ea ^eb ^ec ^ed ^ee ^ef ^eg ^eh ^ei ^ej ^ek ^el ^em ^en ^eo ^ep ^eq ^er ^es ^et ^eu ^ev ^ew ^ex ^ey ^ez ^fa ^fb ^fc ^fd ^fe ^ff ^fg ^fh ^fi ^fj ^fk ^fl ^fm ^fn ^fo ^fp ^fq ^fr ^fs ^ft ^fu ^fv ^fw ^fx ^fy ^fz ^ga ^gb ^gc ^gd ^ge ^gf ^gg ^gh Location^{database of}the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany and 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).

[BARCH-K1-2] ↑ ^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 .

[3] The I. Corps of the Bundeswehr. In: Relict.com. Relics in Lower Saxony and Bremen . Manfred Tegge, accessed on March 4, 2020 .

[BARCH-D6-4] 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 .

[BARCH-K2-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w 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 .

[BARCH-K3-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 7-3 / III. Corps. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 17, 2020 .

[TERRKDOSH-7] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Department MA 3 : BArch BH 27 / Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein / German authorized area AFNORTH. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2014, accessed on March 25, 2020 .

[TERRKDO-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Section MA 3 : BArch BH 26 / Territorial Commands North and South. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on March 25, 2020 .

[VBK-9] ↑ ^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 ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah Department MA 3 : BArch BH 30 / Defense District Commands. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2013, accessed on March 25, 2020 .