Border Brigade 3
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The Grenzbrigade 3 (Gz Br 3) ( French brigade frontière 3 ) was one of eleven border brigades of the Swiss Army . It was subordinate to the 1st Army Corps (since 1961 Field Army Corps 1 , FAK 1) and existed from 1938 to 1994 ( Army 95 ).
history
The border troops were reorganized in accordance with the Hague Agreement with the 1938 Troop Order (TO 38) and 11 border brigades were created. In addition to the border fusilier battalions, they had a company of cyclists, motorized mitrailleurs and infantry gunners .
In order for the border defense (border occupation) to remain credible despite the rapid development of war technology, the Federal Council decided to strengthen the line of defense with permanent, deeply staggered border fortifications . In 1935, the federal authorities had the office for fortifications (BBB) revived and from 1937 the border fortifications (fortress Sargans etc.) were rebuilt.
Border Brigade 3 was assigned to the 1st Army Corps for training and preparation for operations. The subordination during the mission was determined by the respective operation plan. In all units of the border troops, militiamen residing in the operational area were assigned because the border troops were the first to be mobilized in the event of mobilization and had to be ready for immediate action so that the mobilization of the majority of the army could not be disrupted.
The area of the border brigade (1938–1994) was limited by around 110 km of national border from Biaufond ( Les Bois JU) ⊙ to Klösterli, Kleinlützel ⊙ and in the depths from Lake Biel near Erlach ⊙ to the mouth of the Emme near ( Solothurn ) ⊙ . It included the sections Ajoie , the Delémont basin and the Jura ranges .
The brigade was tasked with building the main axes Laufen-Delémont-Moutier-Vallée de Tavennes-Pierre Pertuis-Sonceboz, Porrentruy-Les Rangiers-Delémont-Scheltenpass, Les Rangiers-St. To block Brais-Saignelégier and Moutier-Gänsbrunnen-Welschenrohr-Balsthal and its side axes, to fight the wear and tear from the border and to ensure the neutrality protection service (NSD).
Units (as of 1994)
The Border Brigade 3 comprised:
- Infantry regiments 43 (until 1947 with Border Brigade 2), 46, 90
- Fortress Department 103 (since 1988 Fortress Company I / 103, Fortress Howitzer Battery II / 103)
- Works companies 6, 7, 8
Command post, artillery and blocking points
The works and blocking points of Border Brigade 3 are in the cantons of Jura and Bern. In March 1944 it had 74 fortified plants with 36 machine guns, 22 anti-tank guns 24 mm, 17 field guns 4.7 cm, 3 fortress guns 7.5 cm and 9 guns 8.4 cm. In 1947, the 43 Border Regiment was newly subordinated to Border Brigade 3, which is why several blocking points of the original Border Brigade 2 are now with Border Brigade 3:
- Command post (KP): KP Border Brigade 3
- Artillery plant: Plainbois A 1433
- Blocking points (blocking points of national importance with *): Bourrignon, Chételat *, Choindez, Frinvillier *, Gänsbrunnen *, Gorges de Court, Gorges de Moutier, Goumois, Hasenburg, La Combe / Montfaucon, La Réselle, La Rossmatte, La Verriere, Le Pichoux, Les Forges, Les Grangettes, Les Pontins, Les Rangiers *, Mervelier, Mettembert, Petite Douanne, Pleigne, Pont des Anabaptistes, Port des Enfers, Rogne Maison, Sonceboz *, Vorbourg-Soyhières *, St. Brais, St. Ursanne , Tiergarten, Vellerat,
Museum, visits
The Association Patrimoine Militaire Secteur Brigade Frontière 3 (APMBF 3) , founded in 1997, organizes guided tours of three fortresses from the Second World War in the canton of Jura: Chételat infantry, Les Forges fortress and fortresses of the Soyhieres clusters. It also maintains the Swiss part of the kilometer 0 trail from the First World War at Le Largin Bonfol .
literature
- Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa: Military monuments in the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, VBS 1998
- Silvio Keller, Barbara Vogt Siegrist: Military Monuments in the Cantons of Bern and Freiburg, DDPS 2006
Web links
- Website of the Association Patrimoine Fortifié Secteur Brigade Frontière 3 (APMBF 3)
- Little Porcupine: Border Brigade 3
- Chételat fortress, kilometer 0 path, etc.
- Video 1914-1918 WW1: La Redoute du Largin en Suisse
Individual evidence
- ↑ Agreement on the Rights and Duties of Neutral Powers and Persons in the Event of Land War, concluded in The Hague on October 18, 1907.
- ↑ Silvio Keller, Maurice Lovisa: Military Monuments in the Cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, VBS 1998
- ↑ Fortress Oberland: Grenzbrigade 3 ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jura Tourism: Flyer tours
- ↑ Jura Tourism: Flyer kilometer 0 path
