Homeland Security Brigade 53

Homeland Security Brigade 53 - HSchBrig 53 - X
Association badge
active	April 1, 1981 to September 30, 1992
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Homeland Security Brigade
Insinuation	Military District Command III
Staff seat	Düren
commander
Last commander	Colonel Peter Noack

The Homeland Security Brigade 53 was a partially active home security brigade of the Army of the Bundeswehr with headquarters in Düren . The brigade was disbanded in 1981 and disbanded in 1992. It was part of the Territorial Army and was under the Military District Command III .

structure

The brigade is divided as follows around 1989:

• Headquarters / headquarters company Heimatschutzbrigade 53 (partially active), Düren ( Düren tank barracks )
  • Pioneer Company 530 (GerEinh), Düren
  • Supply company 530 (partially active), Düren
  • Repair company 530 (partially active), Düren
  • NBC Defense Company 530 (GerEinh), Greven
  • Medical company 530 (GerEinh), Menden
  • Jägerbataillon 531, Ahlen
  • Jägerbataillon 532 (partly active), Euskirchen (until 1988 with MTW 113 )
  • Panzerbataillon 533, Düren (with M 48 )
  • Panzerbataillon 534 (cadre), Cologne (with M 48 )
  • Field artillery battalion 535 (partially active), Euskirchen (with FH 105mm (L) )
  • Field Replacement Battalion 537 (GerEinh), Menden

See also : Structure of the Territorial Army (Bundeswehr, Army Structure 4)

history

Panzerstraße at the former Düren tank barracks , which was the headquarters of the Homeland Security Brigade after the Belgians left

Lineup

The brigade was set up on April 1, 1981 to take Army Structure IV in Defense Area III . Parts of Homeland Security Command 15, which was disbanded at the same time, were used for the establishment. At the same time the inactive "sister brigade" Homeland Security Brigade 63 with headquarters in Düsseldorf was planned.

As its name suggests, the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 53 was one of the twelve homeland security brigades of the Territorial Army . The brigade comprised around 2500 active soldiers . In the event of a defense , the brigade was able to grow to its full target strength of around 4,500 soldiers through reservists . Some of the subordinate battalions and companies were planned to be inactive equipment units , whose defense material was stored in depots in peacetime and would only have been mobilized in the event of a defense .

The structure and equipment of the Homeland Security Brigade 53 was comparable to the three other partially active Homeland Security Brigades in the Territorial Army: the core consisted of two hunter battalions , two tank battalions and one field artillery battalion . This structure corresponded approximately to a reinforced Jägerbrigade or a "light" Panzergrenadierbrigade . However, the brigade "only" had outdated M 48 in the tank battalions and heavy companies of the infantry battalions. Only one of the two fighter battalions was made mobile with MTW M113 . As with most homeland security brigades, the field artillery was equipped with towed field howitzers FH 105mm (L) .

The task of the homeland security brigade as part of the territorial army was, among other things, the defense of the rear army area , in particular the safeguarding of important infrastructure such as marching routes, traffic hubs and telecommunication facilities. Airborne troops , leaked or breached enemy had to be expected in the rear area .

resolution

After reunification and the end of the Cold War , Homeland Security Brigade 53 was disbanded on September 30, 1992 as the army was downsized . Parts of the brigade were used to set up the 53rd Jägerregiment .

Association badge

The brigade carried a union badge with the following blazon :

"Green bordered , divided into black, red, gold, a shield split from green and red, in front a left slanting silver wavy bar , behind an upright silver steed , in the shield base a curled silver tip, inside a red rose with golden butts and golden sepals ."

The association badge established the connection to the stationing room. The applied shield corresponded to the coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia : The wave bar represented the Rhineland . The Westphalia horse stood for Westphalia . The Lippe rose stood for the third part of the country, Lippe . The division of the main shield corresponded to the flag of Germany . Many shields of the association badges of the departments in the territorial army showed the black, red and gold shield, which reminded of the purely national leadership of these departments outside the NATO command structure . The green board was typical of all homeland security brigades in Army Structure IV. Green was the weapon color of the hunter troop , because most homeland security brigades resembled reinforced hunter brigades.

The association badge was taken over by the "predecessor association" Heimatschutzkommando 15 . The horse was also found in the association badge of the 7th Panzer Division and similarly in the 1st and 3rd Panzer Divisions .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Commanders

The brigade was commanded by the following officers :

• Brigadier General Alfred Kendziora (April 1, 1981 - March 31, 1985)
• Brigadier General Volker Glatt (April 1, 1985 - March 31, 1990)
• Colonel Peter Noack (April 1, 1990 - September 30, 1992)

Web links

• Homeland Security Commandos / Homeland Security Brigades. German Digital Library, accessed on July 2, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure. 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 6 ° 31'  E