Homeland Security Brigade 54

Homeland Security Brigade 54 - HSchBrig 54 - 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 IV
Location	Zweibrücken
commander
Last commander	Colonel Wolfgang Goehler

The Homeland Security Brigade 54 was a partially active homeland security brigade of the Army of the German Armed Forces last in Zweibrücken , formerly in the Jägerkaserne in Trier . The brigade was disbanded in 1981 and disbanded in 1992. It was part of the Territorial Army and was subordinate to Defense Area Command IV .

structure

Tactical sign 2nd / Field Artillery Battalion 545

The brigade is divided as follows around 1989:

• Headquarters / headquarters company Heimatschutzbrigade 54 (partly active), Trier ( Jägerkaserne )
  • Pioneer Company 540 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
  • NBC Defense Company 540 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
  • Medical company 540 (GerEinh), Kaiserslautern
  • Supply company 540 (partly active), Trier
  • Repair company 540 (partly active), Trier
  • Jägerbataillon 541 (GerEinh), Bexbach
  • Jägerbataillon 542 (partly active), Bexbach (with MTW 113 )
  • Panzerbataillon 543 (partly active), Hermeskeil (with M 48 )
  • Panzerbataillon 544 (partly active), Hermeskeil (with M 48 )
  • Field artillery battalion 545 (partially active), Lahnstein (with FH 105mm (L) ) (disbanded in 1990 and personnel used to set up Army NCO School III )
  • Field Replacement Battalion 547 (GerEinh), Nünschweiler

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

history

Headquarters of the staff before the relocation to Zweibrücken: The Jägerkaserne in Trier

Lineup

The brigade was set up on April 1, 1981 to take Army Structure IV in Defense Area IV . Parts of the Homeland Security Command 16, which was disbanded at the same time, were used for the establishment. At the same time, the inactive "sister brigade " Homeland Security Brigade 64 was planned in Nünschweiler . The Homeland Security Brigade 54 was initially stationed in Trier and later in Zweibrücken .

As its name suggests, the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 54 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 54 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 54 was disbanded on September 30, 1992 as the army was downsized . Parts of the brigade were used to set up the 54th Jägerregiment .

Association badge

Woven version of the association badge

Internal association badge of the headquarters company: a coat of arms with an oak branch, which is typical for the hunter troop, mostly in green (see association badge of Heimatschutzbrigade 52 ). The crossed swords are a symbol for the infantry or the army in general, similar to the armed forces badge on the peaked caps .

The brigade carried a union badge with the following blazon :

"Green rimmed , quartered shield. Above is a gold-crowned and red-tongued silver lion in the blue field; in front a red cross in the silver field; behind three mutilated silver eagles covering a red bar in the golden field; below a red-crowned, red-armored and red-tongued golden lion in the black field. "

The association badge established the connection to the stationing area in Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate . The association badge was similar to the Saarland coat of arms : the silver lion stood for the Counts of Saarbrücken , the Trier cross for Kurtrier , the Alérions for the Duchy of Lorraine , the golden Palatinate lion for the Palatinate . Symbols stood for the predecessor territories of the Saarland. The Trier Cross and the Palatinate Lion were also part of the coat of arms of Rhineland-Palatinate . 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 16 . The Palatinate Lion was also found in the association badge of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division and the Home Guard Brigade 56.

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Commanders

The brigade was commanded by the following officers :

• Colonel Horst Loch (April 1, 1981 - March 31, 1982)
• Colonel Eberhard Wetter (April 1, 1982 - March 31, 1985)
• Colonel August Benischke (April 1, 1985 - November 1990)
• Colonel Wolfgang Goehler (December 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: 49 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E