Homeland Security Brigade 55

Homeland Security Brigade 55 ; - HSchBrig 55 - ; X
	; ; Association badge
active	April 1, 1981 to September 30, 1989
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Homeland Security Brigade
Insinuation	Military area command V
Staff seat	Boeblingen
commander
Last commander	Colonel Dieter Kilian

The Heimatschutzbrigade 55 was a partially active Heimatschutzbrigade of the army of the Bundeswehr with headquarters in Böblingen . The brigade was disbanded in 1981 and disbanded in 1989. She was part of the Territorial Army and was under the Military District Command V .

structure

The brigade is divided as follows around 1989:

Bar / Stabskompanie Territorial Brigade 55 (active part), Böblingen
- Pionierkompanie 550 ( GerEinh ), Donaueschingen (until October Renningen . Reclassification to Panzerpionierkompanie 550 (active) for integration into D / F brigade )
- NBC Defense Company 550 (GerEinh) Renningen (from November directly WBK V assumed .)
- Sanitätskompanie 550 (GerEinh), Renningen (from 1989 Stetten am kalten Markt . Partial activation for integration into the D / F supply battalion. Thereafter dissolved as an independent unit.)
- Supply company 550 (partially active), Engstingen (from October 1989 Stetten a. Kalten Markt. Used to set up the transport company of the D / F supply battalion . Thereafter dissolved as an independent unit .)
- Repair company 550 (partially active), Stetten am kalten Markt (used to set up the D / F supply battalion. Thereafter dissolved as an independent unit.)
- Jägerbataillon 551 (GerEinh), Renningen (October 1989 change to Defense District Command 51 ; disbanded 1993)
- Jägerbataillon 552, Böblingen (with MTW M113 ) (initially unchanged to D / F-Brigade; the Jägerbataillon 292 was formed from parts in 1993 )
- Panzerbataillon 553 (cadre), Stetten am kalten Markt (with M 48 ) (disbanded in mid-1989)
- Panzer battalion 554 (cadre), Stetten am kalten Markt (with M 48 ) (disbanded in September 1989. Panzerjägerkompanie 550 was reorganized in April 1989 from 2./PzBtl 554.)
- Field artillery battalion 555, (partially active), Böblingen (from October 1989 Horb ; with FH 105mm (L) ) (merged with the armored artillery battalion 295 in 1993 in the field artillery battalion 295 of the D / F brigade, which was reclassified to the field artillery battalion)
- Field Replacement Battalion 557 (GerEinh), Renningen (dissolved August 1989)

history

Headquarters: The Wildermuth barracks at Böblingen Airport

Lineup

The brigade was to assume the on April 1, 1981 Heeresstruktur IV in Military District V installed. Parts of Homeland Security Command 17, which was disbanded at the same time, were used for the establishment. At the same time, the inactive "sister brigade" Homeland Security Brigade 65 with headquarters was also planned in Böblingen .

As its name suggests, the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 55 was one of the twelve homeland security brigades of the Territorial Army . The brigade comprised around 2,500 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 to as non-active device units deallocated whose materiel in peace in depot -level and only in the case of defense mobilized would have been.

The structure and equipment of the Homeland Security Brigade 55 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

Homeland Security Brigade 55 was disbanded on September 30, 1989, earlier than any other Homeland Security Brigade. Parts of the brigade were used to set up the Franco-German Brigade . The dissolution of Homeland Security Brigade 55 and the formation of the Franco-German Brigade were carried out in parallel in 1989.

Association badge

Woven version of the Association's badge

The brigade carried a union badge with the following blazon :

"Green rimmed divided diagonally left of black and gold, placed in a golden central shield three border black lion with red tongues."

The association badge established the connection to the stationing area in Baden-Württemberg . The shield division was similar to the flag of Baden-Württemberg . The middle shield was similar to the coat of arms of Baden-Württemberg : the lions went back to the Staufer coat of arms , whose Duchy of Swabia comprised parts of what is now Baden-Württemberg. 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 17 . The Staufer lion was also found in the association badge of the 10th Panzer Division .

Commanders

The brigade was commanded by the following officers :

Colonel Rolf Röder (April 1, 1981 - 1982)
Colonel Berthold Graf von Stauffenberg (1982 - March 31, 1986)
Colonel Hans-Konrad Bromeis (April 1, 1986 - March 31, 1989)
Colonel Dieter Kilian (April 1, 1989 - September 30, 1989)

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ ^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]).

48.69222 9.007012Coordinates: 48 ° 42 ' N , 9 ° 0' E

[DRAGONER-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]).