Homeland Security Brigade 61

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Homeland Security Brigade 61
- HSchBrig 61 -
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(did not have an association badge )
active April 1, 1981 to 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Homeland Security Brigade
Insinuation Association badge military area command I Disposal Troop Command 41
Staff seat Idstedt

The Territorial Brigade 61 was a non-active Territorial Brigade of the Army of the Armed Forces . The headquarters were in Idstedt . The brigade was scheduled in 1981, disbanded in 1993 and was the 41 available forces command in the military area I assumed.

structure

The brigade is divided as follows around 1989:

  • Internal association badge Headquarters / Headquarters Company Homeland Security Brigade 61 (GerEinh), Idstedt

history

View of the Pötenitzer Wiek . There was a former on-site water airfield of Aircraft Production Office Pötenitz built mobilization base for the Battalion 611th

Lineup

The brigade was to assume the on April 1, 1981 Heeresstruktur IV in Schleswig in the Military District I set up. At the same time, the partially active "sister brigade " Homeland Security Brigade 51 was planned.

As its name suggests, the inactive Homeland Security Brigade was one of the twelve Homeland Security Brigades and one of the six inactive Homeland Security Brigades of the Territorial Army . In the event of a defense , the brigade was able to grow to a target strength of around 2,800 soldiers through the reservists . The brigade was planned as a device unit . Their defense material was stored in depots at peace . Only in the event of a defense would the material have been made mobile .

The structure and equipment of the homeland security brigade was comparable to most of the other inactive homeland security brigades in the territorial army: the core consisted of two hunter battalions , one tank battalion and one field artillery battalion . Analogous to the equipment of the "sister brigade " Homeland Security Brigade 51 , the brigade, in contrast to most other homeland security brigades, had relatively modern Leopard 1 in the tank battalion and the two heavy companies of the infantry battalions. The hunter battalions on the other hand did not have armored personnel carriers . As with most homeland security brigades, the field artillery was equipped with towed field howitzers FH 105mm (L) . Due to the small number of independent companies and the relatively small number of personnel for a brigade, the homeland security brigade corresponded to a light fighter brigade in terms of structure and equipment .

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 , the brigade was disbanded around the same time as all of the other eleven homeland security brigades that were still in existence at the time as the army was downsized in 1993.

Association badge

The Homeland Security Brigade did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a device unit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g 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: 54 ° 34 '  N , 9 ° 31'  E