Homeland Security Brigade 66

Homeland Security Brigade 66 - HSchBrig 66 - X
(did not have an association badge )
active	January 1, 1981 to September 30, 1993
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Homeland Security Brigade
Insinuation	Military District Command VI
Staff seat	Garching near Munich
commander
Last commander	Colonel Ulrich Quante

The Home Guard Brigade 66 was a non-active Home Guard Brigade of the Army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were in Garching near Munich . The brigade was planned in 1981, disbanded in 1993 and was subordinate to the Military District Command VI .

structure

The brigade was divided as follows around 1989:

• Headquarters / Headquarters Company Heimatschutzbrigade 66 (GerEinh), Garching near Munich, district of Hochbrück
  • Pioneer company 660 (GerEinh), Garching near Munich
  • Supply company 660 (GerEinh), Garching near Munich
  • Jägerbataillon 661 (GerEinh), Munich
  • Jägerbataillon 662 (GerEinh), Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm
  • Panzerbataillon 663 (GerEinh), Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm (with Leopard 1 )
  • Field artillery battalion 665 (GerEinh), Pöcking (with mountain hood 105mm M56 )

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

history

Water tower of the former ammunition plant in Hochbrück on the edge of the training areas Fröttmaninger Heide and Panzerwiese near which other Bundeswehr properties were located. The Muna area was later used as a mobilization base for the Home Guard Brigade 66.

Lineup

The brigade was set up on April 1, 1981 to take Army Structure IV in Defense Area VI . At about the same time, the partially active "sister brigade " Homeland Security Brigade 56 was planned. Parts of Homeland Security Command 18 were used for the installation .

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 achieve a target strength of around 2800 soldiers through the reservists . The brigade was planned as a device unit . Their defense material was stored in depots at peace . The brigade would only have been mobilized in the event of a defense . The commanders and officers came from the airborne and air transport school .

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 56 , 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 . Unlike all other field artillery battalions of the Homeland Security Brigades, the field artillery was not equipped with rifled field howitzers FH 105mm (L) , but rather had the mountain howitzers 105mm M56 typical of the mountain troops . 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 roads as MSR, traffic hubs and telecommunication facilities. Airborne troops , leaked or breached enemy forces and irregular enemies had to be expected in the rear area .

resolution

After reunification and the end of the Cold War , the brigade was disbanded at about the same time as the other eleven homeland security brigades that were still in existence at the time, as part of the downsizing of the army on September 30, 1993.

Commanders

• Colonel Abele 1983 - March 31, 1987
• Colonel Richstein April 1, 1987 - March 31, 1990
• Colonel Ulrich Quante April 1, 1990 - July 2, 1992

Association badge

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

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

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} 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: 48 ° 15 '  N , 11 ° 36'  E