Homeland Security Command 13

Homeland Security Command 13 - HSchKdo 13 -
Association badge
active	January 1, 1970 to March 31, 1981
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Homeland Security Command
Insinuation	Military District Command I
Staff seat	Eutin
commander
Last commander	Colonel Martin Czerwensky

The homeland security command 13 was a partially active homeland security command of the Army of the Armed Forces with the seat of the rod in Eutin . The association was planning in 1970, disbanded in 1981 and was subordinate to the commander in military education .

history

The headquarters of the staff was the Rettberg barracks in Eutin

Briesen barracks in Flensburg-Weiche

Lineup

The Homeland Security Command was set up in 1970 to take Army Structure III in Defense Area I or as a partially active unit of the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command .

The homeland security command was one of the six partially active homeland security commands of the territorial army . Only part of the Homeland Security Command was present at peace. In the event of tension or defense , the homeland security command was able to grow up significantly thanks to reservists . Some of the subordinate battalions and companies were planned as inactive units that would only have been mobilized in the event of a defense . For this purpose, their defense material was stored in depots during peacetime or had to be withdrawn from civilian stocks as a material mob supplement .

The task of the homeland security command, which formed the core of the homeland security force of the territorial army , was, among other things, the defense of the rear army area , in particular the security of important infrastructure such as marching routes, ports, traffic hubs and telecommunications facilities. Airborne troops , sea-landed , leaked or breached enemy had to be expected in the rear area . At its core, the Homeland Security Command resembled a fighter brigade . Mobility and firepower remained by the lack of armored vehicles , artillery systems and independent companies of combat support and guide troops but well behind the brigades of the Army back so that the Homeland Security Command only temporally and spatially tightly limited combat missions could perform and combined arms battle only was conditionally qualified.

In times of peace, the subordinate training centers trained soldiers from the Homeland Security Force .

resolution

To take over Army Structure IV , the Homeland Security Command was decommissioned on March 31, 1981. Personnel and material of the decommissioned Homeland Security Command were used to set up the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 51 .

structure

The homeland security command was divided into:

• Staff and staff company ( Eutin ) (cadre)
  • 38th Jägerregiment
    • Jägerbataillon 381 ( Flensburg ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 382 (equipment unit)
    • 1 mortar company (equipment unit)
    • 2 tank destroyer companies (equipment units)
  • Fighter Regiment 39
    • Jägerbataillon 391 ( Putlos , later Oldenburg in Holstein ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 392 (equipment unit)
    • 1 mortar company (equipment unit)
    • 2 tank destroyer companies (equipment units)
  • 1 light engineer battalion (equipment unit)
  • 1 supply battalion (equipment unit)
  • 1 field replacement battalion (equipment unit)
  • 3 training centers

Association badge

Woven version of the association badge

The homeland security command carried a union badge with the following blazon :

“Green bordered , divided into blue, silver, red, the silver Holstein nettle leaf ; on this a golden shield; in it two blue, inward-facing, red armored, striding lions . "

The association badge established the connection to the stationing room. The association badge was similar to the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein . The Schleswig lions symbolized the Schleswig region . The nettle leaf was a symbol for the Holstein region . The shield division corresponded to the flag of Schleswig-Holstein . The green board was typical for all homeland security commands in Army Structure III . Green was the weapon color of the hunter troop , because the homeland security commandos were essentially similar to the hunter brigades.

The association badge was continued by the "successor association" Heimatschutzbrigade 51 . The badge of the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division was very similar to this badge.

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Commanders

The Homeland Security Command was commanded by the following staff officers :

• Colonel Werner Manns (April 1, 1970 - September 30, 1973)
• Colonel Gottfried Tornau (October 1, 1973 - March 31, 1979)
• Colonel Martin Czerwensky (April 1, 1979 - March 31, 1981)

Web links

• Homeland Security Commandos / Homeland Security Brigades. German Digital Library, accessed on July 2, 2018 . 
• Homeland Security Brigade 51 - The private website about the former 6th Panzer Grenadier Division. Sören Kuhrt, Mike Baumann, accessed on July 3, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homeland Security Commands / Homeland Security Brigades. German Digital Library, accessed on July 2, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Nemere: Jägerverband u. units of the Bundeswehr. Post # 13. In: Cold War Forum - Military facilities & relics of the Cold War. November 29, 2008. Retrieved August 8, 2018 . 

Coordinates: 54 ° 8 '  N , 10 ° 38'  E