Homeland Security Command 15

Homeland Security Command 15 - HSchKdo 15 -
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 III
Staff seat	Wuppertal
commander
Last commander	Brigadier General Alfred Kendziora

The homeland security command 15 was a partially active homeland security command of the Army of the Armed Forces with the seat of the bar recently in Wuppertal . The association was planned in 1970, dissolved in 1981 and was subordinate to the Commander in Defense Area III .

history

Headquarters of the staff: The Colmar barracks in Wuppertal- Lichtscheid (aerial photo of the remains of the barracks in 2015)

Lineup

The Homeland Security Command was set up on April 1, 1970 to take Army Structure III as a partially active unit in Defense Area III in Unna - Königsborn . The staff later moved to Wuppertal .

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 a tension 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 For this purpose, their defense material was stored in depots during peacetime or had to be withdrawn from civilian stocks as a material mob supplement .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 from the decommissioned Homeland Security Command were used to set up the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 53 .

structure

The homeland security command was divided into:

• Staff and Headquarters Company ( Unna - Königsborn later Wuppertal ) (gekadert)
  • 44th Jägerregiment
    • Jägerbataillon 441 ( Ahlen ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 442 (equipment unit)
    • 1 mortar company (equipment unit)
    • 2 tank destroyer companies (equipment units)
  • 45th Jägerregiment
    • Jägerbataillon 451 ( Unna ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 452 (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 . "

"Green bordered , divided into black, red, gold, a shield split from green and red, in front a left slanting silver wavy bar , behind an upright silver steed , in the shield base a curled silver tip, inside a red rose with golden butts and golden sepals ."

The association badge established the connection to the stationing room. The applied shield corresponded to the coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia : The wave bar represented the Rhineland . The Westphalia horse stood for Westphalia . The Lippe rose stood for the third part of the country, Lippe . The division of the main shield corresponded to the flag of Germany . Many shields of the association badges of the departments in the territorial army showed the black, red and gold shield, which reminded of the purely national leadership of these departments outside the NATO command structure . The green board was typical for all homeland security commands in Army Structure III . Green was the weapon color of the hunter troop , because most homeland security commands were essentially similar to the hunter brigades.

The association badge was continued by the "successor association" Heimatschutzbrigade 53 . The horse was also found in the association badge of the 7th Panzer Division and similarly in the 1st and 3rd Panzer Divisions .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Commanders

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

• Colonel Rudolf Neubert (April 1, 1970 - September 30, 1972)
• Colonel Hans Volkmar Runge (October 1, 1972 - March 31, 1977)
• Colonel Günther Wohlgemuth (April 1, 1977 - September 30, 1979)
• Brigadier General Alfred Kendziora (October 1, 1979 - March 31, 1981)

Web links

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

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: 51 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 12'  E