Homeland Security Command 18

Homeland Security Command 18 - HSchKdo 18 -
Association badge
active	April 1, 1970 to March 31, 1981
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Homeland Security Command
Insinuation	Military District Command VI
Staff seat	Oberhausen / Neuburg
commander
Last commander	Colonel Eberhard Fuhr

The homeland security command 18 was a partially active homeland security command of the Army of the Armed Forces with the seat of the rod in Oberhausen and Neuburg . The association was planned in 1970, dissolved in 1981 and was subordinate to the Commander in Defense Area VI .

history

Headquarters of the staff: Tilly barracks on the municipal border between Neuburg and Oberhausen

Lineup

Homeland Security Command 18 was set up on April 1, 1970 to take Army Structure III as a partially active unit in Defense Area VI in Oberhausen an der Donau . Parts of the "old" Panzergrenadierbrigade 28 with staff in Donauwörth were used for the installation .

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 For this purpose, their defense material was stored in depots during peacetime or had to be withdrawn from civilian stocks as a material mob supplement .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

Homeland Security Command 18 was decommissioned on December 31, 1980 to take over Army Structure IV . Personnel and material of the decommissioned Homeland Security Command were used to set up the partially active Homeland Security Brigade 56 . Parts were used to set up the inactive Home Security Brigade 66 .

structure

The homeland security command was divided into:

• Staff and staff company ( Neuburg / Oberhausen ) (cadre)
  • Fighter Regiment 53
    • Jägerbataillon 531 ( Munich ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 532 (Munich) (equipment unit)
    • 1 mortar company (equipment unit)
    • 2 tank destroyer companies (equipment units)
  • Fighter Regiment 54
    • Jägerbataillon 541 ( Neuburg / Oberhausen ) (active)
    • Jägerbataillon 542 ( Neuburg / Oberhausen ) (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 rimmed divided diagonally left of silver and blue, hung a black central shield , is a rotbewehrter and rotgezungter golden lion ."

The association badge established the connection to the stationing room. The association badge took on essential elements of the coat of arms of Upper Bavaria . The colors and the diagonal division were reminiscent of the Bavarian diamonds . The lion in the black shield resembled the Palatinate lion from the coat of arms of Upper Bavaria. In the coat of arms of Upper Bavaria, however, the Palatinate lion is depicted as a crowned lion. The green board was typical for all homeland security commands in Army Structure III . Green is 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 55 . The Palatinate Lion was also found in the association badge of the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division and the Homeland Security Brigade 54 . The Bavarian diamonds were also found in the association badges in the area of ​​the 4th Panzer Grenadier Division , the association badge of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division and in an older version of the association badge of the 37th Panzer Grenadier Brigade .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Commanders

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

• Colonel Karl Völkl (April 1, 1970 - September 28, 1973)
• Colonel Karl-Heinz Brandt (September 28, 1973-1978)
• Colonel Werner Heumann (1978 - September 30, 1980)
• Colonel Eberhard Fuhr (September 25, 1980 - March 31, 1981)

Web links

• Homeland Security Commandos / Homeland Security Brigades. German Digital Library, accessed on July 2, 2018 . 
• Roland Holzmayr: The Tilly barracks. Oberhausen municipality, 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: 48 ° 43 '  N , 11 ° 9'  E