Henning Teltz

Henning Teltz (born June 22, 1905 in Burg; † April 3, 1989 in Meppen ) was a German engineer in the field of defense technology .

Youth and Studies

Teltz, who had been a Prussian cadet in his youth , completed a degree in general mechanical engineering and electrical engineering at the technical universities in Berlin and Munich , which he graduated with a degree in engineering .

Activity for the Heereswaffenamt

After obtaining his degree, he was appointed by the Reichswehr Ministry to the Heereswaffenamt , where he was responsible for the entire area of armor-piercing ammunition with extensive powers and held the position of a state construction councilor.

During the Second World War , Teltz dealt in particular with investigations into the vulnerability of armored vehicles , before he was involved in the development of the V3 gun , which he nicknamed high-pressure pump, as a member of the staff of the then Lieutenant-Colonel of the Artillery Georg Borttscheller from the weapons testing and experimental department gave.

With the backing of General Emil Leeb , the head of the Heereswaffenamt, Teltz rejected the SS Waffenamt's request to conduct fire tests on tanks in which Soviet prisoners of war were living as test objects.

Activity in the Federal Republic

With the establishment of the Bundeswehr , Teltz was appointed to the testing center for weapons and ammunition in Meppen ( E -stelle 91 , now the Defense Technology Service for Weapons and Ammunition ), which he headed from 1957 until he retired in 1970. His area of ​​responsibility there was initially investigations to ensure and improve the quality and safety of the ammunition from the US Army that did not meet German standards. Later he was mainly active in the field of anti-tank defense.

Teltz was a founding member of the German Society for Defense Technology , a lobbying association for the German armaments industry, and was a member of its board for a long time. He died shortly before taking up his already designated honorary membership.

literature

• German Society for Defense Technology: Defense Technology, Volume 21 . Defense and Knowledge Publishing Company, 1989
• German Society for Defense Technology: Defense Technology, Volume 17 . Defense and Knowledge Publishing Company, 1985
• Karsten Porezag: A secret matter of command: History of the "V weapons" and secret military actions of the Second World War on the Lahn, Dill and in the Westerwald . Wetzlar print, 1997