Panzer Grenadier Brigade 4

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Panzergrenadierbrigade 4
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 4

Association badge
active March 16, 1959 to 
Sep. 30 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
Insinuation Association badge 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division 2. PzGrenDiv
Staff seat Goettingen

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 with staff in Göttingen was one of the oldest units in the German army . The brigade was disbanded in 1993. It was stationed in southern Lower Saxony around Göttingen and around Kassel in northern Hesse .

history

The coat of arms of the battalions of the PzGren Brig 4
Former staff building in the Zieten barracks in Göttingen

Prehistory as a combat group in the Army Structure 1

To assume the army structure 1 which was in May 1958 Battle Group C 2 with location of staff in Goettingen Zieten barracks restructured. Combat group C 2 was under the 2nd Grenadier Division . Its first commander was Wolf Graf Baudissin , one of the founders of the concept of internal leadership in the Bundeswehr. The combat group C 2 was roughly divided into the following units:

Army structure 2

To take over Army Structure 2 , Combat Group C 2 was reclassified into Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 on April 1, 1959 . The Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 was under:

  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 41 (mot)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 42 (mot)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 43 (armored personnel carrier)
  • Supply Battalion 46
  • Panzer Pioneer Company 40
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 40
  • Panzer Reconnaissance Company 40.

In 1961 the field artillery battalion 45 was subordinated. 1962 followed by the newly established 44th Panzer Battalion in Mengeringhausen near Arolsen . In 1968, the NBC defense company 40 in Kassel was subordinated, but was disbanded on March 31, 1971 when it was transferred to Army Structure 3.

Army structure 3

In 1970 the brigade was reclassified from Army Structure 3 to Jägerbrigade 4; the armored infantry battalions were now called Jäger battalions. In 1972 the 46 Supply Battalion was disbanded. The field artillery battalion 45 in Göttingen was divided and partially subordinated to the new Panzer Brigade 34 . The armored artillery battalion 45 is set up from the remaining parts .

Army structure 4

From 1980 the brigade in Army Structure 4 was again called Panzergrenadierbrigade 4. In this structure, the brigade was subordinate to:

  • Mixed / cadre Panzer Grenadier Battalion 41 (Göttingen),
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 42 ( Kassel )
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 43 (Göttingen)
  • Panzerbataillon 44 (Göttingen)
  • Panzerartilleriebataillon 45 (Göttingen)
  • Field Replacement Battalion 23 ( Arolsen , subordinate troop service)
  • Headquarters company (Göttingen)
  • Repair company 40 (Göttingen)
  • Supply company 40 ( Fuldatal - Rothwesten )
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 40 (Kassel)
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 40 (Kassel).

The brigade comprised around 3,150 soldiers in the peace structure in the autumn of 1989 . The planned growth force in the case of defense was around 3550 soldiers. For nursery which was convened by reservists and the mobilization of non-active units provided. At the end of Army Structure 4 in autumn 1989, the brigade was still part of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

Army structure 5 until disbandment

For the testing of Army Structure 5 as part of the troop trial “Cadre and rapid growth”, the 41 Panzer Grenadier Battalion was rededicated in 1988 to a regular battalion, the 44 to an infant battalion and the previous 41 to the 41 Panzer Battalion . This attempt was ended in 1991. In 1992 the Panzerjägerkompanie 40 was decommissioned, as were the Panzergrenadier Battalions 42 and 43 and the Panzer Battalions 44 and 41. In 1993, the Panzerpionierkompanie 40, the supply company 40, the field replacement battalion 23, the armored artillery battalion 45 and the maintenance company 40 were the last remaining in the Zieten barracks in Göttingen, which was subsequently closed, the headquarters company of Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 was decommissioned in April 1993.

Calls

In the summer of 1960, the brigade provided assistance with the emergency harvest by 500 soldiers. In addition, the brigade was used from February 17 to March 2, 1962 when deployed during the flood disaster in Hamburg and from March to May 1990 in the removal of storm damage in the forests of the Kassel, Melsungen and Jühnde forest offices.

Commanders

The following officers were commanders of the brigade (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
14th Colonel Albrecht von und zu Egloffstein April 1, 1993 September 30, 1993
13 Colonel Rainer Fell April 1, 1991 March 31, 1993
12 Colonel Bernd Albert April 1, 1989 March 31, 1991
11 Brigadier General Georg von Consbruch April 1, 1983 March 31, 1989
10 Brigadier General Hans Nebe 1st August 1979 March 31, 1983
9 Colonel Johann Hoster 1st October 1977 July 31, 1979
8th Colonel Otto-Günther Werren April 1, 1974 September 30, 1977
7th Colonel Gert Bastian 1st October 1971 March 31, 1974
6th Brigadier General Arndt-Dieter Thormeyer 1st February 1970 September 30, 1971
5 Colonel Dr. Eberhard Wagemann April 1, 1968 January 31, 1970
4th Colonel Hans-Joachim Kerschkamp April 1, 1965 March 31, 1968
3 Brigadier General Hans Hinrichs October 1, 1963 March 31, 1965
2 Colonel Oswald Count von Ressèguier July 1, 1961 September 30, 1963
1 Brigadier General Wolf Graf Baudissin July 1, 1958 June 30, 1961

Association badge

Woven association badge for the service suit
Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The blazon of the association badge for the uniform of the members of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 read:

Silver rimmed , cleaved by silver and red, a split, red front, rear silver rising lion .

The tinging of the shield corresponded to the flag of Hesse . The lion resembled the colorful lion (" Hessen lion ") of the Ludowingers from the Hessian coat of arms . The association badges of the division and the subordinate brigades were identical except for the shelves . In the tradition of the Prussian color sequence , the association badge of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 was given a white border as the "first" brigade of the division.

Since the badges of the division's brigades differed only slightly, the internal badge of the staff or the staff company pars pro toto was used instead as the brigade's "badge". On a black and silver shield, as in the Prussian flag, it showed an upright branch of oak leaves, as in the beret badge of the hunters' troops . The monogram "IR" on the left is based on the badge of the 2nd Kurhessian Infantry Regiment No. 82 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ For internal association badges , a wearing license was only officially issued around the mid-1980s. They are therefore not shown. The enumerated troop units or the "successors" standing in their tradition could, however, unofficially have already worn badges similar to a coat of arms or have officially received them from the mid-1980s. Association badges for large associations were only introduced into the troops in Army Structure 2 .
  2. ↑ Shown are the internal association badges, for which a wearing permit was officially granted until around the mid-1980s. Inactive units (equipment units, partially active, cadre units) are shown in italics .
  3. ^ "First" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 6 (= yellow board).

literature

  • Uwe Walter: About wolves, leopards and other predators . The history of the army of the Bundeswehr in Hesse and the neighboring federal states. 2nd Edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8482-2645-0 (124 pages, 1st part newly revised).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-4 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 4. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1993, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad. In: Website of the Military History Research Office . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr , Military History Research Office , accessed on February 17, 2020 (For technical reasons, direct links to individual search queries or search results are not possible. Please use the “search form” to research information on the individual departments).
  3. ↑ a b c d O. W. Dragoner (Ed.): The Bundeswehr 1989 . Organization and equipment of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of the Cold War. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army. Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps, February 2012 (167 p., Relektiven.com [PDF; 747 kB ; accessed on February 21, 2020] First edition: 2009, overview of the series at Relict.com).

Coordinates: 51 ° 31 ′ 14 "  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 10"  E