Jutland Division

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Bülows barracks in Fredericia
General Jørgen Lyng, born March 7, 1934 in Aalborg. 1989 Forsvarschef
Danish Leopard 1 main battle tank from 1984

The Jutland Division (JutDiv, Danish Jydske Division) belonged to the Danish armed forces and was active from 1952 to 1996 . It was a mechanized infantry unit and assigned to the AFNORTH command area . It was commissioned to defend the German-Danish corps LANDJUT , together with the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division, in Schleswig-Holstein and Jutland against Soviet aggression.

history

The Jutland Division belonged to the NATO associations during the Cold War and was formed from the 3rd Division in the III between 1951 and 1952. Military region. The headquarters were in Aabenraa . In the beginning it consisted of only one active brigade , the 1st Brigade, and two reserve brigades (2nd and 3rd Brigade). In 1961 the name was changed to Jutland Division and in 1975 the headquarters were moved to the Bülows barracks in Fredericia . During this time the 2nd and 3rd Brigades also received their complete equipment of personnel and material. From 1979, each brigade of two sat mechanized infantry - battalion , a tank battalion , a tank artillery battalion and an armored reconnaissance kompanie together. In peacetime the division was subordinate to a Danish command. In a phase of tension, the Jutland division would only have reached its full strength after three weeks of mobilization . The total strength of the Royal Danish Army would have reached 72,000 men with full mobilization, together with the MobReserve of the Home Guard, a troop strength of 129,500. The Danish units under LANDJUT were considered to be the largest and best-equipped of the Danish armed forces, but in peacetime only had 25% of their nominal strength - in contrast to the West German 6th Panzer Grenadier Division, which maintained a strength of 80%. In the event of a ground offensive by the Warsaw Pact and the intention to force access from the Baltic to the North Sea, the Jutland Division should be detached from its original subordinate relationship and, as part of LANDJUT, the Cimbrian peninsula , which at that time was a very strong NATO Presence, defend. This defense included the defense against possible amphibious landings on the Baltic Sea coast (7th Polish Sea Landing Division), as well as air landings (6th Polish Airborne Brigade, supplemented by Soviet Spetsnaz commandos) in key areas . These scenarios were practiced several times in the NATO maneuver series Bold Guard under close combat conditions. With the end of the Cold War in 1997, the Jutland Division was transformed into the Danish Division.

Structure and Armament Jytland Division, Fredericia

  • 1st Jyske Brigade (mech. Infantry), Fredericia
    • 1st Jyske Brigade, headquarters company (5 × M113 , 8 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 1st Battalion, Jydske Dragon Regiment (Panserbataljon, 20 × Leopard 1 A3, 21 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125 mortar , 2 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 2nd Battalion, Prinsens Livregiment (10 × Leopard 1A3, 32 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125, 4 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 1st Battalion, Fynske Livregiment (10 × Leopard 1A3, 32 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125, 4 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 2nd Battalion, Kongens Jyske Fodregiment (Infantry)
    • 6th Artillery Battalion, Nørrejyske Artillery Regiment (12 × M109 A3 self-propelled howitzers , 8 × 155 mm M114 / 39 howitzers , 15 × M113 MTW)
    • 1st tank engineer company (6 × M113)
    • 1st Supply Battalion
    • 1. Military Police Department
  • 2nd Jyske Brigade (mech. Infantry), Skive
    • 2nd Jyske Brigade, headquarters company (5 × M113, 8 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 2nd Battalion, Jydske Dragon Regiment (Panserbataljon, 20 × Leopard 1 A3, 21 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125 mortar, 2 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 1st Battalion, Dronningens Livregiment (20 × Leopard 1 A3, 21 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125 mortar, 2 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 2nd Battalion, Dronningens Livregiment (10 × Leopard 1 A3, 21 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125 mortar, 2 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 3rd Battalion, Dronningens Livregiment (Infantry)
    • 3rd Artillery Battalion, Nørrejyske Artillery Regiment (12 × M109 A3 self-propelled howitzers, 8 × 155 mm M114 / 39 howitzers)
    • 2nd tank engineer company (6 × M113)
    • 3rd Supply Battalion
    • 2. Military Police Department
  • 3rd Jyske Brigade (mech. Infantry), Haderslev
    • 3rd Jyske Brigade, headquarters company (5 × M113, 8 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 3rd Battalion, Jydske Dragon Regiment (Panserbataljon, 20 × Leopard 1A3, 21 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 2 × M125)
    • 1st Battalion, Prinsens Livregiment (10 × Leopard 1A3, 32 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125, 4 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 1st Battalion, Kongens Jyske Fodregiment (10 × Leopard 1A3, 32 × M113 (incl. 4 with TOW), 4 × M125, 4 × TOW on Land Rover)
    • 3rd Battalion, Prinsens Livregiment (Infantry)
    • 7th Artillery Battalion, Sønderjyske Artillery Regiment (12 × M109 A3 self-propelled howitzers, 8 × 155 mm M114 / 39 howitzers)
    • 3rd tank engineer company (6 × M113)
    • 7th Supply Battalion
    • 3. Military Police Department

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Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ comparable to the armored infantry troops of the Bundeswehr
  2. ↑ comparable to the army's tank reconnaissance force
  3. ↑ David Miller: The Cold War. Thomas Dunne Books, 2015, p. 233.
  4. ↑ a b c d Warsaw Pact: Planning for Operations against Denmark. A research paper. April 1989. Directorate of Intelligence (engl.)
  5. ^ The Jutland operational direction of the Polish armed forces (1st Polish Army with 8th and 12th Mot rifle divisions, as well as 16th and 20th Panzer divisions, total strength approx. 85,000 men)
  6. ^ Battlefield Germany . DER SPIEGEL September 12, 1977, accessed April 23, 2017
  7. ↑ Thomas Durell Young: Multinational Land Formations and NATO. Reforming Practices and Structures, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, 1997. (PDF)
  8. ↑ Jydske Dragon Regiments History, Jyske Kampgruppe (JKG) Ikke alt, men noget om. (Danish)