Land Forces Command

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Command LaSK
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Regimental colors of NVA (East Germany) .svg

Troop flag
active December 1, 1972 to October 2, 1990
Country Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR
Armed forces NVA
Armed forces Emblem of the Ground Forces of NVA (East Germany) .svg NVA land forces
Branch of service
Type TSK command command
structure see table
Strength approx. 800 soldiers and 200 civilian employees
Insinuation MfNV
Garrison
command post 		Geltow
Blankenfelde-Mahlow
Last in command / chief of staff
Major General
H. C. Reiche 		Deputy Minister and Chief LaSK
Major General
N.N. 		Deputy boss LaSK u. CS

The Land Forces Command (Kdo. LaSK) was the command staff and at the same time the command command of the NVA Land Forces , a branch of the East German NVA . The command of the land forces only exercised command of the land forces in times of peace, since in the event of war they would have been subordinate to the high command of the united armed forces of the Warsaw Treaty .

history

On December 1, 1972, under Lieutenant General Horst Stechbarth, the Land Forces Command was formed as an independent command staff and supreme command of the NVA land forces. From then on, the official seat was the barracks in Wildpark Potsdam .

When the NVA was decommissioned in 1990, the Land Forces Command was dissolved. The legal successor was the Bundeswehr Command East under Lieutenant General Jörg Schönbohm . The command and control command of the Bundeswehr is stationed in the barracks today .

Leadership and organization

guide

The Kdo. LaSK led the subordinate command commands, associations, troops and units of the NVA land forces from Geltow or field command posts, depending on the situation and the deployment .

Commanding generals also chiefs Kdo. LaSK

Rank, name period of service comment
GenLtn Horst Stechbarth December 1, 1972 to December 31, 1989 from March 1, 1976 GenOberst
GenLtn Horst Skerra January 1, 1990 to September 14, 1990 from September 30, 1990 a. D.
Major General Hans-Christian Reiche September 15, 1990 to October 2, 1990 last Deputy Minister and Chief Kdo. LaSK

Annotation:

The commanding general led his deputies immediately and directly. He also had a military council of the LaSK command , an advisory body for all of his deputies.

organization

The Kdo. LaSK consisted of the following organizational units:

Deputy Minister and Chief LaSK ( three-star general / OF-8 ) with management area and military advisor to the Soviet armed forces (OF-8)

Deputy of the chief LaSK and chief of the political administration ( two-star general / OF-7 ) with

  • three departments including Chief PKK, ZPL, Spec Propaganda and Political Department Kdo. LaSK

Deputy Head of LaSK and Head of Training (OF-7)

Deputy of the chief LaSK and chief of staff (OF-7) with

  • Deputy CS and Chief Operational (one star general / OF-6 ) with
    • Department 1
    • Department 2
  • Deputy CS and Chief General Tasks (OF-5) with
    • WSB-40 with (repair supply company (IVK), 1st + 2nd guard company, motor vehicle company), the printing company-40, maintenance unit-40 (WE-40) of the military patrol training company and guest house
  • Chief Squad (OF-5)
  • Chief organization / replenishment (OF-5) with
    • Organization department
    • Replenishment department
  • Chief Reconnaissance (OF-5)
  • Chief Missile Forces and Artillery
  • Chief News (OF-5)
    • Divisions 1, 2 and 8. UA
  • Head of Military Science (MiWi) (OF-5)
  • Chief Chemical Services (CD) (OF-5)
  • Administration 2000 (OF-4): here the subdivision for the staff of the LaSK command

Chief Motor Shooter (OF-6)

Chief Tank (OF-6)

Chief General Military Training and Schools (AMAS) (OF-6)

  • Staff Division 1: General Military Training
  • Staff Department 2: Schools

Chief Army Air Force (OF-5)

Chief Airborne Forces (OF-5)

Chief of Radio Troops (FuTT) (OF-5)

Chief Air Defense (TLA) (OF-5)

Deputy of the Chief LaSK and Chief Reverse Services (RD) (OF-7) with

  • Deputy Chief and Chief of Staff RD (OF-6)
  • Chief Military Medical Service (OF-5)
  • Chief Pioneers (OF-5)
  • Head of Military Construction Housing (MBU) (OF-5)
  • Chief of Military Transportation (OF-5)
  • Chief Clothing and Equipment (BA) (OF-5)
  • Head of the Weapons Technical Service (WTD) until July 15, 1983
  • Head of Kfz-Dienst (KfzD) (OF-5) until July 15, 1983

Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief Technology and Armament (created on July 15, 1983) (OF-7) with

  • Deputy Chief and Chief of Staff Technology and Armament (TB) (OF-5)
  • Chief Tank Service (PzD)
  • Head of Motor Vehicle Service (KfzD)
  • Chief Rak. Service (RWTD)
  • Chief repairs

Military Prosecutor (OF-5)

Administration 2000 (OF-5): here the department for the LaSK armed forces

Other generals Kdo. LaSK

Surname Rank Service position comment
Bormann, Günther GenLtn

Chief Missile Forces and Artillery

1972 to 1987
Engelhardt, Lothar Major general

Chief Enlightenment
Deputy Chief of Staff for Op. Work
Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief of Staff

1984 to 1989
Gerloff, Heinz Major general

Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief of Staff

Big one, Roland Major general

Chief Missile Forces and Artillery
Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief of Staff

Gruschke, Wolfgang Major general

Deputy of the head of the political administration of the LaSK for instruction / organization
leader for civic work

May 1, 1990 to Aug. 8, 1990
Handke, Heinz GenLtn

Deputy Chief LaSK for Training
Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief of Staff

Kleffel, Harry Major general

Deputy Head of LaSK and Head of Reverse Services KdO. LaSK

1973 to 1978
Kopetz, Günther Major general

Deputy Head of LaSK and Head of Rear Services

Link, Gerhard Lieutenant General

Deputy Head of LaSK
Head of Reverse Services KdO. LaSK

1983 to 1990
Peter, Fritz Major general

Deputy Head of LaSK
Chief of Staff KdO. LaSK

1972 to 1976
Rothe, Werner Major general

Deputy Head of LaSK
Chief of Staff KdO. LaSK

Winter, Klaus Major general

Deputy head of LaSK for training

April 1, 1978 to September 30, 1990
Winter, Werner Major general

Deputy head of LaSK for training

Zander, Horst GenLtn

Deputy Chief LaSK
Chief Technology and Armament

Job created on July 15, 1983
Zaroba, Werner Major general

Deputy Chief Missile Forces and Artillery and Chief of Staff

Subordinate associations, units and units

Subordinate to the Kdo. LaSK:

Case of war

In the event of war, the majority of the units, units and facilities were to be transferred to the 3rd Army and 5th Army and thus to the 1st Front (under the Soviet High Command). In addition, selected officers of the command staff would have changed to the United High Command of the Warsaw Pact .

Leadership personnel were also provided for the units to be set up in the event of mobilization or for the main command post (Entenfängerberg / Geltow) and the alternate command post (Blankenfelde / Mahlow) - for the so-called special Berlin group . There were u. a. the deployment of Deputy Chief LaSK and Chief of Staff together with deputies is determined. The main task of this group was the operation against Berlin (West) , the smashing of the Western Allied forces stationed there and the subsequent occupation of the city.

Existence of the "Special Berlin Group"

Dissolution of the Kdo. LaSK

When the NVA was decommissioned in 1990, the LaSK command was dissolved. The legal successor was the Bundeswehr Command East .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Built in 1936 as a High Command of the Air Force based on designs by the architect Ernst Sagebiel , on the west side of the Großer Entenfängerberg
  2. ↑ Klaus Froh, Rüdiger Wenzke : The Generals and Admirals of the NVA… , Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin, 2007, 5th updated edition, ISBN 978-3-86153-438-9
  3. ^ Joachim Nawrocki: Armed organs in the GDR: National People's Army and other military and paramilitary associations. Construction, armament, tasks. Reports from everyday life. Holzapfel Verlag, Berlin 1979, ISBN 3-921226-07-4 .
  4. ^ Friedrich Jeschonnek, Dieter Riedel, William Durie: Allies in Berlin 1945–1994: A manual for the history of the military presence of the Western powers , BWV, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8305-0397-2 , page 164
  5. ↑ Friedrich Jeschonnek, Dieter Riedel, William Durie: Allies in Berlin 1945-1994: A manual for the history of the military presence of the Western powers , BWV, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8305-0397-2 , page 163

Coordinates: 52 ° 23 ′ 10.6 ″  N , 12 ° 58 ′ 15.7 ″  E