Corps artillery

As a corps artillery are artillery - military units called, leading to the Corps troops belong. The corps artillery is directly subordinate to the corps process organizer . This can already be the case in peacetime or only in crisis and war. The artillery forces of the level immediately below the corps are the divisional artillery , including the brigade artillery .

armed forces

Cold War

structure

In the army of the German Federal Armed Forces , the corps artillery consisted of an artillery command (same number as the corps) for each corps, according to the structure of the field army . These were Artillery Commands 1 , 2 and 3 . The rocket artillery battalion 650 in Flensburg , which was subordinated to Artillery Regiment 6 in peacetime, would have been subordinated to the multinational LANDJUT corps in the event of a defense .

The artillery commandos basically consisted of a staff with a stick battery, a drone battery, a rocket artillery battalion, a supply battalion special weapons, a security battalion (not active in peacetime ) and a field replacement battalion (in peacetime equipment unit, in the V case directly subordinate to the corps).

According to Artillery Structure 85 , the corps artillery consisted of:

• Staff / Staff Battery Artillery Command 1 , Münster
  • Drone battery 100, Coesfeld
  • Missile Artillery Battalion 150, Wesel
  • Supply battalion Sonderwaffen 120, Werlte
  • Security Battalion 100 (GerEinh), Ahaus
  • Field Replacement Battalion 120 (GerEinh), Unna
• Staff / Staff Brigade Artillery Command 2 , Ulm
  • Drone battery 200, Munich
  • Rocket Artillery Battalion 250, Engstingen (4th  battery as a rocket artillery training battery subordinated to the 5 Artillery Training Regiment in Idar-Oberstein during peacetime )
  • Supply battalion special weapons 220, Günzburg
  • Security Battalion 200 (GerEinh), Engstingen
• Field Replacement Battalion 220 (GerEinh), Engstingen
• Staff / Staff Battery Artillery Command 3 , Koblenz
  • Drone training battery 300, Idar-Oberstein ( subordinated to the artillery school at the same location in peace )
  • Rocket Artillery Battalion 350, Montabaur
  • Resupply Battalion Sonderwaffen 320, Herborn
  • Security Battalion 300 (equipment unit), Giessen
  • Field Replacement Battalion 330 (GerEinh), Diez

assignment

With the corps artillery, the commanding general was primarily able to "fight with fire"; H. Fight important targets in the depths of space with the long-range missiles . The four missile artillery battalions of the corps troops were initially with MGM-29 Sergeant , later with MGM-52 Lance . With the drone battery, these goals could be clarified or general situation reconnaissance carried out.

The corps artillery also had the task of bringing special ammunition into effect in the context of nuclear participation . The troops were specially trained for this. The security battalions were supposed to secure the special ammunition and transport and repair the supply battalions.

today

Today there are still four active artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr, three of them divisional artillery and one brigade artillery battalion ( ArtBtl 295 ). Artillery forces at corps level are no longer provided.

See also

• List of units of the artillery force of the Army of the Bundeswehr

Individual evidence

1. ^ Corps artillery. In: Bundeswehr location database . www.zmsbw.de, accessed on April 25, 2020 .