Rapid Reaction Forces

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As Crisis Reaction Forces ( KRK ) were designated in the Bundeswehr units that were mainly used for crisis intervention. These associations could be called up without mobilization, after a short preparation period and used anywhere. The equipment was better than that of the main defense forces (HVK) and the training of soldiers was more mission-oriented. Target strengths of 50,000 to 150,000 soldiers were planned. Overall, the available personnel volume as of January 1, 1996 was around 50,000 soldiers.

The KRK units have their origins in the early 1990s from the Army Structure V (N) and were later implemented for new tasks with the New Army Army Structure . With 37,000 soldiers, the army provided a large part. This included the German shares in the ACE Rapid Reaction Corps , ACE Mobile Force (Land), Multinational Division Central and Eurocorps , the 12th and 21st Tank Brigade, Air Mechanized Brigade 1 , Airborne Brigade 31 , parts of Airborne Brigade 26 and Jägerbrigade 37 , the German parts of the Franco-German Brigade, the paratrooper companies B1 (command) and later the special forces command . In addition, the headquarters of the Luftmobile Forces Command, the 7th and 10th Panzer Divisions . There were additional support forces available, which enabled an army division with two brigades to be deployed without additional mobilization measures. As an addition, all parts had the abbreviation KRK after their name.

With the structure of the Bundeswehr in 2010, the HVK and KRK associations were dissolved and are divided into intervention forces , stabilization forces and support forces .

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