List of units of the armored reconnaissance troops of the Bundeswehr

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The beret badge of the tank reconnaissance force
Tactical sign of the tank reconnaissance

The list of units of the armored reconnaissance troops of the Bundeswehr contains all the units and large units of the armored reconnaissance troops of the Bundeswehr as well as a brief overview of the time when they were deployed, the locations where they were stationed, their subordination and their dissolution or renaming.

The observation and artillery reconnaissance groups of the artillery troops as well as the reconnaissance groups of the army reconnaissance troops, which emerged from the tank reconnaissance and other branches of the army, were not included. See also the list of artillery units of the Bundeswehr and the list of army reconnaissance units of the Bundeswehr .

Legend

Legend
Dissolved
Active (as a reconnaissance battalion)

See also here for the list of abbreviations.

Battalions

The number of the battalions deployed indicates their subordination to one of the twelve, later 14 divisions of the field army. The Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 1 was under z. B. the 1st Panzer Division , the 7th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion of the 7th Panzer Division, etc. In this sense, the 8th Division was the 1st Mountain Division . This division was therefore subordinate to the Mountain Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 8, whereby the prefix results from the subordination to the Mountain Division, but the battalion itself was counted unreservedly to the armored reconnaissance force. The 9th Division was the 1st Airborne Division . However, this was only subordinated to an airborne reconnaissance company (Luftlandpanzeraufklungskompanie 9); an (airborne) tank reconnaissance battalion 9 was therefore not set up.

The two tank reconnaissance battalions established in East Germany after 1990 did not initially receive a designation corresponding to this scheme, partly because the newly established divisions initially did not operate as the 13th and 14th divisions; Instead, the two battalions were initially given the numbers 70 and 80, which arose from their military areas VII and VIII. These names were later adapted accordingly and followed the conventions of the other battalions.

With the significant downsizing of the army and the associated restructuring beginning around the mid-1990s, this stringent designation convention was repealed. For reasons of tradition, the battalions mostly kept their names when changing positions. The battalion number of the remaining tank reconnaissance battalions before this type of troop was integrated into the army reconnaissance force therefore mostly only indicated the origin of the battalion, but mostly no longer its actual subordination to one of the divisions. With the formation of the Army Reconnaissance Force , most of the remaining armored reconnaissance units and units were renamed the Reconnaissance Battalion and Reconnaissance Company . However, your number was mainly retained for reasons of tradition.

designation Lineup Stationing place (s) Previous designation comment
Pz AufklBtl 1 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 1 10/01/1958 Augustdorf
from February 1959 Braunschweig 		- List of parts Pz AufklBtl 7 and 4
Dissolution June 16, 1994
Pz AufklBtl 2 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 2 06/01/1958 Fritzlar
from November 1962 Hessisch Lichtenau 		-
Listed by extension Pz AufklKp 2 (Pz AufklBt. 3)
Dissolution September 25, 1996
AufklLBtl 3 (B) .png Pz AufklLehrBtl 3 08/01/1956 Lingen
from 1959 Lüneburg 		Pz AufklLBtl 3 Takeover of the teaching assignment from Pz AufklLehrBtl 11, which was dissolved in 1997,
2008 Renaming to AufklLehrBtl 3 "Lüneburg"
Pz AufklBtl 4 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 4 04/01/1957 Weiden
from Feb. 1959 Roding 		- List of parts of Pz AufklBtl 367 (preliminary)
dissolution 1991
Pz AufklBtl 5 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 5 07/01/1956 New Tramm / Dannenberg
from Dec. 13, 1956 Fritzlar
from Dec. 14, 1962 Sontra 		-
Listed from parts of the BGS Command North, I. GSG 6 After partial integration into the newly established Mountain Reconnaissance Battalion 230, dissolution on June 30, 2008.
Pz AufklBtl 6 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 6 10/01/1958 Lingen
from April 1961 Eutin 		- Listed by extension Pz AufklKp 6
2008 Renaming to AufklBtl 6 " Holstein "
Pz AufklBtl 7 (BV) .png Pz AufklBtl 7 04/01/1958 Augustdorf in the
future: Ahlen 		- Reclassification / renaming LehrBtl Pz Aufkl Bremen-Grohn
Dissolution December 31, 2002, will be reorganized as AufklBtl 7 according to the stationing concept 2011
AufklBtl 8 (B) .png GebPz AufklBtl 8 04/01/1970 Freyung - List of parts PzGrenBtl 243
2008 renamed to AufklBtl 8
Pz AufklBtl 10 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 10 04/01/1959 Ingolstadt - List of parts LLPz AufklKp 9 and GebPz AufklKp 8
dissolved September 30, 1992
Pz AufklLBtl 11 (B) .png Pz AufklLehrBtl 11 04/01/1957 Dedelstorf
from June 1957 Munster 		Pz AufklBtl 1 Renaming May 1958 to LehrBtl
16 March 1959 assignment to 11th PzGrenDiv and renaming to Pz AufklLehrBtl 11
dissolution April 1997
Pz AufklBtl 12 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 12 10/01/1970 Wild spots
from 1981 boars 		- List of parts of PzGrenBtl 353 and 2./Pz AufklBtl 12
terminated June 30, 2004
Pz AufklBtl 13 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 13 04/01/1991 Gotha Pz AufklBtl 70 List of parts of AufklBtlne 4, 7 and 11 (all NVA)
April 1, 1994 Renaming to Pz AufklBtl 13
2008 Renaming to AufklBtl 13
Pz AufklBtl 14 (B) .png Pz AufklBtl 14 06/21/1991 Beelitz Pz AufklBtl 80 List of parts of AufklBtl 1 ( NVA )
April 1, 1994 Renaming to Pz AufklBtl 14
Dissolution March 31, 1997

Independent companies

In addition to the battalions listed in full above, there were various independent tank reconnaissance companies that are not listed here. Among these Standen a brigade they were usually referred to according to the following scheme: The tank reconnaissance company XX0 was the elucidation of the company Brigade XX (Examples: Panzer reconnaissance company 210 → 21st Panzer Brigade . Armored reconnaissance training company 90 → panzerlehrbrigade 9 ). Corresponding to the naming of the brigades, some of these companies were referred to as airborne reconnaissance, tank reconnaissance training or mountain reconnaissance companies, but they belonged to the tank reconnaissance force. Units of the tank reconnaissance units that were directly subordinate to the corps were usually given the numbers 100, 200 and 300 for subordination to the I. , II. And III. Corps .

Correspondingly, the remote scouts temporarily belonging to the tank reconnaissance force were assigned the designations Fernspähkompanie 100, Fernspählehrkompanie 200 and Fernspähkompanie 300 according to their subordination to one of the three corps, see also the list of the German armed forces' long-distance reconnaissance units .

Abbreviations

The following abbreviations are used:

  • AufklBtl → Reconnaissance Battalion
  • GSG → Border Guard Group
  • GebPz AufklBtl → Mountain Armored Reconnaissance Battalion
  • GebAufklKp → Mountain Reconnaissance Company