List of security associations of the Army of the Bundeswehr

The list of backup units of the Bundeswehr contains all resolved, active and non-active (equipment units gekaderte battalions ) associations and major units involved in the armed forces were set up as a backup military unit or still are, as well as a brief overview of their time of preparation, deployment locations, insinuation and their Dissolution or renaming.

Overview

In their line-up, structure and armament, the security troop units were similar to the units of the hunter troop . Formally, they were often classified as part of this type of service and therefore wore identical uniforms. Significant thematic contrast to other branches of service of the infantry and was but that the backup troops had no heavy weapons in a heavy infantry company possessed and therefore there was no anti-tank , but only for anti-tank all troops by tank destroyer crews using antitank hand weapons were capable of and the absence of heavy support weapons only partially for defense, but in no case for attack. Your soldiers were only partially or not trained for both types of combat . Only units of the hunter troops , mountain troops , paratroopers and dismounted tank grenadiers were and are capable of mobile infantry combat in conjunction with other combat troops .

With regard to their mobility, the troops set up for security usually lagged well behind the other infantry troops. Their use concentrated mainly on securing stationary facilities. Security units and security associations serve and therefore served the protection of staffs, telecommunications equipment , important artillery systems and special ammunition stores through the auxiliary batteries of the artillery, the protection of the rear space, of traffic-related facilities such as marching streets of large formations, bridges and narrow streets, rail transport lines and water engineering facilities. These sub-units, units and associations were cadre in the mass and were filled with reservists from all uses, since every soldier with the completed basic training received the ATN security soldier and was thus able to do so.

Within the territorial army, each VKK was subordinated to one or more security platoons, and each VBK to one or more security companies. In the field army , most of the divisions had a security battalion to protect the staffs, telecommunications and logistics facilities, but above all the division command posts . In particular in the formations of the telecommunication troops and in the artillery regiments separate security units were integrated. The Navy and Air Force set up their own security troops to protect facilities that are important to them.

Legend

The legend applies to all of the following lists

Legend
Already dissolved
Still partially active or inactive (device unit)
Still active, name unchanged

See also here for the list of abbreviations.

Security and supply regiment at the Federal Ministry of Defense

The security and supply regiment at the Federal Ministry of Defense (in short: SichVersRgt BMVg) served to secure and supply the Federal Ministry of Defense and the top management staff of the Bundeswehr in Bonn and Berlin. It had infantry troops, even if it was not a "classic" fighter regiment. The regiment was based in Defense Area IV , so it was part of the Territorial Army . In addition to a few other associations, including logistics units, the regiment was subordinate to up to two hunter battalions as well as the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense as another infantry unit. These (with the exception of the guard battalion) were numbered 900, 901, etc. The composition of the regiment, however, fluctuated considerably, and in some cases had security battalions as infantry units alongside the guard battalion. For the sake of completeness, it is therefore included in this list according to its name, even if structurally it was not a real security association.

	designation	Listing (off)	Location staff	Whereabouts	comment
	SichVersRgt BMVg	1971 (including SichVersBtl)	Bonn -Hardthöhe	Disbanded in 1992, parts of the troops at StOKdo Berlin	Subject to WBK IV

Security battalions in the field army

In the field army , security battalions were not active infantry battalions during the Cold War , one of which was subordinate to each division (exception: 1st airborne division ) of the field army in Army Structure IV. Security battalions were not capable of independently waging infantry combat against enemy forces, but were tasked with protecting the divisional command posts. In addition, they supported the eleven auxiliary batteries of the eleven artillery regiments of the divisions. Due to this area of responsibility, they also lacked heavy weapons such as tank destroyers, as they had in many of the fighter battalions. A significant part of the soldiers in these battalions were not trained infantrymen, but belonged to other branches of service or branches of the armed forces. Its designation was made up of the division number to which the battalion was subordinate and the final number 8. The security battalion 18, for example, was the security battalion of the 1st Panzer Division. The mountain security battalion 88 is listed here, although it (like the mountain troop battalions 86 and 87) is also partly included in the mountain troops , see the list of troop units of the mountain troops of the army of the Bundeswehr .

In line with the security battalions of the divisions, inactive security battalions were also set up for the corps . Analogous to the division's security battalions, their task was to secure the corps headquarters and the corps artillery. They were subordinate to the artillery command of the corps. Their designation corresponded to the number of the artillery command and the final digits 00. The LANDJUT artillery security battalion was given the number 610 and was subordinate to the 600 artillery command. The non-active part of Artillery Command 600 - including the Security Battalion 610 - was subordinate to the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command during peacetime, and was therefore located in the area of the Territorial Army during peacetime.

In 2011, the fully present security battalion 12 was reorganized from personnel from the anti-tank gun battalion 12 and the light anti-aircraft missile battery 300 of the army anti-aircraft troops .

Planned security battalions field army in case of defense

	designation	Listing (off)	Location ¹	Whereabouts	comment
Security battalions of the divisions
	SichBtl 18	1981 (?)	Giesen - Ahrbergen	1992/93 (?) Dissolved Tle an HSchBtl 18	1. PzDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 28	1981 (?)	Frankenberg	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	2. PzGrenDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 38	1981 (?)	Zeven- Ape	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	3. PzDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 48	1981 (?)	On the mountain	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	4. PzGrenDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 58	1981 (?)	Daaden -Emmerzhausen	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	5. PzDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 68	1981 (?)	Itzehoe , Breitenburg	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	6. PzGrenDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 78	1981 (?)	Paderborn	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	7. PzDiv , device unit
	GebSichBtl 88	(?)	Mittenwald	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	8. GebDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 108	1981 (?)	Pfullendorf	1997 (?) Dissolved	10th PzDiv , from 1992: WBK share of JgRgt 10 (JgRgt 10, WBK V / 10th PzDiv), equipment unit
	SichBtl 118	1981 (?)	Delmenhorst	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	11. PzGrenDiv , device unit
	SichBtl 128	1981 (?)	Tauberbischofsheim	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	12. PzDiv , device unit
Corps security battalions
	SichBtl 610	1981 (?)	Flensburg	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	ArtKdo 600, in action LANDJUT , otherwise in peace Territorialkommando Schleswig-Holstein , device unit Note: active TrT of the ArtKdo 600 were subordinate to the 6th PzGrenDiv
	SichBtl 767	1982	Koblenz / Baumholder	Disbanded in 1990/91	III. Corps, intended as part of the defunct Security Regiment 300, equipment unit
	SichBtl 100	1981 (?)	Ahaus -Ottenstein	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	ArtKdo 1, I. Corps , equipment unit
	SichBtl 300	1981 (?)	to water	1992/93 (?) Dissolved	ArtKdo 3, III. Corps , equipment unit
	SichBtl 200	1965	Grossengstingen	Disbanded in 1992	ArtKdo 2, II. Corps , equipment unit
New
	SichBtl 12	2011 (PzFlakBtl 12 and lFlaRakBttr 300)	Hardheim	Disbanded in 2016	until Dec. 31, 2012 Army Brigade , then Division Air Mobile Operations

¹ location for inactive battalions either mobilization point, depot point or location of the cadre

Security battalions in the territorial army

Tactical symbol of a security battalion in the territorial army . The St. Andrew's cross had in common with the tactical symbol of a hunter battalion, including the symbol for security.

This M 48 battle tank was the commanding tank of 1./SichBtl 767. The tactical symbol is a combination of the tactical symbol for tank units and the security force: a stylized chain with an inscribed symbol for security.

Security battalions were planned in the Territorial Army as part of the Wartime Host Nation Support Program (WHNS). These WHNS troops were formed from reservists and civilian national employees who were responsible for the external security of the properties of the allied armed forces. Analogous to the security battalions in the field army , a significant number of the soldiers in these battalions did not consist of trained infantrymen, but belonged to a wide variety of military branches. The WHNS security battalions essentially secured the infrastructure of the American reformer troops .

The Defense District Commands (VBK) were subordinate to their own security battalions for area security and protection in the rear area . Correspondingly, depending on the importance of their area of operations and the properties to be protected, such as fixed telecommunications systems and traffic and infrastructure points, tank facilities for the NATO pipeline and backward marching roads, independent security companies and security trains were subordinate to the defense district commands.

When naming, a distinction must be made between the battalions directly subordinate to the support commandos and the battalions subordinate to the defense district commands.

Battalions of the support commandos : Their three-digit number always ended with 1 (or 2 or 3 if there was more than one battalion in the support command) and always began with a 4 . The second (middle) digit corresponded to the number of the support command to which the battalion was assigned. Their numbers also followed a certain system. The support commands 3, 4 and 5 were subordinate to the military areas III, IV and V. The support command 7 was subordinate to the territorial command north , the support commands 8 and 9 were subordinate to the territorial command south . Note: In support command 3, only the security company 4301 - no battalion - was planned as a device unit.

Battalions of the Defense District Command : These battalions also had a four-digit sequence beginning with 4. The middle two digits were identical to the number of the higher-level defense district command. The final number was a 1 for the first security battalion in the Defense District Command, a 2 for the second security battalion, etc.

The security battalions of the 900 line-up were, in addition to the guard battalion, infantry units that were set up to protect the Bundeswehr command and the political leaders of the Federal Republic.

Established security battalions

	designation	Listing (off)	Location ¹	Whereabouts	comment
Backup battalions of the support commandos
	SichBtl 441	1987 (?)	Mainz	1997 (?) Dissolved	WHNS, UstKdo 4, device unit
	SichBtl 451	1985 (?)	Walldürn	1993 (?) Dissolved	WHNS, UstKdo 5, device unit
	SichBtl 471	1987 (?)	Xanten	from 1993 (after dissolution of UstKdo 7): SichBtl 483	WHNS, UstKdo 7, device unit
	SichBtl 481	1986 (?)	Zweibrücken (?) Kaiserslautern ?	1997 (?) Dissolved	WHNS, UstKdo 8, device unit
	SichBtl 482	1986 (?)	Bexbach	1997 (?) Dissolved	WHNS, UstKdo 8, device unit
	SichBtl 483	1993	Xanten	from 1999: HSchBtl 483	WHNS, UstKdo 8, device unit
	SichBtl 491	1986 (?)	Mannheim	1997 (?) Dissolved	WHNS, UstKdo 9, device unit
Defense District Command Security Battalions
	SichBtl 4311	(?)	Cologne-Ossendorf	2007 dissolved as HSchBtl 311	WHNS, VBK 31, device unit
	SichBtl 4321	(?)	Dusseldorf	1999 reclassified to HSchBtl 751	WHNS, VBK 32, device unit
	SichBtl 4411	(?)	Koblenz	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 41, device unit
	SichBtl 4421	(?)	Naurath- Heidweiler	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 42, device unit
	SichBtl 4422	(?)	Naurath-Heidweiler	Dissolved in 2006	WHNS, VBK 42, device unit VBK 84
	SichBtl 4431	(?)	Mainz -Kastel	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 43, device unit
	SichBtl 4432	(?)	Mainz -Kastel	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 43, device unit
	SichBtl 4433	(?)	Mainz -Kastel	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 43, device unit
	SichBtl 4451	(?)	Kaiserslautern	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 45, device unit
	SichBtl 4452	(?)	Kaiserslautern	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 45, device unit
	SichBtl 4453	(?)	Zweibrücken- Wattweiler	(?) dissolved	WHNS, VBK 45, device unit
	SichBtl 4511	(?)	Schorndorf- Oberken	1999 reclassified to HSchBtl 511	WHNS, VBK 51, device unit
Security battalions SichVersRgt BMVg
	SichBtl 901	(?)	Down	(?) dissolved or reclassified in JgBtl 901 (?)	SichVersRgt BMVg, WBK IV, device unit
	SichBtl 902	n / A	Cologne-Ossendorf	(?) dissolved or reclassified in JgBtl 902 (?)	SichVersRgt BMVg, WBK IV, device unit later: StOKdo Berlin / 100

¹ location either mobilization point, depot point or location of the cadre

Other security associations and units

Replacement battalions

In the Wehrleit-, spare - and field replacement battalions were reservists of the different branches of service and general activities as well as the armored force or artillery planned to compensate them in occurring losses in these associations in the field army and Territorial Army by personnel replacement. A battalion cadre was responsible for the planning and administrative implementation of the training and preparation of personnel replacement. The replacement battalions were not intended to conduct combat, but could and should perform general security tasks in their deployment area in which they were training. The military command and replacement battalions had no large equipment and were in no way comparable to an infantry unit.

Backup batteries

Outline of support commands 5 . The tactical symbol for the escort battery corresponded to a mixture of the tactical symbol of the barrel artillery (point) and the St. Andrew's cross of the infantry

As backup units within the divisional artillery, backup batteries were set up as infantry units. The mission was the mobile and stationary security of the US special ammunition stocks , which were planned for the respective German army division. The auxiliary batteries 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11 and 12, as well as the mountain auxiliary battery 8, were set up. Only the 1st Airborne Division as the 9th Division had only the 9th Artillery Battalion without an auxiliary battery. These corresponded to the respective division number. According to their order, the escort batteries belonged to the artillery force . However, in the original tactical symbol it was expressed that the training and the actual service were clearly infantry. An auxiliary battery corresponds purely in formal terms to a company. The actual manpower of an escort battery, however, was more in the battalion range. The 4 escort trains each had a staff of 70 to 85 men. In addition, extensive forces were combined in the battery management group, such as B. for example own Schirrmeisterei, gun repairs for FK 20, NBC defense and SAN troops. The batteries planned in some of the six support commandos (WHNS) to secure American nuclear missiles and the corresponding artillery units also belonged to the artillery. Her number was four digits. The auxiliary batteries 4301, 4302 (support command 3), 4402 (UstKdo 4), 4501, 4502 (UstKdo 5), 4801, 4802 and 4803 (UstKdo 5) were set up.

Further security forces of the army

Further units and sub-units for security were set up in telecommunication associations for self-security and, to a certain extent, the higher-level staffs, unless they had their own active or cadreed security trains or security companies in their staff companies or command support battalions. These were also found in the other branches of the armed forces. In foreign deployments today, security units recruited abroad are used to secure the camp, which are only subordinated to the German deployment contingents for tactical purposes.

Infantry forces of other branches of the armed forces

Tactical sign of the 4th Company / Air Force Security Regiment 2

Tactical sign of a naval security company / eyrie security squadron of Naval Aviation Squadron 2

The security forces of the navy and the air force are comparable to the security battalions in the army . The task of these associations is to secure the military objects of these branches of the armed forces, for example ports or airports. In the Marines are these associations using number attributed to the 76th These included the various naval security associations established in history and, as their successors, the naval protection forces . In the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense , other marine security guards serve in the marine companies. The units of the Marine Specialized Forces , including combat swimmers, are fundamentally qualified for infantry combat . In the Air Force, the security associations in the property protection service are among the associations comparable to the security battalions in the army. These include the object protection regiment and the air force security squadron of the squadron as well as their predecessors, the air force security regiments. The Air Force Security Squadron, like one of the backup batteries in the army, is also intended for the protection of nuclear weapons. There is also an infantry air force component in the guard battalion.

Guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense

A special security battalion in the territorial army is the guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense . His team ranks in the lowest rank were temporarily referred to as hunters, today as grenadiers. It almost exclusively performs protocol tasks, but is capable of security tasks in the event of a defense. His soldiers wear a Gothic W as a separate beret badge. As an association, the guard battalion has regimental strength, and its units are trained as infantry regardless of whether they are assigned to the air force or the navy. In order to represent all branches of the armed forces at all times, all soldiers in the guard battalion are each equipped with uniforms from two branches of the armed forces.