Logistics Brigade 4

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Logistics
Brigade 4 - LogBrig 4 -

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( did not have an association badge )
active July 1, 1994 to December 31, 2003
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Logistics brigade
Staff seat Strausberg

The logistics brigade 4 was one of the logistics brigades of the Army of the German Armed Forces with headquarters in Strausberg .

history

prehistory

After the end of the east-west conflict , the structure of the logistics troops was changed to take over the army structure V and V (N). A large part of the supply and repair troops in the West German field and territorial army was previously divided at the highest level into supply , repair and supply commands. The West German corps , as corps troops, led the supply and repair commands. Similarly, the territorial commands also had at least one directly subordinate supply command, each uniting repair and replenishment in one unit.

In the new structure, the bulk of the logistics units of the field and territorial armies listed above - provided they were not decommissioned - were combined in newly established logistics brigades . The medical brigades and command support brigades in the corps were set up according to a similar principle . These merged large formations of a new type combined units and tasks of the previous field and territorial army. Only in the event of a defense would the associations probably have been separated again. It was planned to assign a logistics brigade to each of the three planned corps / territorial commands. The new logistics brigades to be set up were numbered accordingly:

Ultimately, the merged corps / territorial commands were not set up in West Germany . However, the establishment of the logistics brigades at the corps or at the corps / territorial command east was retained.

Established as a logistics brigade east

The later IV Corps was initially planned as a Corps / Territorial Command East. Accordingly, the later Logistics Brigade 4 was initially referred to as the Logistics Brigade East . The Logistics Brigade East was set up on January 28, 1991 in the Strausberg Barnim barracks at the Corps / Territorial Command East .

Renaming to Logistics Brigade 4

The Logistics Brigade East was renamed Logistics Brigade 4 on July 1, 1994 at about the same time as the corps was renamed. The Logistics Brigade 4 switched to the Army Support Command until 1996 .

resolution

At the end of 2002, in preparation for decommissioning, Logistics Brigade 4 was subordinated to Defense Division I of the Armed Forces Base. The Logistics Brigade 4 was dissolved by December 31, 2003.

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Unlike most other brigades in the Army, the logistics brigade did not have its own association badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superordinate large association .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire logistics brigade. It showed a compass rose , the Iron Cross as the national emblem of the Bundeswehr, a sword and the outline of the New States . The blue coloring of the stylized area of East Germany corresponded to the weapon color of the army logistics troops . The black, red and gold shield corresponded to the flag of Germany .

literature

  • Reinhard Teuber: The Bundeswehr 1955–1995 . In: Leadership and Troop . 1st edition. tape 5 . Patzwall, Norderstedt 1996, ISBN 3-931533-03-4 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ A logistics brigade 3 was possibly also initially planned, but it was decided early on to discontinue the III. Corps . This meant that there were no plans for a possible logistics brigade 3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g location database of the Bundeswehr in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the training grounds used by the Bundeswehr abroad. In: Website of the Military History Research Office . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr; Military History Research Office, accessed on March 28, 2019 (For technical reasons, direct links to individual search queries or search results are not possible. Please use the "search form" to research information on the individual offices).
  2. ↑ a b BArch BH 37 / Army Support Command (inventory). In: German Digital Library . Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Federal Archives, July 8, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ BArch BH 9-64 / Logistikbrigade 4th Federal Archives, accessed on January 26, 2020 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  N , 13 ° 50'  E