Naval weapons school

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The Marine Weapons School (MWaS) was the central training facility of the German Navy for ship weapons and ammunition from October 1, 1974 to December 31, 2003, with one teaching group each in Eckernförde and in Kappeln . As part of the reorganization of the Navy's school landscape, the Naval Technology School took on the technical training and the Naval Operations School took on the operational and tactical training. The property in Eckernförde was retained and was added to the Eckernförde naval base command. The barracks and civil buildings in Kappeln were taken over by the Federal Property Administration and then sold to private investors. It is planned to build the “Schlei Terraces” there.

Insinuation

The naval weapons school was initially under the directorship of the head of the naval office , later the admiral naval training and from 2002 until the closure of the admiral further development and training.

assignment

The naval weapons school was responsible for carrying out surface and underwater weapons training for officers, NCOs and men in the Navy.

Teaching group A

Teaching group A in Eckernförde was responsible for training in

• Underwater weapon electronics
• Use of weapons and weapons ^*
• Operation Service ^*
• Underwater weapon mechanics and
• Barrage mechanics.

Teaching group A also provided basic training for underwater and barrage mechanics.

^* With a focus on speedboats , and only if the training did not take place at other training institutions (e.g. naval location school).

Teaching group B

Teaching group B in Kappeln ( Ellenberg district ) mainly trained the operating and maintenance staff for surface weapons and the associated weapons control systems. Basic training was also carried out in teaching group B, here primarily for prospective surface weapon mechanics and soldiers from the operations service who were intended for use on speedboats.

history

The MWaS was reorganized on October 1, 1974 by merging the Marine Underwater Weapons School (MUWWaS) and the Marine Artillery School (MArtS). The MUWWaS became MWaS teaching group A, the MArtS became teaching group B; both shares remained at the respective locations. The MWaS school staff was based in Eckernförde.

Naval underwater weapons school

The establishment of the marine underwater weapons school in Flensburg-Mürwik was ordered on August 15, 1956. The school combined the tasks of the earlier torpedo, blocking, submarine and underground defense schools. On April 1st, 1963 she moved to Eckernförde.

Naval artillery school

The establishment of the Naval Artillery School in Kiel was ordered for August 1956. On April 1, 1968, she moved to Ellenberg.

Both schools were initially subordinate to the Naval Weapons Command / Naval Weapons Command, from October 1, 1965 to the Admiral of Naval Weapons, and from October 1, 1973 directly to the head of the Naval Office .

Commanders

No.	Surname	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
08th	Sea captain Arndt Rainer Boonstoppel	1999	2002
07th	Sea captain Fritz Noblé	1996	1998
06th	Sea captain Dieter Leonhard	Oct 27, 1992	1995
05	Sea captain Peter Hoffmann	Apr 1, 1992	Oct 27, 1992
04th	Sea captain Klaus Dingeldein	Apr 1, 1989	March 31, 1992
03	Sea captain Hans-Jürgen Schäfer	21 Sep 1984	March 31, 1989
02	Sea captain Hans-Georg Nippe	Apr 1, 1980	Sep 20 1984
01	Sea captain Fritz Sievert	Oct. 1, 1974	March 31, 1980

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Marine weapons school, teaching group A. In: location database Bundeswehr. Military History Research Office, accessed on July 13, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Development plan no. 74 "Schlei-Terrassen" (former naval weapons school in Ellenberg); here: notice of establishment. City of Kappeln, accessed on July 13, 2016 . 
3. ↑ BM 20 - Naval Schools. (No longer available online.) Bundesarchiv-Militärarchiv, archived from the original on January 13, 2015 ; accessed on July 13, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.