Mobilization Divisions (NVA)

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The mobilization divisions were large units of the National People's Army of the GDR , which were to be set up in the event of mobilization .

history

Lineup

For the land forces of the National People's Army , the formation of five mobilization divisions was planned in the event of war. It was planned to set up the mobilization divisions, three in Military District III ( 3rd Army ) and two in Military District V ( 5th Army ), within 48 hours of mobilization . To carry out combat tasks , the divisions would have been ready - with restrictions - after about 72 hours. The mobilization divisions should be set up as motorized rifle divisions .

The training centers (until December 1, 1986 NCO schools ) and the assigned complex camps formed the basis for the establishment of the mobilization divisions . The training centers were used to train NCOs and reservists . They were already structured in divisional structure. The commander of the training center was also designated as the division commander and the heads of the departments were also intended to be regimental or battalion commanders . The vehicles, weapons and equipment of the respective mobilization division were stored in the complex camps . The stocks in the complex camps were regularly checked and replaced if necessary (e.g. ammunition). 30 percent of the approximately 5,600 tons of ammunition and explosives in a division were already in the combat vehicles.

The 19th motorized rifle division or the training center 19 differed from the other training centers of the NVA in that all other training centers were fully mobile units, while the troops and units of the training center 19 were already partially active during peacetime.

The structure of the mobilization divisions largely corresponded to the structure of the active motorized rifle divisions.

The associations were set up when they were formed for:

  • Training Center 6 on November 27, 1958 as Training Regiment-3
  • the training center 10 on November 27, 1958 as training regiment 5
  • the training center 17 on May 1, 1961 as training regiment 7
  • training center 19 on December 1, 1981 as training center 15
  • the training center 20 on December 1, 1974 as NCO School III

resolution

On October 3, 1990, the NVA was integrated into the Bundeswehr and the individual units were placed under the command of the Bundeswehr Command East .

Line up when mobilizing

In the event of mobilization, the formation of the divisions was planned as follows:

For Military District III (3rd Army)
For Military District V (5th Army)
  • the 19th motorized rifle division based on the training center 19 (formerly training center 15) " Carl Clausewitz " (castle) in Wulkow and the complex camp 25 in Grimme near Zerbst .
  • the 20th motorized rifle division based on the training center 20 (former NCO III) " Max Matern " (Karpin) and the complex camp 15 (Relzow) in Bredenfelde .

equipment

Status: 1987

T-55 tanks of the NVA
designation Should be war Should peace Is (1987)
6th Motorized Rifle Division
Launch pad 9P113 (Luna M) 4th 2 4th
Medium tank T 55 214 50 214
BMP armored personnel carrier 31 31 31
Armored personnel carrier 70 / 60P / 152W1 / PSH / 50PK 333 2 129
Guns and projectiles 126 2 126
Bridge-laying armor 13 6th 13
10th Motorized Rifle Division
Launch pad 9P113 (Luna M) 4th 4th 4th
Medium tank T 55 214 25th 214
Armored personnel carrier 70 / 60P / 152W1 / PSH / 50PK 368 27 364
Guns and projectiles 124 12 124
Bridge-laying armor 13 - 13
17th motorized rifle division
Launch pad 9P113 (Luna M) 4th 2 4th
Medium tank T 55 214 42 103
Medium tank T 54 - - 111
Armored personnel carrier 70 / 60P / 152W1 / PSH / 50PK 368 30th 189
Guns and projectiles 126 - 126
Bridge-laying armor 13 - 13
19th motorized rifle division
Launch pad 9P113 (Luna M) 4th 4th 4th
Medium tank T 55 214 32 101
Medium tank T 54 - - 113
BMP armored personnel carrier 31 30th 31
Armored personnel carrier 70 / 60P / 152W1 / PSH / 50PK 333 41 316
Guns and projectiles 126 17th 126
Bridge-laying armor 13 2 13
20th Motorized Rifle Division
Launch pad 9P113 (Luna M) 4th 4th 4th
Medium tank T 72 31 31 33
Medium tank T 55 183 39 181
BMP armored personnel carrier 31 31 31
Armored personnel carrier 70 / 60P / 152W1 / PSH / 50PK 333 15th 317
Guns and projectiles 126 6th 36
Bridge-laying armor 13 6th 13

structure

war

For the mobilization divisions, when they were set up, the following were provided:

  • three motorized rifle regiments (MSR)
    • 6th Motorized Rifle Division
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 11th
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 12
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 13th
    • 10th Motorized Rifle Division
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 14th
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 15th
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 16
    • 17th motorized rifle division
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 41
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 42
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 43
    • 19th motorized rifle division
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 51
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 52
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 53
    • 20th Motorized Rifle Division
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 33
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 34
      • Motorized Rifle Regiment 35

Furthermore, the following troop units, provided with the number of the division:

  • Panzer Regiment
  • Artillery Regiment
  • Flak regiment
  • Missile department
  • Missile Launcher Department
  • Reconnaissance Battalion
  • Engineer Battalion
  • Panzerjäger detachment
  • News battalion
  • Battalion Material Security
  • Repair Battalion
  • Chemical Defense Battalion (38 Bat.No.)
  • Medical Battalion
  • Replacement regiment

peace

The training centers 6, 10, 17 and 20 were in peacetime, according to their task, the training of NCOs and reservists, divided into specializations, which were already based on the division structure.

Training center 19 was the only one that did not emerge from a non-commissioned officer school and was therefore structured differently from the other training centers from the start. In the training center 19 the following troops were already present in peacetime:

  • Motorized Rifle Training Regiment 30 (Burg)
  • Motorized Rifle Training Regiment 31 (Glöwen)
  • Motorized Rifle Training Regiment 32 (Burg)
  • Tank Training Regiment 19 (Burg)
  • Artillery Training Regiment 19 (Kliez)
  • Anti- aircraft training regiment 19 (Burg)
  • Missile Department 19 (Klietz)
  • Projectile Thrower Training Department 19 (Kliez)
  • Reconnaissance Training Battalion 19 (Burg)
  • Pioneer Training Battalion 19 (Havelberg)
  • Panzerjäger training department 19 (Klietz)
  • News Training Battalion 19 (Burg)
  • Training Battalion Material Assurance 19 (Burg)
  • Repair Training Battalion 19 (Burg)
  • Chemical Defense Training Battalion 19 (Havelberg)
  • Medical training battalion 19 (Burg)

Workforce

The mobilization divisions / training centers had the following staff levels:

designation Should be war Should peace Actual (January 1, 1987)
6. MSD / AZ-60 14,601 992 1,380
10. MSD / AZ-10 14,545 1,304 1,706
17. MSD / AZ-17 14,557 1.008 1,410
19. MSD / AZ-19 14,589 3,033 2,276
20. MSD / AZ-20 14,601 1,645 1,892

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Klaus Naumann (Ed.): NVA - Claim and Reality, according to selected documents . Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn GmbH Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1994. ISBN 3-8132-0506-1 . P. 89.
  2. ↑ Wilfried Copenhagen / Hans Mehl / Knut Schäfer: The NVA - land, air and naval forces . 1st edition Motorbuch Verlag. Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-613-02624-4 . P. 180
  3. ↑ Federal Archives. " AZ-6  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ". May 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesarchiv.de  
  4. ↑ Federal Archives. " AZ-10  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ". May 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesarchiv.de  
  5. ↑ Federal Archives. " AZ-17  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ". May 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesarchiv.de  
  6. ↑ Federal Archives. " AZ-19  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ". May 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesarchiv.de  
  7. ↑ Federal Archives. " AZ-20  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ". May 31, 2009@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.bundesarchiv.de  
  8. ↑ a b c d e f Klaus Naumann (Ed.): NVA - Claim and Reality, according to selected documents . Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn GmbH Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1994. ISBN 3-8132-0506-1 . P. 109
  9. ^ Siegfried Lautsch: Theater of War Germany. Experience and knowledge of an NVA officer . Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, Potsdam 2013, ISBN 978-3-941571-28-0 , p. 118.
  10. ↑ a b Klaus Naumann (Ed.): NVA - Claim and Reality, according to selected documents . Verlag ES Mittler & Sohn GmbH Hamburg / Berlin / Bonn 1994. ISBN 3-8132-0506-1 . P. 119/120
  11. ↑ Wilfried Copenhagen / Hans Mehl / Knut Schäfer: The NVA - land, air and naval forces . 1st edition Motorbuch Verlag. Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-613-02624-4 . P. 180/182
  12. ↑ Wilfried Copenhagen / Hans Mehl / Knut Schäfer: The NVA - land, air and naval forces . 1st edition Motorbuch Verlag. Stuttgart 2006. ISBN 3-613-02624-4 . P. 182