NECIC (military competition)

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Northern European Command Infantry Competition , abbreviated NECIC , was a military competition originally intended for the member states of NATO NEC (Northern Europe Command). The NECIC, or, in common parlance, the “NEC” competition, took place every year in the autumn months. So-called NEC platoons were formed in selected combat companies (fighters, paratroopers, tank grenadiers, etc.) of the northern NATO allies Norway , Denmark and the Federal Republic of Germany ( LANDJUT corps area ), which spent several months preparing for the physically and mentally demanding competition.

organization

The NEC competition was under the overall supervision of CINCNORTH (Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe). At division level, NEC preliminary competitions were held for the various teams in order to make a selection.

history

The NECIC was first carried out in 1969 in the Northern Europe command area. The aim was to compare the infantry performance of the participants and to promote friendly relations between the participating states. The NECIC, which took place in the second week of September of the year, saw itself in the tradition of the Rommel Prize at the Hammelburg military training area and was further developed under the direction of the CINCNORTH with its diverse and physically and physically demanding disciplines.

Teams from Great Britain (army and marine infantry), Canada and the Netherlands (marine infantry) took part in the annual competition in the three NEC host countries, Germany, Denmark and Norway.

These three states sent a 22-man team, which consisted of a team captain, a deputy team captain, two competition groups of a squad leader each and seven soldiers (equipped with 7 assault rifles and a machine gun) and four substitute soldiers. The German team was alternately represented by members of the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division and the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command .

The companies that provided a team for the competition had to be reported three months before the start of the competition. The NECIC was usually opened on Monday by the Land Deputy of AFNORTH and the senior officer in the host country with a presentation of the situation and a briefing. The night scouting party began on Tuesday night and ended with the official award ceremony by the CINCNORTH on Friday morning.

In 1985 a Danish team took first place with 3,105 points, followed by Canada and the Netherlands . Other participants were Norway , Great Britain and the Federal Republic of Germany . In the course of the competition, a special NECIC obstacle course was developed, which was designed for a special versatility of the group in overcoming obstacles. One of these NECIC obstacle courses is still located on the Putlos military training area in Ostholstein. It is used by various units during field training. The Cooperative Best Effort (CBE) exercise, which was mainly held in the Czech Republic or Latvia , became the successor to the NECIC competitions after 1992.

Competition disciplines

The NECIC consisted of the following disciplines:

  • I Night patrol : patrol order and Preparation. Behavior when leaving the group nest. Behavior when approaching the target area. Education results. Not being cleared up by the enemy. Behavior on return. Compliance with the time limit.
  • II Infantry All Purpose Competition: Report. Self- u. Comrade help. Panzer u. Helicopter identification service (NATO and Warsaw Pact). NBC defense. Terrain orientation with map and Compass. Distance Estimates. Throwing hand grenades. Combat shooting individual shooters. Overcoming obstacles. Combat-like behavior in the field.
  • III Group combat shooting at night: move into a developed defensive position. Fighting collapsible targets at a distance of 30 to 250 meters according to a set time u. Lighting plan. Battlefield lighting through signal cartridges, alarm flares, white light searchlights and mortar flares.
  • IV Terrain march with well-rehearsed situations: March 15 to 15 kilometers through challenging terrain. Situations: transporting the wounded, observing, etc. Reporting, overcoming obstacles and carrying loads, etc. Crossing bodies of water on foot or by rubber dinghy
  • V Daytime group shooting: scenario similar to III. Combat distances up to 350 meters.

Ratings

The NEC team with the highest number of points received the silver Viking ship as a challenge award. In addition, all group members and the substitutes of the winning team received an NEC shield and the gold medal. For the second u. Third-place winners accordingly receive the silver or bronze medal.

On September 17, 1982 the following ratings were obtained:

Team ranking

  1. Federal Republic of Germany 4,688 points
  2. Denmark 4,247 points
  3. Norway 4,056 points

Group scoring

  1. Canada 2,782 points
  2. Netherlands 2,494 points
  3. Great Britain 2,351 points

German competition teams

In 1983 the competition was held on the grounds of the Putlos military training area

The “Silver Viking Ship” of the NECIC international infantry competition won a team from the PzGrenBtl 161 (mot) in 1969.

Other winners:

  • 1977: Jäger Battalion 381
  • 1988: Jäger Battalion 66
  • 1992: Jäger Battalion 512
  • 1994: Jäger Battalion 511

Nordic Infantry Competition (NIC)

The Nordic Infantry Competition (NIC) can be seen as the successor to the NECIC, which took place for the first time from 8 to 10 September 2017 in rainy and cool weather with the participation of several German and a Danish teams at the Putlos military training area. The NIC 2017 was organized by the RK HeimatSchtzBtl 813. The NIC's disciplines included the following:

  • KLF march : 12 kilometers with 15 kilograms of luggage in less than two hours
  • Scoring with P8 , G36 and MG3
  • Hand grenade target throwing
  • Course with dismantling a MG
  • Observe and report. Identify various military objects and make a terrain sketch
  • Transport of the wounded: each team carries a stretcher with a comrade over the obstacle course
  • Country puzzles
  • Light a fire with certain tools
  • EOR : Recognize and appoint certain weapons using a pocket card
  • Tank detection
  • NEC obstacle course

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "European Command Infantry Competition (NECIC), is a squad-level exercise designed to assess the quality of the infantry within NATO's former Northern Region"
  2. ↑ List of abbreviations  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / fullabbreviations.com  
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Northern European Command Infantery Competition (NECIC). NEC infantry competition in Truppenpraxis 6/1983. P. 431ff. Darmstadt, Wehr und Wissen publishing company
  4. ^ Rommel's skirt and hat. Der Spiegel 22/1965 from May 26, 1965
  5. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) / Resultater NECIC 1985 (DK)
  6. ^ The Putlos military training area - an integral part of the training of the MEK, Hardthöhenkurier
  7. ^ NATO Fellowship Report
  8. ↑ CBE on the Global Security Homepage ( Memento from June 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ NATO News: Cooperative Best Effort 2003
  10. ↑ It's raining. It is cool. The muddy bottom is soft and deep. Ideal conditions for an infantry competition: Reservists from Lower Saxony, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Schleswig-Holstein as well as Heimwehr soldiers from Denmark are fighting in the Nordic Infantry Competition today. NIC 2017. Putlos military training area. The Bundeswehr in Schleswig-Holstein
  11. ↑ Flotte præstationer i Nordic Infantry Competition 2017. Homepage of Hjemmeværnet (Danish)
  12. ↑ Nordic Infantry Competition (NIC) 2017. Reservist Association of the Schleswig-Holstein Regional Group
  13. ↑ Loyal - The Magazine for Security Policy, # 10, 2017, How successful was the Nordic Infantry Competition, pp. 90–91.