Panzer Brigade 39

Panzer Brigade 39 ; "Thuringia" ; - PzBrig 39 - ; X
	; ; Association badge
active	Jan. 1, 1991 to Dec. 20, 2001
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
last seat of the staff	Erfurt
commander
last commander	Brigadier General Günter Weiler

The armored brigade 39 "Thuringia" was a brigade of the German Army with seat of the bar in Erfurt . The brigade was disbanded in 2001 and until then was stationed in Thuringia and Hesse, initially as a brigade of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division , later the 5th Panzer Division .

history

In 1990 the 4th MotSchützendivision of the NVA was reorganized as Homeland Security Brigade 39 on January 1, 1991. From former NVA units which were Mechanized Infantry Battalion 391 , Mechanized Infantry Battalion 392, the tank battalion 393 , the tank battalion 394, the Armored Engineer Company 390 , the armored infantry company 390 in Bad Salzungen in the Werra barracks and armored reconnaissance company 390 in Gotha reorganized as units of the brigade. The 395 Panzer Artillery Battalion, relocated to Erfurt , followed. As early as 1991, the nickname "Thuringia" was given. In 1995 Homeland Security Brigade 39 was renamed Panzerbrigade 39 and subordinated to Military District Command VII / 13th Panzer Grenadier Division. When Defense Area Command VII / 13th Panzer Grenadier Division was defused again in 1996, Panzer Brigade 39 switched to Defense Area Command IV / 5th Panzer Division . In the same year, the Brigade was assigned the Panzergrenadierbataillon 52 ( Rotenburg ) and the Panzerartilleriebataillon 2 in Hessisch Lichtenau . The Panzerartilleriebataillon 2 was formed from the Panzerartilleriebataillon 395. In 1996 the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 392 and the Panzer Battalion 394 were decommissioned. In 1997 the field replacement company 390 was reorganized as a device unit. In 2001, Panzerbataillon 393 and Panzerpionierkompanie 390 of Jägerbrigade 37 returned to the brigade. The Panzergrenadierbataillon 52 and Panzerartilleriebataillon 2 were transferred to Panzerbrigade 14 for this purpose. In 2001 the brigade was decommissioned.

Parts of the brigade were deployed in the 1st follow-up contingent in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1998 and in Kosovo in 1999/2000 .

Association badge

The association badge corresponds to the Thuringian state coat of arms . The coat of arms shows in the glaze blue shield the four times the same width red and silver striped, gold armored and crowned colored lions of the Ludowingers , surrounded by eight silver stars. It is also similar to the coat of arms of Hesse . Parts of the brigade were stationed in Hessen not when it was founded, but later. In doing so, the brigade did not use the heraldic symbols of the division that was originally above it, as was customary for the brigades in the Federal Republic before 1990. Her coat of arms was also framed by a silver cord with a black coat of arms woven into it. This border was not common for a German brigade until 1990, but was mainly reserved for the divisions. One reason may be the establishment as a homeland security brigade, which in its heraldic representation was not based on the armorial system of the field army. Rather, the territorial aspect was presumably in the foreground, so that the brigade fell back on the coat of arms of their "homeland".

Commanders

Homeland Security - later Panzerbrigade 39 - was commanded by:

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
5	Brigadier General Günter Weiler	September 5, 1997	September 30, 2001
4th	Brigadier General Wolfgang Schneiderhan	September 14, 1994	4th September 1997
3	Brigadier General Hans-Christian Beck	April 30, 1993	September 13, 1994
2	Brigadier General Norbert van Heyst	March 22, 1991	April 29, 1993
1	Brigadier General Bernd Albert	3rd October 1990	March 21, 1991

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