Armored Brigade 6

This article deals with Panzerbrigade 6, formerly Panzerbrigade 34. Until 1981, this was the name of the tank brigade 14, which was active until 2008 .

Panzerbrigade 6 - PzBrig 6 - X
Association badge
active	April 1, 1975 to  Sep. 30 1993
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Tank brigade
last staff seat	Hofgeismar

The Armored Brigade 6 with last seat in Hofgeismar was a brigade of the German army last and as an association of the second Panzergrenadierdivision assumed. The brigade was disbanded in 1993. The units of the brigade were stationed in Lower Saxony , Hesse , and North Rhine-Westphalia . Until 1981 the brigade described here was designated as Panzerbrigade 34.

history

As Panzer Brigade 34 until 1981

Army structure 3

The later Panzerbrigade 6 was set up in 1975 as Panzerbrigade 34 based in Kassel . Initially it was subordinate to the Stabskompanie 34, the Panzerjägerkompanie 340 in Wolfhagen (from parts of the Panzerjägerkompanie 50, Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 ), the Panzergrenadierbataillon 341 in Allendorf (from parts of the 5./Panzerbataillon 63 as 2nd company and 5./Panzerbataillon 64 as 3rd company set up and relocated to Wolfhagen in 1976) and the tank battalions 342 and 343 in Arolsen (each made up of one half of the 44 tank battalion). In 1975 the tank pioneer company 340 was set up in Hannoversch Münden from the 2nd swimming bridge company. In the same year the supply company 340 was set up in Fuldatal . In 1975 the repair company 340 was integrated into the brigade. Before this company belonged directly as 2nd / Supply Battalion 2 to the 2nd Jägerdivision . In 1975 the repair training company 16 was also subordinated. In 1976 the tank battalion 54 in Wolfhagen and the reconnaissance platoon in Hessisch Lichtenau (later Kassel) were also led as a brigade unit. From 1976 to 1977, Panzerbrigade 34 was a model brigade for testing Army Model 4.

As Panzer Brigade 6 from 1981

Army structure 4

Neustadt Koblenz kassel Hofgeismar

Location of the headquarters of the 6th, 14th and 34th Panzer Brigades

In 1981, in order to take Army Structure 4, the insinuations and corresponding names of Panzer Brigade 6, 14 and 34 were "swapped":

• → The previous 6th Panzer Brigade became the "new" 14th Panzer Brigade in 1981 . The subordination of the brigade changed already in 1976/77 from the 2nd Jägerdivision to the 5th Panzer Division . The location of the staff remained unchanged in Neustadt .
• → The previous 14th Panzer Brigade became the "new" 34th Panzer Brigade in 1981 . The subordination of the brigade changed in advance from the 5th Panzer Division to the 12th Panzer Division in 1977 . The location of the staff remained unchanged in Koblenz .
• → The previous Panzer Brigade 34 became the "new" Panzer Brigade 6 in 1981. In 1975, the brigade moved from the 12th Panzer Division to the 2nd Jägerdivision . The location of the staff moved from Kassel to Hofgeismar in 1981 .

After the renaming, Panzerbrigade 6 was subordinate to the headquarters company (Hofgeismar), the Panzerjägerkompanie 60 ( Arolsen ), the Panzerpionierkompanie 60 ( Hannoversch Münden , liquidation 1992), the supply company 60 ( Fuldatal , liquidation 1993), the maintenance company 60 (Kassel, from 1986 Hofgeismar , Dissolution 1993), the Panzergrenadierbataillon 62 ( Wolfhagen , dissolution 1992), the Panzerbataillon 61 gem./gekad. (Wolfhagen and Arolsen formation 1980, decommissioning September 1992), the Panzerbataillon 63 (Arolsen) commissioning 1981 decommissioning December 2002, the Panzerbataillon 64 (Wolfhagen) decommissioning June 2008, the Panzerartilleriebataillon 65 (Arolsen), the field replacement battalion 25 (Fuldatal) and the training company 2/2 (Dössel near Warburg ).

The brigade comprised around 2900 soldiers in the peace structure in the autumn of 1989 . The planned growth force in the case of a defense was around 3,300 soldiers. For nursery which was convened by reservists and the mobilization of non-active units provided. At the end of Army Structure 4 in autumn 1989, the brigade was still part of the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

• Bar / Stabskompanie Panzerbrigade 6, Hofgeismar
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 60, Arolsen
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 60, Hann. Münden
  • Supply company 60, Fuldatal
  • Repair company 60, Hofgeismar
  • Panzerbataillon 61 (partly active), Arolsen
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 62, Wolfhagen
  • 63rd Panzer Battalion, Arolsen
  • Panzer Battalion 64, Wolfhagen
  • 65 Panzer Artillery Battalion, Arolsen

See also : Division of the field army in the army structure 4

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1993 the tank battalions 63 and 64 were subordinated to the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5 . The Panzerartilleriebataillon 65 was subordinated to the Panzer Brigade 14 in 1993. In 1993, the liquidation of Panzer Brigade 6 was ordered and the remaining brigade units were decommissioned.

Commanders

The following commanders led the brigade (rank when taking command):

As Panzer Brigade 6 from 1981

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
6th	Colonel Heinrich Boehr	October 1, 1991	September 30, 1993
5	Colonel Christian Hellwig	October 1, 1988	September 30, 1991
4th	Brigadier General Dieter Brand	October 1, 1984	September 30, 1988
3	Brigadier General Karl Zimmer	October 1, 1981	September 30, 1984

As Panzer Brigade 34 until 1981

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
3	Colonel Karl Zimmer	April 1, 1981	September 30, 1981
2	Colonel Mark Heinrich von Nathusius	1st October 1977	March 31, 1981
1	Colonel Konrad Manthey	April 1, 1975	September 30, 1977

Association badge

Woven association badge for the service suit

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The blazon of the association badge for the uniform of the members of the 6th Panzer Brigade read:

Gold bordered , split by silver and red, a split lion , red in front, silver in the back .

The tinging of the shield corresponded to the flag of Hesse . The lion resembled the colorful lion (" Hessen lion ") of the Ludowingers from the Hessian coat of arms . The association badges of the division and the subordinate brigades were identical except for the shelves . In the tradition of the Prussian color sequence , the association badge of the Panzer Brigade 6 was given a yellow border as the "third" brigade of the division.

Since the badges of the division's brigades differed only slightly, the internal badge of the staff or the staff company pars pro toto was occasionally used as the brigade's "badge" instead . It showed an eagle on a Mainz wheel, similar to that in Hofgeismar's coat of arms . The red and white shield division corresponded to the Hessian flag and the association badge.

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Remarks

1. ↑ Shown are the internal association badges, for which a wearing permit was officially granted until around the mid-1980s. Inactive units (equipment units, partially active, cadre units) are shown in italics .
2. ^ "First" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 6 (= yellow board).

literature

• Uwe Walter: About wolves, leopards and other predators . The history of the army of the Bundeswehr in Hesse and the neighboring federal states. 2nd Edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8482-2645-0 (124 pages, 1st part newly revised).

Web links

• The 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division of the Bundeswehr. In: Relics in Lower Saxony & Bremen . Manfred Tegge, accessed February 20, 2020 . 
• Formation of the new Panzer Brigade 34 in Kassel, 1.-2. April 1975. In: Contemporary history in Hessen. Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies , October 5, 2018, accessed on February 22, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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 February 17, 2020 (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 departments). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} O. W. Dragoner (Ed.): The Bundeswehr 1989 . Organization and equipment of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany at the end of the Cold War. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army. Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps, February 2012 (167 p., Relektiven.com [PDF; 747 kB ; accessed on February 21, 2020] First edition: 2009, overview of the series at Relict.com).
3. ^ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-34 / Panzerbrigade 34 - Koblenz -. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-6 / Panzerbrigade 6. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1996, accessed on February 17, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 27 ″  N , 9 ° 23 ′ 7 ″  E