Armored Brigade 8

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Panzerbrigade 8
"Lüneburg"
- PzBrig 8 -
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Association badge tank brigade 8

Association badge
active March 16, 1959 to 
Sep. 30 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Tank brigade
last staff seat Luneburg

The Panzerbrigade 8 "Lüneburg" with the last seat of the staff in the Theodor-Körner-Kaserne in Lüneburg was a brigade of the army of the German armed forces and most recently as an active unit subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Division . The brigade was disbanded in 1993, but later acted as a non-active brigade of the 1st Panzer Division with headquarters in Munster . The troops of the active brigade were stationed in northeast Lower Saxony .

history

Prehistory as a combat group in the Army Structure 1

To assume the army structure 1 which became the 1 August 1956 battle group A 3 with location of the bar in Hamburg Boehn barracks reorganized . The combat group was subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Division .

Army structure 2

To take over Army Structure 2 , parts of Combat Group A 3 were reclassified to Panzer Brigade 8 on March 16, 1959, and to Panzer Grenadier Brigade 17 on February 2, 1959 . The staff of the 8th Panzer Brigade moved to Lüneburg. In 1959, the 8th Panzer Brigade consisted of: headquarters company, Panzerpionierkompanie 80 (established in 1959 from parts of Pioneer Battalion 3), Panzer Reconnaissance Company 80, anti-aircraft battery 80 (later reclassified into 3rd / Anti-Aircraft Battalion 3 and subordinate to anti-aircraft battalion 3, 826), anti-aircraft battalion 3, 826, and anti-tank grenades. Panzer Battalion 83 (set up in 1958), Panzerbataillon 84 (set up in 1959), Panzerartilleriebataillon 85 (set up in 1959 from parts of the armored artillery battalions Panzerartilleriebataillon 215 and 335) and Supply Battalion 86 (set up in 1959). In 1967 the Rak 80 tank destroyer company was set up. On September 26, 1968 , there was a fatal shooting accident at the Wendisch-Evern training area on a tank cannon.

Army structure 3

In 1972, from the dissolved supply battalion 86, the repair company 80 and supply company 80 were set up. From 1973 to 1979 the brigade led an independent armored reconnaissance platoon 80. In 1975 , armored brigade 8 was on a rescue mission in the forest fire disaster in the Lüneburg Heath .

Army structure 4

In 1979 the PzBtl 83 received the corps medal for the best operational management during the corps combat exercise "Strong Fist" and in October of the same year the flag of the city of Lüneburg. In 1980 the brigade was divided into a staff company, the repair company 80, the supply company 80, the Panzerjägerkompanie 80, the tank pioneer company 80, the tank battalion 81 (established in 1980 as a mixed combat troop battalion), the tank battalion 83, the tank battalion 84, the tank battalion 82 the armored artillery battalion 85 and the field replacement battalion 34. The PzBrig 8 was one of the first units of the Bundeswehr to be reclassified to Army Structure 4. In the autumn of 1980 the PzBtl 83 took part in a shooting range stay in Castlemartin , Welsh . In the course of 1981 the battle tanks were converted from Leopard 2 to Leopard 1 . In December 1981 the Leopard 2 weapon system was fired at the TrÜbPl Putlos, the PzBtl 83 was relocated on land march. In February 1982 the von Borcke Memorial March took place for the first time as a closed battalion march over a distance of 100 kilometers within three days in the Göhrde forest area . In 1983 the PzGrenBtl 82 was on winter combat training in Norway .

In the winter of 1984 , Pz AufklBtl 3, PzBtl 84, PzJg 80 and PzGrenBtl 82 practiced together at the Bergen military training area and presented the interaction between tank and armored infantry troops at a combat demonstration. In January 1985 the PzGrenBtl 82 practicing live firing and the "field training exercise" on at temperatures of -15 ° C Truppenübungsplatz Putlos . The major maneuvers with the participation of PzBrig 8 were 1978 " Bold Guard ", 1979 " Harte Faust ", 1982 " Strong Wehr 82 ", 1983 with the participation of the I. NL Corps "Young Lion" and REFORGER exercise "Atlantic Lion", 1984 "Strong Arm", 1985 " Trutzige Sachsen " and 1986 again "Bold Guard". In February 1986, Defense Minister Dr. Manfred Wörner the PzBtl 83. In 1987 the first female soldier served in the PzBtl 83. In 1988 the brigade was given the nickname "Lüneburg".

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 3rd Panzer Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1992 the tank battalions 81 and 83 as well as the Panzergrenadierbataillon 82 were decommissioned. At the same time, the 83rd tank battalion was reclassified into a non-active (cadre) battalion and its cadre was integrated into the 84th tank battalion. When the 3rd Panzer Division was decommissioned in 1993, the 8th Panzer Brigade was also disbanded. Parts of the brigade were subordinated to the 7th Panzer Grenadier Brigade. The repair company 80 and the supply company 80 were subordinated to the repair battalion 6 before the brigade was dissolved in 1993. In August 1993 - shortly before deactivation - parts of the brigade were involved in Operation UN SOM II in Somalia .

After its deactivation, Panzerbrigade 8 was initially still in the " Army of the Future " in 2003 as a non-active unit of the 1st Panzer Division and only on December 31, 2008 with its headquarters in Munster (Schulz / Lutz barracks) with the designation PzBrig 8 (na) finally dissolved.

Commanders

The following officers commanded the brigade until it was deactivated (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
14th Colonel Rainer Schuwirth September 10, 1991 September 30, 1993
13 Colonel Rudiger Drews March 17, 1990 September 9, 1991
12 Colonel Michael of Scotti March 22, 1986 March 16, 1990
11 Colonel Günter von Steinaecker September 16, 1984 March 21, 1986
10 Brigadier General Karl-Heinz Prange September 26, 1979 September 15, 1984
9 Colonel Harald Schulz March 21, 1978 September 25, 1979
8th Brigadier General Joachim von Schwerin January 26, 1974 March 20, 1978
7th Brigadier General Johann Condné July 1, 1971 January 25, 1974
6th Brigadier General Heinz-Otto Fabian April 1, 1968 June 30, 1971
5 Brigadier General Horst Hildebrandt October 1, 1966 March 31, 1968
4th Colonel Karl Deichen September 21, 1964 September 30, 1966
3 Brigadier General Walter Carganico July 9, 1962 20th September 1964
2 Colonel Adolf von Salviati April 16, 1958 July 8, 1962
1 Colonel Ernst Philipp 1956 April 15, 1958

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 8th Panzer Brigade read:

Red rimmed , diagonally crossed in red two silver gable sheets with outwardly facing horses' heads .

The crossed horse heads were a variant of the Sachsenrosses , which is also shown on a red shield in the coat of arms of Lower Saxony . Crossed horse heads can be found in this form as gable decorations of the Lower Saxony houses typical of the region . The association badges of the division and two of the subordinate brigades were identical except for the shelves . In the tradition of the Prussian color sequence , the association badge of the 8th Panzer Brigade was given a red border as the "second" brigade of the division.

Since the association badges of the division's brigades originally differed only slightly, the internal association badge of the staff or the staff company pars pro toto was occasionally used as the brigade's "badge" instead . It showed the crossed horse heads from the association badge and other figures .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The 8th Panzer Brigade was planned from Oct. 1, 1993 to Dec. 31, 2008 as a non-active 8th Panzer Brigade with headquarters in Munster .
  2. ↑ Munster as a non-active tank brigade 8.
  3. ↑ 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 .
  4. ^ "First" Brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 7 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 8 (= red board). The association badge of the “third” brigade ( Panzerlehrbrigade 9 ) followed a different design pattern.
  5. ↑ Possibly a Roman II (= "second" brigade) as well as a stylized representation of a turning club and a barrow ?

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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 Department MA 3 : BArch BH 9-8 / Panzerbrigade 8 –Lüneburg–. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 8-6 / 6. Panzergrenadier Division. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f History of the PzGrenBtl 82
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Chronicle of the PzBtl 83
  6. ↑ Traditional takeover by the Panzerbataillon 83 via the former Kgl. Prussia. Borcke Infantry Regiment (4th Pomm.) No. 21 on PzBtl 83
  7. ↑ September 17 to 21, 1979 in western Lower Saxony between Oldenburg and Münster. 60,000 soldiers, 16,000 wheeled and 2,700 tracked vehicles. Staff 3rd Panzer Division, Panzer Brigade 8 and Panzer Lehrbrigade 9 as training force red on the major maneuver Harte Faust 79
  8. ↑ September 10 to 17, 1982 in northern Lower Saxony between Osnabrück, Hanover and the North Sea coast. 35,000 soldiers, 12,000 wheeled and 2,100 tracked vehicles. 3rd Panzer Division referee service for blue exercise troops. Major maneuvers Strong Weir 82
  9. ↑ September 9-30 , 1983 in western Lower Saxony. 40,600 soldiers, 9,770 wheeled and 2,350 tracked vehicles. Panzerbrigade 8 as a blue exercise force. Atlantic Lion 83
  10. ↑ Strong Arm 84 in a series of several major maneuvers in autumn 1984: Brisk Fray in Schleswig-Holstein, Weisse Birke, Autumn Moment and Lionheart in Lower Saxony. Including the “strong arm” on the Elbe, Aller and Weser. 6,200 soldiers of the 3rd Panzer Division
  11. ↑ 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).
  12. ^ Uwe Walter: The structures and associations of the German army . 1st edition. Part 1., I. Corps: (1956-1995). Edition AVRA, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-946467-32-8 , pp. 104 (260 pp.).

Coordinates: 53 ° 15 ′ 7 ″  N , 10 ° 27 ′ 5 ″  E