Panzer Grenadier Battalion 192

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Panzergrenadierbataillon 192
- PzGrenBtl 192 -
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PzGrenBtl 192..png

Association badge as a chest tag
active March 1, 1959 to May 18, 2006
Country Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Branch of service Panzergrenadier troop
Subordinate troops

5-7 companies

Strength approx. 600-800 men
Insinuation Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19th
last seat of the staff Awls
motto Nec temere, nec timide (neither fearful nor cocky)
Awards Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia.svg Flag of
North Rhine-Westphalia (2000)
commander
Master of ceremonies Volker Bescht

The Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 was the second battalion of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 and existed in two different formations from 1959 to 2006.

Association badge

From around 1963, the soldiers of the army wore the coat of arms of their division or command authority in their service and dressing suits (left upper arm). From October 1, 1980, the soldiers of the 7th Panzer Division wore an internal association or unit badge (self. Kp) as a chest tag, which expressed the association or unit membership and regional integration.
The association badge shows a yellow cross on a green background (weapon color of the Panzergrenadiers) (Christian Cross of the West, later also Prince Bishop's Cross of Münster), a crowned, inwardly curved, seven-fold winged silver eel from the coat of arms of Ahlen , which shows the connection to the location showed.

history

The Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 was an organic unit of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 from 1959 to 1970.In the following years up to 1980 the battalion with the designation Jägerbataillon 441 existed in the Homeland Security Brigade 15. On October 1st, 1980 the Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 became the Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 (SPz ). The PzGrenBtl 191 was reorganized as a mixed Btl.

Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 (1959-1970)

On March 1, 1959, the formation of the third infantry unit of Brigade 19, the Panzergrenadier Battalion 192, began in Ahlen. It was a unit motorized with a light Unimog , which for reasons of cost had to do without armored vehicles. The second unit stationed at the site was the supply battalion 196. These grenadier battalions mot were used from 1970 as part of Army Structure III to set up the hunter battalions of the homeland security commands of the territorial army . The Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 became the Jägerbataillon 441 in 1970, which was renamed the Jägerbataillon 531 in 1981 and remained stationed in Ahlen until it was dissolved in 1992.

On March 1, 1959, the formation of Grenadier Battalion 191 , the first of the three infantry units of Brigade 19, began in Handorf . Charges from grenadier battalions 12 (Göttingen) and 22 (Fritzlar) were used for the preparation. The battalion was also powered by a Unimog and was soon relocated to the Westfalen barracks in Ahlen.

In Army Structure IV, another company was formed in each combat troop battalion by downsizing the existing companies. Therefore, in 1980, the battalion was reorganized into the mixed Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 with two tank and one Panzergrenadier companies, which was also expanded by a mortar company as the Panzergrenadierbataillon 192. A newly formed Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 was cadresed.

The tank battalions 193 and 194 remained unchanged in Handorf, apart from the internal structure.

Panzergrenadierbataillon 192 (1980-2006)

The 1st / of the Panzergrenadier Battalion 192 was, as with all battalions, the staff and supply company with two armored personnel carriers as command vehicles for the battalion commander. The 2./192 and the 3./192 were armored infantry companies with eleven Marder armored personnel carriers each . The 4./192 was mechanized as a Grenadier- / Panzergrenadierkompanie MTW with the M113 as infantry. A field replacement and basic training platoon was attached to the company. The 5. / 192 was equipped as an anti- tank mortar company with M113 anti- tank mortars 120 mm . The company was also subordinated to a tank destroyer platoon with Jaguar with HOT . The battalion had a strength of around 600 soldiers.

From 1991 the troop strength was gradually reduced as part of the “peace dividend”. Therefore, from 19 Panzergrenadierbrigade the Panzer Pioneer Company 190 in Ahlen and in Handorf the Panzer Battalion 194, the Panzer Artillery Battalion 195 and the Repair Company 190 were dissolved by 1993. The Ahlen Panzer Grenadier Battalion 192 and the brigade's headquarters company were preserved. The brigade was reassigned as replacement units of the disbanded Panzer Brigade 20 with the Panzer Battalion 203, the Panzer Pioneer Company 200 in Hemer and the Panzer Artillery Battalion 205 in Dülmen.

In 1991, the 3rd / Panzergrenadier Battalion 202 from Hemer were subordinated to the Panzergrenadier Battalion 192 as 6th / 192nd. This company was henceforth responsible for the training of NCOs. In 1993 the 2nd / Panzergrenadierbataillon 191 was subordinated to the battalion as the new 5th / 192 and incorporated. The tank mortar company was renumbered 6/192 and the NCO training company 7/192. However, this was dissolved again in 1997.

The battalion was responsible for training one of the first SFOR contingents for Bosnia. The Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 disbanded on August 31, 2002. The Panzer Grenadier Battalion 192 and the Panzer Battalion 203 in Hemer were subordinated to the Panzer Brigade 21 in Augustdorf .

When the army structure was re-planned, it was decided to dissolve the 192 Panzer Grenadier Battalion. The battalion was decommissioned on May 18, 2006 in the Westfalen barracks in Ahlen with a ceremonial roll call. The sponsorship certificate for the battalion was returned to the city of Ahlen.

A traditional room at teaching group B of the army non-commissioned school in the Lützow barracks in Münster - Handorf was a reminder of the disbanded units and independent companies of the brigade. After its dissolution, the medical regiment 22 was relocated from neighboring Hamm to the Ahlen site as part of the Bundeswehr reform.

Military development

After discussions and negotiations with the Allies, Army Structure 1 was to be based on the structure of the Americans. However, it soon became apparent that this structure was not suitable for fulfilling the tasks set for the army. Considerations, planning and troop trials (LV 58) led to a fundamental change in the structure and to the 2nd HST. The formation of the 7th PzDiv on August 1st, 1958 in Lippstadt, renamed the 7th Division on November 1st, 1958, fell into the phase of the 2nd HST. The "Seventh" was the first major association of the Bundeswehr, which had brigades, regiments, battalions and companies as building blocks and was able to conduct combined arms combat in the types of combat defense, delay and attack . For this purpose, the 7th Div had Brigades 19, 20 and 21 as well as other regiments, associations and units.

The Panzer Grenadier Brigade 19 , set up in Münster-Handorf on March 1, 1959, later relocated to Ahlen, initially had seven battalions as combat and combat support forces: 3 PzGrenBtl, 1 PzBtl, 1 ArtBtl, 1 VersBtl, 1 FErsBtl and five independent companies and a train - StKp, PzPiKp, PzJgKp, VersKp, InstKp and AufklZg.

The PzGrenBtl 192 was from the day it was set up on April 1, 1959 in Heesen, with an interruption from 1970 to 1980, an organic association of the PzGrenBrig 19 "Münsterland". The Panzergrenadierbataillon soon moved to the Westfalen barracks, Ahlen and grew up there as an operational unit. The equipment was initially equipped with wheeled and tracked vehicles: truck 0.25t, truck 0.75t, truck 3t, truck 5t, AufklPz M 41, SchtzPz Hotchkiss, HS 30. On January 1, 1963, the Btl 192 was renamed PzGrenBtl 192 ( mot). It had given its equipment to IFVs and was equipped with the MTW M 113 as a transport vehicle. The equipment of the heavy 5th Kp was also changed in the 1960s with a new device. The PzMrs 120 mm on HS 30 / M 113 was introduced, the M 41 withdrawn and the JgPz (kan) came into the force.

Outline of the PzGrenBtl'e

  • BtlFüGrp u. TrVerw
  • StabsVersKp
  • 2nd to 4th PzGrenKp
  • Heavy 5. Kp

The Btl had a strength, depending on the equipment, between 750 and 800 soldiers. The structure was largely retained until 1970.

Army Structure 3 (1970–1980)

The budgetary situation of the federal government forced cost savings in all departments. Without reducing the combat power, the army should also save costs. This situation required new considerations, which were tested in the exercise GROSSER RÖSSELSPRUNG in 1969 and which, as organizational model 3, became the basis for a partial regrouping of the army from 1970. The PzGrenBtl 192 (mot) reorganized on April 1, 1970 and was given the designation Jägerbataillon 441, which was subordinated to the HSchtzKdo 15 WBK III, but remained stationed in Ahlen.

Army Structure 4 (1980–1990)

The military and political situation in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, with its strong attacking forces on its western border with Europe, prompted NATO to change its strategy, the "flexible forward defense". But the tight federal budget and the new weapon systems that have meanwhile been introduced with considerable increases in the performance of the army's defenses also played a role. Smaller, faster formations should arise, which could lead the battle of connected weapons with high firepower, so the opinion. But the result, the HStru 4, was not convincing because the forces fighting on foot in the associations in particular became too weak. The danger of high and not quickly replaceable losses was a serious argument. A division commander commented on the new structure: He and his division feel like the driver of a Beetle on three wheels. From October 1, 1980, it was reclassified to HStr 4. The PzGrenBtl 191 (SPz), Ahlen was renamed to PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz). The combat troop battalions each surrendered one company to the new mixed PzGrenBtl 191. In peace, however, the units remained subordinate to the releasing associations. The heavy 5th Company was reclassified to PzMrsKp with 6 Mrs 120 mm on M 113.

Structure and strength of the PzGrenBtl (SPz) HST 4

  • BtlFüGrp u. TrVerw., 8 officers, 2 officials
  • StVersKp, approx. 200 soldiers, 2 IFVs, 5 MTW M 113
  • PzGrenKp (2./- to 4./-Kp), approx. 110 soldiers and 11 SPz
  • PzMrsKp approx. 60 soldiers, 9 MTW M 113

The strength of the PzGrenKp (SPz) dropped from about 90 soldiers in HStru 3 to about 50 soldiers.

Army structure 5

With reunification in 1990, a radical reorganization of the depot and thus the army followed from 1991. The PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) was initially retained and stood like "solid rock". It gave soldiers to newly formed units and units and incorporated foreign units. At times the Btl consisted of seven units. 1991 Incorporation of 3./202 as 6th Kp later 7th Kp (Uffz. -bil.) 1993 Incorporation of 2./191 as 5th Kp 5./192 becomes 6th Kp and temporarily received a train PzJg (HOT) , Jaguar 2 In quick succession, the PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) received new orders in the New Army training for new tasks . Soldiers were to be trained for upcoming missions abroad . On April 1, 1994, the Btl was subordinated to the 1st Panzer Division (it was returned in 1997). With the decommissioning of the PzGrenBrig 19 Münsterland in 2002, the PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) was subordinated to the Panzerbrigade 21 , Augustdorf. The PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) was decommissioned on December 31, 2006 after 37 years and 10 years under the designation JgBtl 441, always stationed in Ahlen, as the last association of the PzGrenBrig 19 Münsterland .

Highlights and special events in the history of the PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz)

  • April 1, 1959: Installation in Hesse as PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz)
  • March 1, 1962: Relocation to the Westfalen barracks, Ahlen
  • October 1962: TrpÜbPl stay in Mourmelon-le-Grand , France
  • January 1, 1963: Renaming to PzGrenBtl 192 (mot) and exchange of the KettenKfz ​​for RadKfz
  • October 12, 1963: Participation with a delegation in the farewell of Konrad Adenauer as Federal Chancellor in Wunstorf
  • November 1967: GefÜb. I. Corps - HERMELIN II
  • September 1969: GefÜb. LARGE RÖSSELSPRUNG with Weser crossing
  • April 1, 1970: Renaming of PzGrenBtl 192 to JgBtl 441, subordinate to HSchtzKdo 15
  • October 1, 1980: Renaming of the 7th Division to 7th PzDiv
  • 1980: Traditional takeover of the former InfRgt No. 22 East Prussia
  • October 1, 1980: Listed (new) as PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz)
  • May – June 1981: TrÜbPl stay in Shilo with 2./192, 2./191 (approx. 180 soldiers) and UstTle 1./192 (approx. 60 soldiers)
  • October 1, 1981: Adoption of sponsorship for JgBtl 76 (Mob), Preußisch Oldendorf (end of 10/1992)
  • September 1982: GefÜb. STRONG WEHR , 45,000 soldiers and 14,000 bicycle and Chains
  • December 1982: Introduction of the internal association badges (chest tags) in the 7th PzDiv.
  • 1984: TrÜbPl stay at BERGEN-HOHNE a . Farewell to Karl Carstens (Federal President) with a large field parade (400 wheel and chain vehicles) and appeal from all soldiers to the field airfield. HptFw Piotrowski as singer of the national anthem in front of approx. 3500 soldiers of the 7th PzDiv.
  • 1984: Founding of the Ahlen Panzer Grenadier Friends Association
  • 1985: TrÜbPl stay SHILO with ustTle 1./192
  • October 1986: GefÜb. JUMPING ROSS 86
  • October 3, 1990: Offz / Uffz des Btl drive as takeover Kdo's to StO of the former NVA in East Germany to secure facilities, weapons, ammunition and equipment with soldiers of the NVA . The takeover went without any major problems.
  • August 1990: TrÜbPl stay with 3./202, 2./192 and UstTle 1./192 in SHILO
  • 1992: Reclassification to HStru 5 begins
  • 1993: Staff transfers for the SOMALIA mission (70 soldiers of the 7th PzDiv)
  • 1993: 7th PzDiv (also PzGrenBtl 192) has units and units (operational readiness March 1994 , 72 hours) ready as crisis reaction forces
  • October 1, 1993: PzGrenBtl 191 (SPz) is decommissioned
  • July 8, 1994: Russian forces say goodbye to East Germany. Allied forces leave Berlin.
  • February 1995: Flood operation in the Cologne area.
  • September 1996 - January 1997: Parts of 5./PzGrenBtl 192 are subordinated to 6./JgBtl 292 (DF Brigade) and take part in the IFOR mission in the former Yugoslavia.
  • October 1, 1996: PzGrenBrig 19 changes from WBK II / 1st PzDiv to WBK III / 7th PzDiv
  • 1996: Award of the Corps Medal of the 1st Corps for special services to PzGrenBtl 192
  • 1997: WBK III / 7th PzDiv provides SFOR contingent (Bosnia). Soldiers from the PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) are also involved.
  • August 1997: PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) supports deployment of the Oder floods
  • 2000: 3rd company provides the TF ZUR (EinsBtlKFOR) company in Kosovo
  • August 24, 2000: Award of the flag ribbon for special merits by MP Wolfgang Clement , North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 2001: Reduction of the GWD from 10 to 9 months
  • 2002: PzGrenBtl 192 supported with 3rd Company and parts of 1st Company during the Elbe flood in the villages of Gübs and Klein-Gübs
  • 2002: 15 soldiers take part in the pilgrimage to Jasna Góra / Czestochowa, Poland.
  • 2003: PzGrenBtl 192 and PzBtl 64 represent the TF PRIZREN in the 7th KFOR contingent
  • 2004: Gen. Schneiderhan (GenInsp) informs himself about the training at Btl 192
  • 2005: Another participation of soldiers of the 3rd / 192nd pilgrimage in Poland
  • December 31, 2006: PzGrenBtl 192 (SPz) decommissioned

Sponsorships

With the decommissioning of the PzGrenBtl 192, the sponsorships were terminated.

Others

Bishop Reinhard Lettmann on an initiative pilgrimage by his Bischöflich Münstersches Officialate from Aug. 27, 1989 to Sep. 2. 1989 with soldiers of the 4th / 194 on the left and the 1st / 192 on the right of the Panzergrenadier Battalion 192.

literature

  • Heinrich Felix: shield and sword: the armored troop of the Bundeswehr - history of a type of troop . Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7909-0383-3 .

Web links

Commons : Panzergrenadierbataillon 192  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Commons : Coats of arms of Panzergrenadierbrigade 19 (Bundeswehr)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files