Panzer Grenadier Battalion 212

Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 - PzGrenBtl 212 - II
Internal association badge
Lineup	October 1, 1958
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Branch of service	Panzergrenadier troop
Subordinate troops	5 companies
Strength	750 soldiers
Insinuation	Armored Brigade 21
Location	GFM-Rommel-Kaserne Augustdorf
Anniversaries	October 1
Armored personnel carriers	Marten Puma
Calls	Oder flood 1997 Saxon flood 2013 IFOR SFOR KFOR ISAF RS
Awards	Flag of North Rhine-Westphalia (2013)
Web presence	PzGrenBtl 212
commander
commander	Lieutenant Colonel Matthias Greune

The Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 ( PzGrenBtl 212 ) is an armored infantry battalion of the army . The battalion is stationed together with the bulk of the superordinate tank brigade 21 "Lipperland" in the Generalfeldmarschall-Rommel barracks in Augustdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia . The battalion was a QRF association in Afghanistan from July to December 2008 and 2011.

assignment

Marten 1A3 with a sharp shot

When deployed, Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 is able to lead operations of allied forces within the framework of Panzer Brigade 21 or as part of a combat formation against mechanized forces. Panzer grenadiers fight mounted by the Marder armored personnel carrier or dismounted as infantry rifle troops. The battalion is converted to the Puma infantry fighting vehicle. The battalion provides personnel for the multinational contingents in a high intensity scenario and in peace-keeping operations.

structure

The battalion is divided into:

• 1. / PzGrenBtl 212: supply and support company ( sponsored city : Augustdorf)
• 2. / PzGrenBtl 212: Operation company with 14 armored personnel carriers (sponsored city: Büren )
• 3. / PzGrenBtl 212: Operation company (sponsored city: Bad Salzuflen )
• 4. / PzGrenBtl 212: Operations company (sponsored city: Bielefeld- Heepen )
• BildungsKp 212: training and support company (sponsored city: Oerlinghausen )

Internal association badge

Old internal association badge with greyhound Sascha

The battalion within the armored infantry troop and the Spz Puma

Since 2004, the internal association badge has shown the Lippe Rose on a black and white background. The rose represents the Lippe region ; the background is the Prussian colors , although Lippe never belonged to Prussia.

From 1978 to 2004 it also showed the greyhound "Sascha", who in the spring of 1943 ran up to members of the 16th Infantry Division (later reclassified to 116th Panzer Division ) ("Greyhound Division ") in the Kalmyk steppe, half starved. Since the dog was already an identity figure in the Wehrmacht , the last commander of the 7th Panzer Division , Major General Wolf-Joachim Clauß , decided to delete the greyhound from the coat of arms.

history

The battalion was set up on October 1, 1958 in the " New Camp " in Augustdorf. Initially, the battalion consisted of only two combat companies and one headquarters company. At that time the battalion was equipped with trucks and was subordinate to Panzer Kampfgruppe C3 (today: Panzerbrigade 21 ) in Unna . In 1960 the formation of the battalion was completed and consisted of a headquarters company, three combat companies for the mounted and dismounted combat and the 5th / mortar company. The first armored personnel carrier was the HS 30 armored personnel carrier , replaced in 1972 by the Marder armored personnel carrier . In 1964, Federal Defense Minister Kai-Uwe von Hassel visited the battalion. In 1972 the battalion took over the sponsorship of the family association of the former members of the 116th Panzer Division ("Greyhound Division"). In the army structure IV reduced, the battalion 1992 was Heeresstruktur V again (5./212, formerly 2./211) extended by another combat Company. In 1996 the battalion was involved in the IFOR / SFOR operation in the former Yugoslavia . In 1997 the 4th and 6th Company took part in the flood operation on the Oder . In 1999 parts of the battalion relocated to Sarajevo again in order to ensure the implementation of the Dayton Agreement as the armored task force of the 3rd follow-up contingent GECONSFOR (L) . Beginning in 2000, parts of the battalion were relocated to Kosovo as part of the KFOR mission . In the following years soldiers of the battalion took part in further operations in Afghanistan and Kosovo. The 6th / Panzer Mortar Company M113 was dissolved in the structure Heer 2010 in 2006 .

In May 2008 an "access operation" was practiced at a military training area, which was attended by the inspector of the army, Lieutenant General Hans-Otto Budde . In mid-2008, parts of the tank brigade transferred 21 forces to Afghanistan and provided forces for the ISAF mission. The 212 Panzer Grenadier Battalion, reinforced by parts of the airborne mortar company of Paratrooper Battalion 373, provided a Quick Reaction Force (QRF) of around 205 men , from which the majority of the soldiers came from the ranks of the battalion. The QRF is a rapid reaction force that, as part of the ISAF mandate, fights hostile forces as a robust combat force if necessary. During the mission, the battalion was stationed at Camp Marmal near Mazar-e Sharif . The Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 was the first regular German unit of the army to be assigned such a task. This mission was therefore under particular scrutiny in public.

In June 2011 , Lance Corporal Alexej Kobelew fell when his Marder armored personnel carrier hit an IED weighing more than 200 kg in Afghanistan . Federal Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière gave the funeral speech.

The tradition is maintained by the traditional association Lippische Panzergrenadiere e. V.

In the battalion, a pilot project to test cost and performance responsibility (KLV) was carried out in the 1990s .

Awards

In 2011 the battalion received the “Yellow Ribbon” from the old Hanseatic town of Lemgo , which has been a godmother since 1990.

In 2013, Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft awarded the battalion the flag of North Rhine-Westphalia .

In 2015 the mayor and the company commander of the 2. / PzGrenBtl 212 signed the sponsorship documents between the company and the city of Büren . It was also entered in the city's Golden Book .

Web links

• Spiegel TV , video document on the brigade's QRF order

Individual evidence

1. ↑ [1] , accessed on July 10, 2020.
2. ↑ Augustdorf: Renewed sponsorship solemnly sealed . deutschesheer.de, October 6, 2015.
3. ^ Dieter E. Kilian : Kai-Uwe von Hassel and his family. Between the Baltic Sea and East Africa. Military-biographical mosaic . Hartmann, Miles-Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-937885-63-6 , p. 261.
4. ↑ Susanne Koelbl, Alexander Szandar: "The most important enemy" . In: Der Spiegel , May 19, 2008, No. 21, p. 46.
5. ^ Thomas Rid , Martin Zapfe: Mission Command Without a Mission. German Military Adaptation in Afghanistan . In: Theo Farrell , Frans Osinga , James A. Russell (eds.): Military Adaptation in Afghanistan . Stanford Security Studies / Stanford University Press, Stanford 2013, ISBN 978-0-8047-8588-4 , p. 196.
6. ↑ Thorsten Jungholt: Bundeswehr combat mission in Afghanistan has begun. Fast reaction force replaces Norwegians . In: Die Welt , July 1, 2008, No. 152, p. 2.
7. ↑ Ingrid Müller: Bundeswehr sets up a reaction force in Afghanistan . In: Der Tagesspiegel , July 1, 2008, No. 19950, p. 5.
8. ↑ Tim Farin: Bundeswehr in Afghanistan. “Help - mediate - fight” . stern.de , March 17, 2008.
9. ↑ Speech of the minister at the funeral service for Alexei Kobelev . bmvg.de, June 10, 2011.
10. ^ Frank Hippler: Bundeswehr and Controlling. Balanced scorecard as an approach to holistic management in the army . With a foreword by Hans A. Wüthrich , Gabler, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-8244-7465-4 , p. 68, fn. 262.
11. ^ "Yellow ribbon" of solidarity for soldiers . In: Westfalen-Blatt , April 8, 2011.
12. ↑ Prime Minister Hannelore Kraft gives flag ribbon to Panzergrenadierbataillon 212 in Augustdorf . land.nrw, April 29, 2013.
13. ^ Johannes Büttner: Certificates solemnly signed . In: Neue Westfälische , July 2, 2015, p. 25.

Coordinates: 51 ° 55 '  N , 8 ° 46'  E