Panzer Grenadier Brigade 17th

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Panzergrenadierbrigade 17
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 17

Association badge
active Feb. 2, 1959 to 
March 25, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
Insinuation Association badge 6th Panzer Grenadier Division 6. PzGrenDiv
Staff seat Hamburg
Nickname "Hamburg House Brigade"

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 was a brigade of the 6th Panzergrenadier Division of the Army of the German Armed Forces with a station in Hamburg and southern Schleswig-Holstein . The brigade staff was in the Boehn barracks in Hamburg-Rahlstedt . The brigade was considered the "house brigade" of the city of Hamburg. The brigade was disbanded in 1993.

history

Prehistory as a combat group in the Army Structure 1

As a predecessor of the later Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 applies the battle group A 3. For taking the army structure 1 , the battle group A 3 1 August 1956 was location of the bar in Hamburg Boehn barracks reorganized . The Panzerkampfgruppe A 3 was subordinate to the 3rd Panzer Division .

Army structure 2

In order to take over Army Structure 2 , Combat Group A 3 was reclassified to Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 on February 2, 1959 . Parts of Kampfgruppe A 3 were used on March 16, 1959 to set up Panzer Brigade 8 . The Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 was subordinate to the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division . In addition to Combat Group A 3, parts of Combat Groups A 6 and B 6 were used to set up Panzer Grenadier Brigade 17 .

The following units were subordinate to the brigade in Army Structure 2 :

  • Headquarters company (list 1959)
  • Panzer Reconnaissance Company 170 (1959)
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 170 (1959)
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 170 (1960)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 617 (1960)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 171 (1959)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 172 (1959)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 173 (1956 as Panzergrenadierbataillon 3)
  • Panzerbataillon 174 (1959 as Panzerbataillon 3)
  • Feldartilleriebataillon 177 (1959, from 1967 Panzerartilleriebataillon 177)
  • Supply Battalion 176 (1959)

The artillery battalion of this brigade was the only one to receive the final number 7 (177) instead of the final number 5 (175) provided according to the scheme. According to § 175 StGB, sexual acts between persons of the male sex were punishable, which led to homosexuals being colloquially referred to as "175s". Therefore this number was considered inappropriate due to possible associations.

Army structure 3

In 1970 the Panzergrenadierbataillon 163 of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 16 moved the location from Flensburg to Lübeck and was subordinated to the Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 as Jägerbataillon 172 (MTW). In 1972 the supply battalion 176 was disbanded and the supply company 170 and the repair company 170 were set up from the remains. As part of Army Structure 3, Jägerbataillon 617 ( equipment unit ) was renamed Jägerbataillon 171.

Army structure 4

In Army Structure 4 (1980) the following units were subordinate to the brigade:

  • Headquarters company
    • Brigade scout
    • Supply company 170
    • Repair company 170
    • Armored Engineer Company 170
    • Panzerjägerkompanie 170
    • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 171
    • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 172
    • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 173
    • Panzer Battalion 174
    • Armored Artillery Battalion 177
    • Field Replacement Battalion 64

In 1981 the mixed Panzer Grenadier Battalion 171 was formed. Panzerjägerkompanie 170 (Bad Segeberg) switched to Panzerbrigade 18 in 1980 and a new Panzerjägerkompanie 170 was set up in Lübeck.

In the autumn of 1989 the brigade comprised around 3,615 soldiers in the peace structure . The planned growth strength in the case of defense was even higher. 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 6th Panzer Grenadier Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1992 the Panzer Pioneer Company 170 and the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 171 were decommissioned. In 1992, Panzergrenadierbataillon 172 was subordinated to Panzerbrigade 18, Panzergrenadierbataillon 173 to Panzergrenadierbrigade 7 and tank battalion 174 to Panzergrenadierbrigade 16 . The remaining parts of the brigade (including Panzerartilleriebataillon 177) were disbanded in 1993.

Commanders

The commanders of the brigade were (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
11 Colonel Hans-Jürgen Rennack April 1, 1991 March 31, 1993
10 Colonel Dieter Farwick January 1, 1989 March 31, 1991
9 Brigadier General Manfred Eisele October 1, 1984 December 31, 1988
8th Colonel Gert Verstl April 1, 1982 September 30, 1984
7th Colonel Jörn Söder April 1, 1980 March 31, 1982
6th Brigadier General Gerwin Schröder November 1, 1972 March 31, 1980
5 Brigadier General Horst Wenner April 1, 1970 October 31, 1972
4th Colonel Curt von Witzendorff October 1, 1967 March 31, 1970
3 Colonel Jürgen Schröder October 1, 1965 September 30, 1967
2 Colonel Joachim-Horst-Rudolph Ruprecht September 1, 1962 September 30, 1965
1 Brigadier General Eckart Reichel February 1, 1959 July 31, 1962

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 Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 read:

Red rimmed in red the silver Holstein nettle leaf ; on this a golden shield ; in it two blue, inward-facing, red armored, striding lions .

The choice of motif of the association badge was similar to the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein . It shows the Schleswig Lion for the Schleswig region and the nettle leaf for the second Holstein region . The lions are the main motif in Denmark's coat of arms ; the division cooperated closely with the Danish armed forces as part of the German-Danish corps LANDJUT . 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 Panzergrenadierbrigade 17 was given a red border as the “second” 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 the castle borrowed from the Hamburg coat of arms on a green shield. Green was the weapon color of the armored infantry troops . The red border matched the color of the association badge border.

See also

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 16 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Grenadier Brigade 17 (= red board). "Third" brigade: Panzerbrigade 18 (= yellow board).

literature

  • Stephan-Thomas Klose, Hans G. Stark: Hamburg House Brigade 1959–1993 . History of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 17. Heinevetter, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-929171-47-3 (203 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d 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 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 .
  3. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 8-3 / 3. Panzergrenadier Division. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on March 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-8 / Panzerbrigade 8 –Lüneburg–. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b c Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-17 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 17. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Martin Rink : Structures roar in competition . In: Michael Poppe (Ed.): Das Heer 1950 to 1970 . Conception, organization and setup (=  security policy and armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany ). tape 3 . Oldenbourg Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-486-57974-6 , p. 460 .
  7. ^ Soldiers as potential sexual partners . In: Der Spiegel . No. 3 , 1984, pp. 23 ( Online - Jan. 16, 1984 ). Quote: “All tank artillery battalions in the Bundeswehr are numbered and have a five as the final number. Only Battalion 177 Hamburg-Rahlstedt, in which Lindner served, got a seven in the end. "
  8. ↑ 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).
  9. ^ 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 ° 36 '6.3 "  N , 10 ° 8' 4.6"  E