Panzer Grenadier Brigade 31

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Panzergrenadierbrigade 31
"Die Oldenburgische"
- PzGrenBrig 31 -
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 31

Association badge
active July 1, 1960 to 
March 31, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
Insinuation Association badge 11th Panzer Grenadier Division 11. PzGrenDiv
Staff seat Oldenburg (Oldb)

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 31 "The Oldenburgische" was a brigade of the Army of the Bundeswehr , which was subordinate to the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division until it was reclassified to Airborne Brigade 31 in 1993 . The seat of the staff was Oldenburg in Lower Saxony . The stationing area of ​​the brigade comprised the area between the Weser and Ems in northern Lower Saxony . It therefore had the nickname "The Oldenburgische", which was later given to the 31 Airborne Brigade, into which the 31st Panzer Grenadier Brigade in 1993 was absorbed.

history

Army structure 2

On July 1, 1960, the Panzer Grenadier Brigade was set up in Oldenburg and placed under the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division. For this purpose, the first parts of the staff / PzGrenBrig 31 met in the Hindenburg barracks in Oldenburg to make organizational preparations.

In 1961 ( Army Structure 2 ) the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 31 included the following units and units:

  • Headquarters / headquarters company
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 311 (mot)
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 312 (SPz)
  • Paratrooper Battalion 313
  • Tank battalion 314
  • Field Artillery Battalion 315
  • Supply Battalion 316
  • Field Replacement Battalion 317 (equipment unit, inactive)
  • Panzerjäger Company 310
  • Tank Reconnaissance Company 310
  • NBC Defense Company 310
  • Tank Engineer Company 310
  • Anti-aircraft battery 310
  • Armored Reconnaissance Train 310

Army structure 3

The armored infantry battalions 311 and 312 received the Marder armored personnel carrier in 1972 . In 1972 the Panzer Pioneer Company moved 310 from Oldenburg to Delmenhorst . In 1975 the Supply Battalion 316 was decommissioned. However, the brigade received a repair company 310 and supply company 310, which were set up from parts of the disbanded supply battalion 316. The paratrooper battalion 313 was spun off and subordinated as paratrooper battalion 272 to the newly established Paratrooper Brigade 27 .

Army structure 4

In 1982 ( Army Structure 4 ) the following units and units were subordinate to:

  • Headquarters / headquarters company in Oldenburg
    • Panzerjägerkompanie 310 in Oldenburg
    • Panzer Pioneer Company 310 in Delmenhorst
    • Repair company 310 in Oldenburg
    • Supply company 310 in Oldenburg
    • Panzergrenadierbataillon 311 (mixed) in Varel
    • 312 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Delmenhorst
    • 313 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Varel
    • Tank battalion 314 in Oldenburg
    • Armored Artillery Battalion 315 in Wildeshausen
    • Field Replacement Battalion 113 in Oldenburg (device unit, inactive)

The brigade comprised around 3,150 soldiers in the peace structure in the autumn of 1989 . The planned growth force in the case of defense was around 3550 men . 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 11th Panzer Grenadier Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1990 ( Army Structure 5 ) the following units and units were subordinate to:

  • StKp PzGrenBrig 31 (V1) .jpg Headquarters / headquarters company in Oldenburg
  • PzBtl 311.png Tank battalion 311 in Delmenhorst
  • PzGrenBtl 312.jpg 312 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Delmenhorst
  • PzGrenBtl 313.png 313 Panzer Grenadier Battalion in Varel
  • PzBtl 314.jpg Tank battalion 314 in Oldenburg
  • PzArtBtl 315.jpg Armored Artillery Battalion 315 in Wildeshausen
  • FErsBtl 113.pngField Replacement Battalion 113 in Oldenburg ( device unit , inactive)
  • PzJgKp310.jpg Panzerjägerkompanie 310 in Oldenburg
  • PzPiKp310.jpg Panzer Pioneer Company 310 in Delmenhorst
  • NschKp 310.jpg Supply company 310 in Oldenburg
  • InstKp 310.png Repair company 310 in Oldenburg

In March 1993, the brigade was merged with Airborne Brigade 27 from Lippstadt , as part of the readjustment to Army Structure 5, to form the new Airborne Brigade 31 . The name of the new brigade as the 31st Brigade indicated its origin. The old brigade de facto ceased to exist. The new brigade was assigned to the Luftmobile Forces / 4. Division in Regensburg (quasi-successor to the 1st Airborne Division ) subordinated.

Commanders

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

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
11 Colonel Klaus Olshausen October 1, 1990 March 31, 1993
10 Colonel Erich Becker April 1, 1988 September 30, 1990
9 Colonel Ernst Lissinna April 1, 1985 March 31, 1988
8th Brigadier General Hannsjörn Boës April 1, 1983 March 31, 1985
7th Brigadier General Rolf Zerling 17th September 1977 March 31, 1983
6th Colonel Gerhard Wachter 17th September 1976 September 16, 1977
5 Brigadier General Joachim Rensing 22nd September 1971 September 16, 1976
4th Brigadier General Werner Krieger March 10, 1969 September 21, 1971
3 Colonel Eduard Kaumanns April 1, 1968 March 9, 1969
2 Brigadier General Gerhard Münch April 1, 1964 March 31, 1968
1 Brigadier General Otto Uechtritz October 1, 1960 March 31, 1964

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 31 read:

Silver rimmed , golden in blue three crosses three silver shaft threads in the sign foot .

The crosses stood for the Oldenburger Land . The crosses were also called Nagelspitzkreuze or Delmenhorster crosses because of the cross in the coat of arms of the county of Delmenhorst . They were represented similarly in the coat of arms of Oldenburg and in the coat of arms of the district of Oldenburg . 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 31st Panzer Grenadier Brigade was the “first” brigade of the division with a white border.

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 association badge with a black border instead of a white one. A black hedgehog was hung up .

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 31 (= white board). "Second" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 33 (= yellow board).

literature

  • Panzergrenadierbrigade 31: 25 years of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 31 . 1960 - 1985. Mönch, Waldesch 1985, DNB  207203881 (48 pages, anniversary publication of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 31).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c 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. ^ 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.).
  4. ^ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-31 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 31. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 .

Coordinates: 53 ° 5 ′ 32.9 ″  N , 8 ° 13 ′ 13.6 ″  E