Panzer Grenadier Brigade 40

Panzergrenadierbrigade 40 "Mecklenburg" ; - PzGrenBrig 40 - ; X
	; ; Association badge
active	July 1, 1991 to Sep. 30 2002
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
last seat of the staff	Hagenow
commander
last commander	Brigadier General Volker Wieker

The Mechanized Infantry Brigade 40 "Mecklenburg" was a brigade of the German Army , which until its dissolution in 2002 of the 14th Panzer Grenadier Division was subordinated. The stationing area was the Schwerin area .

history

After reunification in 1990, the brigade emerged from parts of the former 8th motorized rifle division of the National People's Army of the GDR and was initially referred to as Homeland Security Brigade 40. The 27 Motorized Rifle Regiment ( Stern Buchholz ), the 29th Motorized Rifle Regiment ( Hagenow ), 1 reconnaissance and engineer battalion each (Hagenow), logistics troops ( Karow ), a missile division ( Goldberg ) and an artillery regiment from Rostock were used to form the units . The brigade was initially subordinate to Division / Wehrbereichskommando VIII. In 1995 this association was renamed Wehrbereichskommando VIII / 14th Panzer Grenadier Division and the brigade was named Panzergrenadierbrigade 40. In 1997 the superordinate association became the 14th Panzer Grenadier Division .

In 1997, the brigade included Panzer Battalion 403, Panzer Battalion 404, Panzerjägerkompanie 400 (all in Stern Buchholz), Panzergrenadierbataillon 401, Panzergrenadierbataillon 402, Panzerpionierkompanie 400 (all in Hagenow), and Panzerartilleriebataillon 405 in Dabel . The brigade was disbanded on September 30, 2002 and some unresolved units were transferred to the 41st Panzer Grenadier Brigade .

Association badge

The brigade's association badge showed a crowned bull's head as in the coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , the brigade's "home country". In this representation, the head was always part of the Mecklenburg family coat of arms. The coat of arms was divided into three parts: The colors ultramarine blue, yellow and vermilion followed from top to bottom. With regard to the selection and order of the colors, it was the same combination as in the flag of Mecklenburg and the flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , which also shows the bull.

In doing so, the brigade did not use the heraldic symbols of the division that was originally above it, as was customary for the brigades in the Federal Republic before 1990. Her coat of arms was also framed by a silver cord with a black coat of arms woven into it. This border was not common for a German brigade until 1990, but was mainly reserved for the divisions. One reason may be the establishment as a homeland security brigade, which in its heraldic representation was not based on the armorial system of the field army. Rather, territorial aspects were in the foreground, so that the brigade fell back on the coat of arms of their "homeland".

Commanders

The Heimatschutz- later Panzergrenadierbrigade 40 was commanded by (rank when taking command):

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
3.	Colonel Volker Wieker	September 1999	September 30, 2002
2.	Colonel Wolfgang Sauer	April 1, 1995	August 1999
1.	Colonel Reinhard Reichhelm	July 1, 1991	March 31, 1995

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