Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5

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Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5
"Kurhessen"
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 5

Association badge
active March 15, 1959 to 
June 30, 1996
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
last staff seat Dörnberg barracks , Homberg (Efze)

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 "Kurhessen" with staff last in Homberg (Efze) was an association of the German army . The brigade was stationed in northern Hesse and southern Lower Saxony. It was set up in 1956 and decommissioned in 1996.

history

Prehistory as a combat group in the Army Structure 1

To assume the army structure 1 which was in July 1956 battle group B 2 with location of the rod in Goslar restructured. Parts of the Federal Border Police were used for the establishment. Combat group B 2 was under the 2nd Grenadier Division . The battle group headquarters moved to Holzminden on September 1, 1956 and to Kassel in March 1957 . The combat group staff of combat group B 2 led the following units:

Army structure 2

To take over Army Structure 2 , Combat Group B 2 was reclassified to Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 on March 15, 1959 . Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 was subordinated to the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division. In 1961 the brigade staff moved to Homberg (Efze). The 4th Company of Pioneer Battalion 2 changed in 1959 as Panzer Pionierkompanie 50 to Panzergrenadierbrigade 5. In 1960, the Brigade was subordinate to Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 2, Panzergrenadier Battalion 51, 52, 53, Panzer Battalion 54, Field Artillery Battalion 2, and Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion 50 Panzerpionierkompanie 50 and the supply battalion 56. In 1975 the Panzerjägerkompanie 50 from Wolfhagen switched to Panzerbrigade 34 .

Army structure 3

From 1976 the brigade was one of the test brigades to test a new army structure, so that it was heavily reclassified. This attempt was ended by 1980 and the brigade was again heavily restructured. It was now subordinate to the mixed Panzergrenadierbataillon 51, the Panzergrenadierbataillon 52 (formerly No. 51 in Rotenburg an der Fulda ), the Panzergrenadierbataillon 53, the Panzerartilleriebataillon 55, the Panzerjägerkompanie 50, the supply company 50, the field restoration company 50, the Panzerpionier 24th , and the Jäger Battalion 26. The tank battalion 53, which had been set up as a model brigade during the period, was disbanded again, and in 1980 the previously subordinate Jäger Battalion 56 was disbanded.

Army structure 4

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 soldiers. 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 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

In 1989 the brigade was given the nickname "Kurhessen".

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1993, Panzerbataillon 63 and Panzerbataillon 64 were subordinated to the brigade.

When the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division was disbanded in 1994, the brigade switched to the 5th Panzer Division ( Mainz ). In Army Structure 5, the brigade was subordinate to the staff and headquarters company, the armored infantry battalions 52 and 53, the armored battalions 63 and 64, the armored artillery battalion 55, the armored hunter company 130, the armored engineer company 50, the armored reconnaissance company 50 and the field replacement company 50.

Effective July 1, 1996, Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 was released from its mandate and cadreed. As a non-active association, it was subordinated to Panzer Brigade 14 "Hessischer Löwe". On December 31, 2003, the 5th Panzer Grenadier Brigade was finally dissolved.

Commanders

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 had the following commanders (rank when taking command):

No. Surname Commander of Commander up
15th Lieutenant Colonel Wolfgang Kappen 03/01/1995 06/30/1995
14th Colonel Peter Goebel 01/01/1995 02/28/1995
13 Colonel Max Asam 10/01/1990 December 31, 1994
12 Colonel Götz Gliemeroth 04/01/1988 09/30/1990
11 Brigadier General Helmut Willmann 10/01/1985 March 31, 1988
10 Brigadier General Andreas Broicher 04/01/1983 09/30/1985
9 Brigadier General Peter Rohde 10/01/1979 03/31/1983
8th Colonel Ernst-August Schorn 10/01/1976 09/30/1979
7th Brigadier General Horst Frickinger 10/01/1973 09/30/1976
6th Brigadier General Wolfram von Eichel-Streiber 10/01/1968 09/30/1973
5 Colonel Ernst Paulsen 10/01/1966 09/30/1968
4th Brigadier General Klaus Schubert 04/01/1963 09/30/1966
3 Brigadier General Heinrich Schäfer 10/01/1959 March 31, 1963
2 Colonel Gerd Kobe 07/01/1957 09/30/1959
1 Colonel Hermann Weyrauther 07/01/1956 06/30/1957

Association badge

The blazon of the association badge for the uniform of the members of the Panzergrenadierbrigade 5 read:

Red bordered , split by silver and red, a split, red in front, silver in the back rising lion .

The tinging of the shield corresponded to the flag of Hesse . The lion resembled the colorful lion (" Hessen lion ") of the Ludowingers from the Hessian coat of arms . 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 5th Panzer Grenadier Brigade 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". It took up the red border of the association badge and showed, in addition to crossed swords, similar to the army's peaked caps, three green cloverleaves similar to the Kassel coat of arms and several municipal coats of arms in the Schwalm-Eder district .

Remarks

  1. Jump up ↑ The 5th Panzer Grenadier Brigade was planned from July 1, 1996 to December 31, 2003 as a non-active 5th Panzer Grenadier Brigade.
  2. For internal association badges , a wearing license was only officially issued around the mid-1980s. They are therefore not shown. The enumerated troop units or the "successors" standing in their tradition could, however, unofficially have already worn badges similar to a coat of arms or have officially received them from the mid-1980s. Association badges for large associations were only introduced into the troops in Army Structure 2 .
  3. 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 .
  4. ^ "First" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 4 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 6 (= yellow board).

literature

  • Uwe Walter: About wolves, leopards and other predators . The history of the army of the Bundeswehr in Hesse and the neighboring federal states. 2nd Edition. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2017, ISBN 978-3-8482-2645-0 (124 pages, 1st part newly revised).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n 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 e f g h i j k l m n Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-5 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 5. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2003, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  3. Section MA 3 : BArch BH 8-2 / 2. Panzergrenadier Division. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 1994, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  4. 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).
  5. Relocation of Panzer Grenadier Brigade 5 to Homberg / Efze, September 20, 1961. Contemporary history in Hesse. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  6. Uwe Walter: Of wolves, leopards and other predators. The history of the army of the German Armed Forces in Hesse and the neighboring federal states, part 1, Cölbe-Schönstadt 2010, p. 14

Coordinates: 51 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  N , 9 ° 24 ′ 55 ″  E