Panzer Grenadier Brigade 7

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Panzergrenadierbrigade 7
"Hanseatic City of Hamburg"
- PzGrenBrig 7 -
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Association badge Panzergrenadierbrigade 7

Association badge
active April 1, 1959 to 
March 31, 2004
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Panzer Grenadier Brigade
Staff seat Hamburg

The Panzer Grenadier Brigade 7 "Hanseatic City of Hamburg" with staff in the Röttiger barracks in Hamburg-Fischbek was an association of the Army of the German Armed Forces . The brigade was stationed in the region between the Elbe and Weser in north-eastern Lower Saxony and was decommissioned in 2003/2004.

history

Army structure 2

1959 the formation of the brigade began in Hamburg; it was subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Division in Buxtehude. In 1959, these included: headquarters and headquarters company, the anti-aircraft battery 70, the tank pioneer company 70, the tank destroyer company 70 , tank scouting platoon 70, the tank grenadier battalion 71, 72, 73, the tank battalion 74, the field artillery battalion 75 (from 1966 reclassified to the armored artillery battalion 75) (Renamed Supply Battalion 3 in 1972 and spun off from the brigade, parts remained with the brigade as Supply Company 70 and Repair Company 70 (both Stade )). In 1971, the 73rd Panzer Grenadier Battalion was disbanded. Panzerjägerkompanie 70 was also the teaching unit of the Panzerjägerschule (later anti-tank school, combat troop school III) stationed in Bremen-Grohn, later in Munster, until it was integrated into combat troop school II / armored troop school in Munster. Panzerbataillon 74 was the first tank battalion in the Bundeswehr to receive the Leopard 1 battle tank on March 9, 1966 , which replaced the previous M 48 model . A little later, Panzerjägerkompanie 70 was converted to Kanonenjagdpanzer and Panzerartilleriebataillon 75 to M109 self-propelled howitzer . Towards the end of the 1960s, the changed threat situation from Soviet airborne troops was responded to by implementing the fighter concept.

The PzGrenBrig 7 was used during the storm surge in Hamburg in 1962 .

Army structure 3

Panzergrenadierbrigade 7 was in action during the storm surges in 1976 near Stade and in Kehdinger Land . Three soldiers were killed. In August 1975 the PzArtBtl 75 first took part in an exercise on the Canadian military training area in Shilo . In May 1979 it was the PzGrenBtl 72 and in May 1981 the PzGrenBtl 73.

Army structure 4

The reclassification to Army Structure 4 lasted from October 1, 1980 to the end of 1981, should enable a faster formation and relocation of priorities in the battle. In 1980 the Panzergrenadierbataillon 71 was renamed into Panzergrenadierbataillon 73 and the mixed Panzergrenadierbataillon 71 (2 Kp PzGren, 1 Kp Pz) was reorganized. The brigade now included the headquarters company, the tank grenadier battalions 71, 72, 73, the tank battalion 74, the tank artillery battalion 75, the tank pioneer company 70, the tank hunter company 70, the repair company 70, the supply company 70, the field replacement battalion 77 and the training battalion 11 / established in 1961. 3. In 1989, the headquarters company, the Panzerjägerkompanie 70, the Panzerpionierkompanie 70, the repair company 70, the supply company 70, the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 71, the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 72, the Panzer Grenadier Battalion 73 , the Panzer Battalion 74 and the Panzer Artillery Battalion 75.

In 1984 the 4th Company of 74th Panzer Battalion won the Canadian Army Trophy, a NATO comparative shooting competition . In March 1985, Panzerjägerkompanie 70 converted from the Kanonenjagdpanzer to the rocket destroyer Jaguar 2 . During the major maneuver Trutzige Sachsen in September 1985 , of the 3rd Panzer Division, only Panzer Brigade 8 with Panzer Battalion 81 and Panzergrenadier Battalion 82, as well as Panzer Lehrbrigade 9 (in the 2nd phase at Blau) with Panzerlehrbataillon 94 as a group of the Rotland training troops took part part. The PzGrenBrig 7 acted in the referee support center in Rotenburg an der Wümme .

On September 12, 1986, the Mayor of Hamburg, Klaus von Dohnanyi, awarded the PzGrenBtl 72 the banner of the Free Hanseatic City . The association's 30th birthday is celebrated on June 30, 1989 with a brigade bivouac at the Neu Wulmstorf training area .

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 3rd Panzer Division and was roughly divided into the following troop units :

For the last time in the old structure, the PzGrenBrig 7 exercised in September 1990 on the framework exercise “Wet Triangle” in the Rotenburg – Stade maneuver area.

Army structure 5

In 1993 the 3rd Panzer Division was disbanded and the brigade switched to the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division on April 1, 1994 . In this structure, the brigade was reorganized and parts of the disbanded Panzerbrigade 8 were called in , so that the brigade was ultimately subordinate to the following units:

  • Headquarters company
  • Panzerjäger Company 80
  • Panzer Pioneer Company 80
  • Panzer Reconnaissance Company 80
  • Field replacement company 70
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 72
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 173 (not active)
  • Panzerbataillon 83 (not active)
  • Panzer Battalion 84
  • Panzerartilleriebataillon 85 (partly active).

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 receives the Panzergrenadierbataillon 73, which has been reclassified as a non-active tank battalion, the Panzergrenadierbataillon 74 and the Panzerjägerkompanie 70.

In 1993 the brigade was given its nickname.

Army structure "New Army for New Tasks" until disbandment

In 1996 the brigade was transferred to the Military District Command II / 1st Panzer Division . The main task of PzGrenBrig 7 was to lead the combined arms battle in order to counter an attack by the Warsaw Pact in the Nordheide . This applied both to its own and to multinational associations. The PzGrenBrig 7, together with the PzBrig 8 and the PzLBrig 9, were subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Division Buxtehude, but could, depending on the situation, also be directly subordinated to the I NL Corps .

The brigade was decommissioned on March 31, 2004 after a large farewell roll call had taken place in the Röttiger barracks in Hamburg-Fischbek on November 21, 2003 , at which the brigade said goodbye to all friends and godparents from the public.

Commanders

The commanders were (rank when taking command, then regular promotion to brigadier general):

No. Surname Beginning of the appointment End of appointment
17th Brigadier General Werner Weisenburger 2001 2004
16 Colonel Manfred Engelhardt 1999 2001
15th Brigadier General Stephan Kretschmer 1996 1999
14th Colonel Rolf Baumgärtel 1993 1996
13 Colonel Alphart von Horn 10/01/1991 12/17/1993
12 Colonel Rolf Halama 04/01/1988 09/30/1991
11 Colonel Hartmut Bagger 10/01/1984 March 31, 1988
10 Colonel Wolfgang Estorf 10/01/1982 09/30/1984
9 Brigadier General Hansgeorg Model 05/22/1976 09/30/1982
8th Colonel Wolfgang Altenburg 05/30/1975 05/21/1976
7th Colonel Hermann Vogt 04/06/1972 May 29, 1975
6th Brigadier General Alexander Frevert-Niedermein 04/01/1971 04/05/1972
5 Brigadier General Karl-Christian Krause 10/01/1969 March 31, 1971
4th Colonel Hans-Jürgen von Kayser 04/01/1967 09/30/1969
3 Colonel Rolf Juergens 04/01/1964 March 31, 1967
2 Brigadier General Heinz-Georg Lemm 06/01/1962 March 31, 1964
1 Colonel Rolf von Tresckow 08/01/1959 05/31/1962

Association badge

The blazon of the association badge for the uniform of the members of the 7th Panzer Grenadier Brigade read:

Silver rimmed , diagonally crossed in red two silver gable sheets with outwardly facing horses' heads .

The crossed horse heads were a variant of the Sachsenrosses , which is also shown on a red shield in the coat of arms of Lower Saxony . Crossed horse heads can be found in this form as gable decorations of the Lower Saxony houses typical of the region . The association badges of the division and two of the subordinate brigades were identical except for the shelves . In the tradition of the Prussian color sequence , the association badge of the 7th Panzer Grenadier Brigade was the “first” brigade of the division with a white border.

Since the association badges of the division's brigades originally differed only slightly, the internal association badge of the staff or the staff company pars pro toto was occasionally used as the brigade's "badge" instead . It showed the crossed horse heads on a red background, a sword and a castle similar to the Hamburg coat of arms .

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 7 (= white board). "Second" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 8 (= red board). The association badge of the “third” brigade ( Panzerlehrbrigade 9 ) followed a different design pattern.

See also

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 e f g h i Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-7 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 7th In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2003, accessed on February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Last order for Brigade 7. Farewell: Lieutenant Colonel Stache and 30 soldiers left the Röttiger barracks. Hamburger Abendblatt, April 1, 2004
  4. ↑ Spectacular photos Fischbek: People will soon live where there used to be tanks. Hamburger Morgenpost. July 28, 2013.
  5. ↑ Hand over command to last battalion commander Hand over command to last battalion commander. Solemn roll call in Altenwalde. Cuxhaven News. Niederelbe newspaper. August 25, 2001.
  6. ↑ Defiant Saxony on www.m136.de
  7. ↑ 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).
  8. ^ 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 ° 27 '56 "  N , 9 ° 48' 53"  E