Panzer Grenadier Brigade 32

Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 - PzGrenBrig 32 - X
Association badge
active	March 16, 1959 to  Sep. 30 1996
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Panzer Grenadier Brigade
Insinuation	11. PzGrenDiv
Location	Schwanewede

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 ( PzGrenBrig 32 ) was an active brigade of the German army with headquarters in Schwanewede until 1997 . The troops were stationed with mass in Bremen and the Lower Saxony area. The brigade was subordinate to the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division for most of the time .

history

Prehistory as a combat group in the Army Structure 1

To assume the army structure 1 which was Panzerkampfgruppe B 3 16 July 1956 Location of the rod in the barracks on the freedom in Schleswig reorganized . Panzerkampfgruppe B 3 was subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Division . In February 1958 the staff of Panzer Group B 3 moved to the Lützow barracks in Schwanewede . The headquarters company moved to Schwanewede on April 3, 1958.

From 1958 the Panzerkampfgruppe B 3 was divided into the following units :

• Combat group headquarters Panzerkampfgruppe B 3, Schwanewede
  • Headquarters company, Schwanewede
  • Panzer Battalion 13, Flensburg / Boostedt
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 13, Schleswig / Hemer
  • Panzer Battalion 23, Hamburg / Schwanewede
  • Panzer Grenadier Battalion 23, Hamburg / Schwanewede

See also : Division of the Army in the Army Structure 1

Army structure 2

To take over Army Structure 2 , Panzer Battle Group B 3 was reclassified to Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 on March 16, 1959 .

In 1959 the following units were subordinate to her:

• Headquarters company (1956 in Schleswig )
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 322 (1959 in Schwanewede from parts of Grenadierbataillon 61 and Panzergrenadierbataillon 13)
• Panzergrenadierbataillon 323 (established 1958 in Hamburg )
• Panzerbataillon 324 (formerly Panzerbataillon 23)
• Panzerjägerkompanie 320 (1959 in Schwanewede from parts of Panzerjägerbataillon 3)
• Supply Battalion 326 (1959 in Delmenhorst )
• Panzer Reconnaissance Company 320 (1959 in Barme )
• Panzerpionierkompanie 320 (1959 in Barme from parts of the heavy engineer battalion 719)

The brigade was assigned to the 11th Panzer Grenadier Division. In 1960, the 326 supply battalion relocated to Bremen. In 1961 the tank reconnaissance company 320 moved the location from Barme to Schwanewede. In 1963, however, it was dissolved and parts of the headquarters company were incorporated as a scouting train. In 1961 the field artillery battalion 325 was reorganized in Schwanewede. In 1964 the NBC defense train 320 was set up in Barme and relocated to Schwanewede. In 1966 this train became part of the NBC defense company, but in 1971 (already Army Structure III) it was separated from the brigade.

Army structure 3

In Army Structure 3 , the 326 supply battalion handed over the 2nd (medical) company to the 11 medical battalion. In addition, in 1971 the field artillery battalion 325 became the armored artillery battalion 325 and moved to Neuenkirchen in 1973 . In 1972 an independent Panzer Reconnaissance Unit 320 was spun off from the headquarters company, but reintegrated in 1979. In 1972, the disbanded supply battalion 326 became the repair company 320 and the supply company 320. In 1973 the armored infantry battalion 321 was decommissioned. In 1982 the brigade's reconnaissance platoon changed from the headquarters company to the 11th Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion.

Army structure 4

In 1982 the brigade led the following units:

• Panzergrenadierbataillon 321 (reorganized 1981 in Schwanewede)
• Panzer Grenadier Battalion 322
• Panzer Grenadier Battalion 323
• Panzer Battalion 324
• Armored Artillery Battalion 325
• Headquarters company
• Panzerjäger Company 320
• Tank Engineer Company 320
• Repair company 320
• Resupply Company 320
• Field Replacement Battalion 114

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 :

• Staff / Headquarters Company Panzergrenadierbrigade 32, Schwanewede
  • Panzerjägerkompanie 320, Schwanewede
  • Panzerpionierkompanie 320, Dörverden
  • Supply company 320, Schwanewede
  • Repair company 320, Schwanewede
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 321 (partially active), Schwanewede
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 322, Schwanewede
  • Panzergrenadierbataillon 323, Schwanewede
  • Panzerbataillon 324, Schwanewede
  • Panzerartilleriebataillon 325 , Schwanewede

See also : Division of the field army in the army structure 4

Army structure 5 until disbandment

In 1993 the brigade was subordinated to the 1st Panzer Division . The brigade receives the Panzergrenadier Battalion 73 , which has been relocated to a non-active tank battalion , the Panzer battalion 74 and the Panzerjägerkompanie 70 from the Panzer Grenadier Brigade 7 . In return, the Panzer Battalion 324, the Field Replacement Battalion 114 and the Panzerjäger Company 320 are decommissioned. The repair company 320 and the supply company 320 were also subordinated to the repair battalion 3 and the supply battalion 11, respectively. The headquarters company, the tank engineer company 320, the inactive tank grenadier battalion 322 and the tank artillery battalion 325 remain with the brigade.

The Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 has been operated in the Hamburg location since the beginning of 1997 only as a non-active device unit and is thus de facto dissolved.

Commanders

Ernst Ferber (here when leaving service as Lieutenant General 1975, on the right on the flag) was the brigade's second commander from 1958 to 1961

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

No.	Surname	Beginning of the appointment	End of appointment
12	Colonel Jochen Schneider	January 1, 1995	1996
11	Brigadier General Friedmar Teßmer	1990	December 31, 1994
10	Colonel Klaus Frühhaber	1987	1990
9	Brigadier General Ekkehard Richter	March 24, 1983	1987
8th	Colonel Horst Wallmann	March 11, 1981	March 24, 1983
7th	Brigadier General Gerhard Ohm	1st December 1975	March 11, 1981
6th	Brigadier General Günther Schmelzer	1st October 1970	November 30, 1975
5	Colonel Hermann Usener	November 2nd, 1967	September 30, 1970
4th	Brigadier General Heinz Karst	September 27, 1963	November 2nd, 1967
3	Colonel Voigt	July 1, 1961	September 27, 1963
2	Colonel Ernst Ferber	November 1, 1958	June 30, 1961
1	Colonel Helmut Wolff	July 16, 1956	October 31, 1958

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 32 read:

Bordered in red , three golden crosses in blue over three silver wavy threads in the base of the shield .

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 Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 received 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 crosses, wavy threads and the red border known from the association badge. The swan resembled the heraldic animal in the Schwaneweder coat of arms . Peat barge with sail and key are taken from the coat of arms of the district of Osterholz .

See also : List of Association Badges of the Bundeswehr

Remarks

1. ↑ From October 1, 1996 to December 31, 2003, Panzerbrigade 32 was planned as an inactive Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 with staff in Hamburg .
2. ^ As a non-active Panzer Grenadier Brigade 32 Hamburg .
3. ↑ 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 .
4. ↑ 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 .
5. ^ "First" Brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 31 (= white board). "Second" brigade: Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 (= red board). "Third" Brigade: Panzer Brigade 33 (= yellow board).

literature

• Panzergrenadierbrigade, site administration (Schwanewede): 25 years of Panzergrenadierbrigade 32 and site administration in Schwanewede . Panzergrenadierbrigade 32, location administration, Schwanewede 1983, DNB  880818565 (48 pages).

Web links

• The 11th Panzer Grenadier Division of the Bundeswehr. In: Relics in Lower Saxony & Bremen . Manfred Tegge, accessed on March 1, 2020 . 
• Jürgen Dreifke: Supply company 320 in and around Bremen. In: https://www.blogger.com/ . jd-bahnms, July 4, 2007, accessed on March 1, 2020 . 
• Panzerbataillon 324 Schwanewede. In: PzBtl 184 . Ulf Köppen, accessed on March 1, 2020 . 
• Schwaneweder Panzer Grenadiers. Freundeskreis Schwaneweder Panzergrenadiere, accessed on March 1, 2020 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} 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} Section MA 3 : BArch BH 9-32 / Panzergrenadierbrigade 32. In: Research application invenio . President of the Federal Archives , 2004, accessed on February 17, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Section MA 3 : BArch BH 8-3 / 3. Armored 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. ^ 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 ° 13 '24.9 "  N , 8 ° 32' 39.2"  E