Engineer Brigade 30

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Pioneer Brigade 30 "Rhein-Weser"
- PiBrig 30 -
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( did not have an association badge )
active October 1, 1993 to September 30, 2002
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Engineer Brigade
Insinuation WBK III.svg7th Panzer Division (Bundeswehr) .svgWBK III / 7th PzDiv
Staff seat Hilden

The Pioneer Brigade 30 "Rhein-Weser" was a large unit of the army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were in Hilden . The engineer brigade was subordinate to the Military District Command III / 7th Panzer Division . The nickname " Rhine - Weser " reflects the area where the brigade is stationed in northern West Germany.

In addition to almost the entire range of skills of the pioneer troops , NBC defense was also part of their tasks.

assignment

The Pioneer Brigade 30 "Rhein-Weser" combined the range of tasks of the pioneer and the NBC defense force . In peacetime operations and operations, this included the construction and operation of field camps in the operational areas, as well as water treatment for the German soldiers deployed abroad. Furthermore, tasks from the area of civil-military cooperation were added.

In the event of a defense , in addition to promoting the movement of one's own and inhibiting or paralyzing the movement of opposing troops, the construction of traffic routes, their repair, blocking and blasting as well as the construction of field fortifications fall within the scope of the pioneers. The NBC defense units added the NBC detection and warning service, as well as decontamination and water treatment to the range of orders.

structure

Headquarters and Headquarters Company Engineer Brigade 30

  • Abbreviation: St / StKp PiBrig 30
  • Subordination: 7th Panzer Division
  • Listed on October 1, 1993
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Hilden
  • Mission: Leadership and leadership support of the brigade
  • Weapon system: all-terrain vehicles, HEROS , AUTOKO on MTW

NBC Defense Battalion 7

  • Abbreviation: ABCAbwBtl 7
  • Subordination: 7th Panzer Division, from 1993 Pioneer Brigade 30, now 1st Panzer Division
  • Listed on March 1, 1993
  • Denouement: still on duty
  • Locations: Höxter
  • Sponsorship: City of Höxter, Boffzen , Suderburg , Beverungen
  • Order: water treatment, ABC clarification, decontamination
  • Weapon system: u. a. TPz Fuchs (tank)

Armored Engineer Battalion 1

  • Abbreviation: PzPiBtl 1
  • earlier names:
PiBtl 2 (July 1, 1956 to October 1, 1957)
PiBtl 7 (October 1, 1957 to April 1, 1960)
PiBtl 1 (April 1, 1960 to April 1, 2002)
  • Listed on July 1, 1956
  • Subordination:
July 1, 1956 to October 1, 1957: 2nd PzGrenDiv
October 1, 1957 to April 1, 1960: 7th PzGrenDiv
April 1, 1960 to April 1, 1981: 1. PzGrenDiv
April 1, 1981 to October 1, 1993: 1st PzDiv
October 1, 1993 to September 27, 2002: PiBrig 30
September 27, 2002 to June 30, 2007: PiBrig 100, so HTrKdo
July 1, 2007 - today: PiRgt 100, thus 1st PzDiv

Engineer Battalion 140

  • Abbreviation: sPiBtl 140
  • former name: Pionierbrückenbataillon 140 (PiBrBtl 140)
  • Subordination: from 1993 PiBrig 30
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Renamed to PiBtl 140
  • Resolution: July 1, 2008
  • Locations: Emmerich am Rhein
  • Mission: pioneer service s. Brigade order
  • Weapon system: u. a. Folding road , MGB, FFB , folding swimming bridge

Engineer Bridge Battalion 810

  • Abbreviation: PiBrBtl 810
  • Subordination: Pioneer Command 800, from 1993 PiBrig 30
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Kranenburg
  • Mission: pioneer service s. Brigade order
  • Weapon system: Biber rapid tank bridge , rapid tank bridge 2

Partial command post pipeline pioneer company 3/1

Engineer Battalion 150 - not active

  • Abbreviation: PiBtl 150 (na)
  • Subordination: Panzerbrigade 15, from 1993 PiBrig 30
  • Commander from 1991–1993 Lieutenant Colonel d. R. Hans Kempkes
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Höxter
  • Mission: pioneer service in the event of a defense

Special pioneer company 300

  • Abbreviation: SpezPiKp (Ppl) 300
  • Subordination: PiBrig 30
  • Listed on July 1, 1993
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Höxter
  • Order: field tank farm construction / operation

Special pioneer company 301 - not active

  • Abbreviation: SpezPiKp (Ppl) 301 (na)
  • Subordination: PiBrig 30
  • Installation: October 1, 1997
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Höxter
  • Order: in the event of a defense, construction of field tank farms / operation

Field replacement company 300

  • Abbreviation: FErsKp 300
  • Subordination: PiBrig 30
  • Listed on October 1, 1993
  • Resolution: September 27, 2002
  • Locations: Kranenburg
  • Order: Provide replacement personnel in the event of a defense

history

Headquarters of the staff : the forest barracks

Lineup

After the end of the East-West conflict , the structure of the pioneer troops was changed to take up Army Structure V and V (N). A large part of the pioneer troops of the field and territorial army was previously divided into pioneer commands. The German Corps led a corps troops ever a pioneer squad. Similarly, the territorial commands either led a pioneer command directly subordinate to it or, in the case of the Schleswig-Holstein territorial command, a pioneer regiment of comparable size. At the level of most of the divisions, engineer battalions were planned as part of the division forces; in the territorial army, each military area command led a pioneer regiment.

In the new structure, the bulk of the above-listed units of the pioneers of the field and territorial army - insofar as these were not decommissioned - were combined in newly established pioneer brigades . The pioneer brigades were each subordinate to a staff of a military area command / division . These merged large formations of a new type combined units and tasks of the previous field and territorial army. Only in the event of a defense would the associations probably have been separated again. The same applied to the engineer brigades.

The Pioneer Brigade 30 was set up on October 1, 1993 in the Hilden forest barracks and was subordinated to the Defense Area Command III / 7th Panzer Division , which was merged around the same time . Parts of the Pioneer Command 800 with staff in Hilden were used for the establishment.

period of service

The brigade's ten-year service was characterized by a further restructuring in 1997 and the deployment in the extended range of tasks of the Bundeswehr. The association's two core battalions, Pioneer Battalion 1 and NBC Defense Battalion 7 , were assigned to the Crisis Response Forces (KRK) and were accordingly often deployed abroad .

resolution

At about the same time as the defusion of Defense Area Command III and the 7th Panzer Division , Pioneer Brigade 30 was decommissioned on September 30, 2002.

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Unlike most other brigades in the army, the engineer brigade did not have its own badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superior military area command or the superior division .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire pioneer brigade. It showed the Bergisch lion as well as the Westphalian horse and the stylized Rhine on a red-green shield (representing the Rhineland and Westphalia ) similar to the coat of arms of North Rhine-Westphalia . The stylized bridge in the black weapon color of the pioneer troop is shown in a similar way in the beret badge of the pioneer troop. The bridge appears similarly in the other internal badges of the staffs and the staff companies of the other pioneer brigades. Overall, the design was reminiscent of the internal association badge of the Pioneer Command 800 with staff, also in Hilden.

literature

  • Robert Gericke, Siegfried Houben: 7th Panzer Division 1958-2006 . Rotabene Data Service, 2006, ISBN 3-927374-47-4 .
  • Self-portrayal of the 7th NBC Defense Battalion .
  • Chronicle PiBrig 30 "Rhein-Weser" .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f 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 March 28, 2019 (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 offices).

Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 28.8 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 45.3"  E