Pioneer Command 2

Pioneer ; Command 2 - PiKdo 2 -
	; ; (did not have an association badge )
active	July 1, 1972 to September 30, 1993
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	army
Type	Pioneer command
Insinuation	II Corps
Staff seat	Ulm

The pioneer command 2 was one of the pioneer commands of the army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were in Ulm . The engineer command was part of the corps troops of the II Corps .

assignments

The engineer command bundled the troops of the engineer and NBC defense forces at the corps level . The commanding general of the corps thus had his own engineering means to increase the mobility of the corps troops. Depending on the situation , the engineer battalions of the subordinate divisions and the tank engineer companies of the brigades could be reinforced. In contrast to the last-mentioned units, the pioneer command had "heavy" pioneer equipment that enabled the pioneer commander to enable the crossing of larger bodies of water and to repair the marching roads for the corps' extensive logistics units. Another task was the NBC defense at the corps level. Overall, the size of the pioneer command with about 6000 soldiers in the war organization corresponded to about one of the brigades of the field army .

structure

Around 1989 the pioneer command was roughly divided into:

Staff / Staff Company Pioneer Command 2, Ulm
- Pioneer Battalion 210, Munich
- Pioneer Teaching Battalion 220, Munich (during peacetime as part of the teaching unit at the Pioneer School )
- Amphibious Engineer Battalion 230, Ingolstadt
- Pioneer Battalion 240 (partly active), Passau
- Pioneer Battalion 250 (GerEinh), Rainau
- Swimming bridge battalion 260 (GerEinh), Münchsmünster
- Floating Bridge Battalion 270 (GerEinh), Hemau
- NBC Defense Training Battalion 210, Sonthofen (in peace as a training unit for NBC and self-protection school )

history

prehistory

From 1958 to 1959, the position of corp spy commander 702 was planned in Ulm . The corpspionier commander 2, who was also based in Ulm between 1959 and June 1972, was renamed.

Lineup

Pioneer Command 2 was set up on July 1, 1972 to take Army Structure III in the Bleidorn barracks in Ulm.

resolution

After the end of the Cold War , the Pioneer Command was decommissioned in 1993 at around the same time as the II Corps was reclassified as the II German-American Corps. Some of the remaining units were subordinated to the newly established engineer brigades.

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Due to its planning as part of the dependent corps troops, the pioneer command did not have its own association badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher corps .

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 command. As a reference to the stationing area, it showed the stylized Ulm Minster on the coat of arms of the city of Ulm . The stylized bridge stands for the troop type and is similarly included in the beret badge of the pioneer troop .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).

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[DRAGONER-1] O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989 . Army Office. I. Corps. II Corps. III. Corps. 4th edition. 2.1 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 3, 2018]).