Pioneer Command 3

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Pioneer
Command 3 - PiKdo 3 -

No coats of arms.svg

(did not have an association badge )
active July 1, 1972 to September 30, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Pioneer command
Insinuation III. Corps.svg III. corps
Staff seat Koblenz

The Pioneer Command 3 was one of the Pioneer Commands of the Army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were in Koblenz . The pioneer command was part of the corps troops of III. 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 5200 soldiers in the war organization roughly corresponded to one of the brigades of the field army .

structure

Around 1989 the pioneer command was roughly divided into:

history

prehistory

From 1958 to 1962, the post of corp spion commander 703 was planned in Koblenz . The corpspionierkommandeur 3, which was also based in the Boelcke barracks in Koblenz between 1962 and 1972, was renamed .

Lineup

The engineer command was set up on July 1, 1972 to take over Army Structure III in the Boelcke barracks in Koblenz. Corp spy commander 3 was called in for the establishment.

resolution

After the end of the Cold War , the pioneer command was in 1993 at about the same time as the III. Corps decommissioned. The Pioneer Brigade 40 in Lahnstein was reorganized from the staff and other units of the pioneer command .

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. Essentially, as a reference to the stationing area, it showed the stylized confluence of the Moselle and Rhine at the Deutsches Eck . The oak leaf branches are a traditional symbol of the German armed forces and, in connection with the stylized bridge also shown, are similarly contained in the beret badge of the pioneer troops . The black basic color of the shield corresponded to the weapon color of the engineer troop. The staff and headquarters company of the "successor" Pioneer Brigade 40 continued the internal association badge.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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]).

Coordinates: 50 ° 21 '28.3 "  N , 7 ° 34' 54.4"  E