Pioneer Command 850

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Pioneer
Command 850 - PiKdo 850 -

No coats of arms.svg

(did not have an association badge )
active October 1, 1981 to March 31, 1994
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Pioneer command
Insinuation TerrKdo Süd.svg Territorial Command South
last staff seat Mannheim

The Pioneer Command 850 was one of the pioneer commands of the Territorial Army in the Army of the Bundeswehr . The headquarters were last in Mannheim . The pioneer command was subordinate to the Territorial Command South .

assignments

The pioneer command, like the pioneers of the corps troops in the field army, was directly subordinate to the commander of the territorial command. The units of the pioneer troops, bundled at the level of the territorial command , had "heavy" pioneer equipment such as floating bridges and the ferries of the river pioneers to promote the mobility of the territorial army, in particular to keep the supply routes in the rear area open. The fixed or pioneering crossings over the Rhine were of particular strategic importance in order not to lose contact with the rear areas on the territory of the Western Allies . Another focus was the operation and maintenance of the NATO pipeline , the enormous importance for the supply of fuel had. Depending on the situation , the pioneers supported civil defense measures . Like many units in the territorial army , the pioneer command was set up partially active and only grew to its full size in the event of a defense . Overall, the size of the pioneer command after the mobilization with around 8000 soldiers corresponded to about one or two of the brigades of the field army.

structure

Around 1989 the pioneer command was roughly divided into:

history

Lineup

The Pioneer Command 850 was set up on October 1, 1981 to take Army Structure IV in the old artillery barracks in Mainz . In 1987 the staff moved to the Ludwig Frank barracks in Mannheim .

resolution

After the end of the Cold War , the Pioneer Command was decommissioned in 1994 at around the same time as the Territorial Command South was decommissioned. 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 troops of the Territorial Command, the Pioneer Command did not have its own association badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher-level territorial command .

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. It essentially showed the crests of the waves for the Rhine and the Mainzer Rad as a reference to the stationing area . The stylized bridge is similarly included in the pioneer troop's beret badge . The black basic color of the upper part of the shield corresponds to the weapon color of the military type.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

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Coordinates: 49 ° 30 ′ 28.9 "  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 35.7"  E