Pioneer Training and Experimental Regiment 87
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Pioneer Teaching and Experimental |
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| active | Spring 1956 as PiLehrBtl, from April 1, 1959 as PiLehrRgt, from April 1, 1974 as PiLVsuRgt 87, until March 31, 1981 |
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 Germany
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| Armed forces | armed forces |
| Armed forces |
 army
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| Branch of service | Pioneer troop |
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| Stationing place | Funkkaserne Munich |
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The Pioneer Teaching and Experimental Regiment 87 (PiLVsuRgt 87) was a military unit of the pioneer troop of the Bundeswehr . It existed, including its predecessor units, from 1956 to 1981 and was largely stationed in the radio barracks in Munich . It was subordinate to the Pioneer School of the Bundeswehr (PiS).
history
Engineer Training Battalion
First, the Pioneer Training Battalion (PiLehrBtl) was set up in the spring of 1956 . Initially it consisted of three makeshift companies , which were restructured into nine companies in July 1956. The staff platoon administered the battalion. In the following months more companies were set up, so that at the end of 1958 the battalion was finally subordinate to 14 companies. In detail these were:
| designation | Type | Lineup | Remaining from April 1959 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff train PiLehrBtl | Battalion headquarters | July 1956 | 1./sPiLehrBtl 210 |
| 1./PiLehrBtl | Pioneer company | July 1956 | 2./sPiLehrBtl 210 |
| 2./PiLehrBtl | Armored Engineer Company | July 1956 | 4./sPiLehrBtl 210 |
| 3./PiLehrBtl | Heavy pioneer company | July 1956 | 3./sPiLehrBtl 210 |
| 4./PiLehrBtl | Swimming bridge company | July 1956 | SchwBrKp 202 |
| 5./PiLehrBtl | Bridge Company | July 1956 | SE-BrLKp 206 |
| 6./PiLehrBtl | Pioneer Equipment Company | July 1956 | dissolved |
| 7./PiLehrBtl | Repair training company | July 1956 | PiLVsuKp, TPiLVsuKp |
| 8./PiLehrBtl | Officer / NCO candidate company | July 1956 | PiUffzLKp |
| 9./PiLehrBtl | Supply company | July 1956 | 5./sPiLehrBtl 210 |
| 10./PiLehrBtl | Pioneer Training Company | December 1956 | Education 414 |
| 11./PiLehrBtl | Pioneer Training Company | August 1957 | Education 415 |
| PiGerKp 762 | Pioneer Equipment Company | September 1956 | PiGerLKp 208 |
| LLPiKp 9 | Airborne Engineer Company | December 1956 | LLPiKp 9 |
| mPiInstKp 782 | Repair company | July 1958 | PiInstLKp 204 |
Pioneer Training Regiment
In March and April 1959 the battalion was restructured into the Pioneer Training Regiment (PiLehrRgt). The 6th company of the battalion was disbanded, the others subordinated to the regiment. Five companies and the previous staff platoon of the battalion as well as part of the 7th Company were combined to form the Heavy Pioneer Training Battalion 210 (sPiLehrBtl 210), which was expanded to a total of nine companies in 1964. The remaining companies of the former PiLehrBtl became independent and were directly subordinate to the regiment. LLPiKp 9 was spun off in June 1959, renamed Parachute Pioneer Company 250 (FschPiKp 250) and relocated to Kempten . In 1959, a railway pioneer teaching and experimental company (EbPiLVsuKp), which was also directly subordinate to the regiment, as well as engineer battalion 4, which moved to Bogen in the course of the following year and was finally spun off from the regiment in April 1960 , was reorganized . The swimming bridge company 202 was initially subordinate to this PiBtl 4, but did not move to Bogen and was again directly subordinate to the PiLehrRgt from January 1960.
In October 1961 the regiment was restructured. The previously independent technical companies were combined to form the Spezialpionierlehr- und Experimental Battalion (SpezPiLVsuBtl), which in October 1971 still received the number 870 (SpezPiLVsuBtl 870). Parts of the regiment, namely the railway pioneers and the pipeline pioneers, moved to Krailling in 1963 . In 1973 the SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 received an additional training company.
In detail, the following units were subordinate to the PiLehrRgt in the period from 1959 to 1974:
| designation | abbreviation | subordinated to | subordinated to | Whereabouts | Remarks |
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| independent units (directly subordinate to the regiment) | |||||
| Engineer Battalion 4 | PiBtl 4 | April 1959 | April 1960 | remains in existence, but detached from the regiment | moved to Bogen in 1960 |
| Heavy Pioneer Training Battalion 210 | sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | April 1974 | sPiLehrBtl 210 | subordinate units see below |
| Railway pioneer teaching and testing company | EbPiLVsuKp | April 1959 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Airborne Engineer Company 9 | LLPiKp 9 | April 1959 | June 1959 | renamed FschPiKp 250 , detached from the regiment and relocated to Kempten | |
| Pioneer Equipment Training Company 208 | PiGerLKp 208 | April 1959 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Pioneer Repair Training Company 204 | PiInstLKp 204 | April 1959 | April 1960 | dissolved | |
| Engineer NCO training company | PiUffzLKp | April 1959 | April 1960 | a pioneer corporal teaching inspection directly to the Pioneer School subordinated | |
| Swimming bridge company 734 | SchwBrKp 734 | April 1959 | April 1960 | renamed SchwBrKp 201 | |
| Technical pioneer teaching and testing company | TPiLVsuKp | April 1959 | October 1961 | renamed to sPiLVsuKp (T) and subordinated to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Swimming Bridge Company 202 | SchwBrKp 202 | January 1960 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | was subordinate to PiBtl 4 from April 1959 to January 1960 |
| Pioneer teaching and testing company | PiLVsuKp | April 1960 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Swimming Bridge Company 201 | SchwBrKp 201 | April 1960 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| SE Bridge Teaching Company 206 | SE-BrLKp 206 | April 1960 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Pipeline Pioneer Training Company 922 | PplPiLKp 922 | May 1961 | October 1961 | remains in place, but subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Special pioneer training and test battalion | SpezPiLVsuBtl | October 1961 | October 1971 | renamed to SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | subordinate units see below |
| Special Pioneer Training and Experimental Battalion 870 | SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | October 1971 | April 1974 | dissolved , sub-units were placed under PiLVsuRgt 87 | subordinate units see below |
| Heavy Pioneer Training Battalion 210 (sPiLehrBtl 210) | |||||
| 1st company | 1./sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | October 1964 | StVersKp / sPiLehrBtl 210 | Headquarters company |
| January 1967 | (April 1974) | remains | Headquarters and supply company | ||
| 2nd company | 2./sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | (April 1974) | remains | heavy pioneer company |
| 3rd company | 3./sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | (April 1974) | remains | heavy pioneer company |
| 4th company | 4./sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | April 1960 | PzPiLehrKp 280 | heavy pioneer company |
| October 1964 | (April 1974) | remains | 1964 reorganized | ||
| 5th company | 5./sPiLehrBtl 210 | April 1959 | October 1964 | StVersKp / sPiLehrBtl 210 | Supply company |
| October 1964 | October 1971 | SchwBrKp 260 | 1971 outsourced from the regiment | ||
| October 1971 | (April 1974) | remains | heavy engineer machine company (former 7th company) | ||
| Training company 414 | Education 414 | April 1959 | October 1964 | remains in place, but is subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Training company 415 | Education 415 | April 1959 | August 1962 | remains in place, but is subject to the SpezPiLVsuBtl | |
| Pioneer teaching and testing company | PiLVsuKp | April 1959 | April 1960 | remains in existence, but is directly subordinate to the regiment | |
| SE Bridge Teaching Company 206 | SE-BrLKp 206 | April 1959 | April 1960 | remains in existence, but is directly subordinate to the regiment | |
| Panzer Pioneer Training Company 280 | PzPiLKp 280 | April 1960 | October 1970 | renamed to PzPiLKp 290 | |
| Swimming Bridge Company 201 | SchwBrKp 201 | August 1962 | October 1964 | renamed to 5./sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| Swimming Bridge Company 202 | SchwBrKp 202 | August 1962 | October 1964 | renamed 6./sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| Headquarters and supply company of the battalion | StVersKp / sPiLehrBtl 210 | October 1964 | January 1967 | renamed 1./sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| 6th company | 6./sPiLehrBtl 210 | October 1964 | October 1971 | SchwBrKp 270 | 1971 outsourced from the regiment |
| 7th company | 7./sPiLehrBtl 210 | October 1964 | October 1971 | 5./sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| Amphibious Pioneer Training Company 201 | AmphPiLKp 201 | October 1964 | October 1970 | renamed AmphPiLKp 230 , detached from the regiment | |
| Panzer Pioneer Training Company 290 | PzPiLKp 290 | October 1970 | (April 1974) | remains | |
| Special Pioneer Training and Experimental Battalion (SpezPiLVsuBtl) | |||||
| Headquarters company of the battalion | StKp / SpezPiLVsuBtl | October 1961 | October 1971 | 1./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | |
| Railway pioneer teaching and testing company | EbPiLVsuKp | October 1961 | October 1971 | 2./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | Relocated to Krailling in 1963 |
| Pioneer Equipment Training Company 208 | PiGerLKp 208 | October 1961 | 1962 | renamed to PiMaschLKp 208 | |
| Pioneer teaching and testing company | PiLVsuKp | October 1961 | October 1971 | dissolved | |
| Pipeline Pioneer Training Company 922 | PplPiLKp 922 | October 1961 | October 1971 | 4./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | Relocated to Krailling in 1963 |
| Heavy pioneering training and testing company | sPiLVsuKp (T) | October 1961 | October 1971 | 3./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | |
| Swimming Bridge Company 202 | SchwBrKp 202 | October 1961 | August 1962 | remains in place, but is subject to the sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| SE Bridge Teaching Company 206 | SE-BrLKp 206 | October 1961 | October 1964 | renamed AmphPiLKp 201 and subordinated to sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| Pioneer Machine Training Company 208 | PiMaschLKp 208 | 1962 | October 1964 | renamed 7./sPiLehrBtl 210 and subordinated to sPiLehrBtl 210 | |
| Training company 415 | Education 415 | August 1962 | October 1968 | dissolved | Relocated briefly to Krailling in 1963, then back to Munich |
| Training company 414 | Education 414 | October 1964 | October 1968 | dissolved | |
| Special Pioneer Training and Experimental Battalion 870 (SpezPiLVsuBtl 870) | |||||
| 1st company | 1./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | October 1971 | April 1974 | renamed to StKp PiLVsuRgt 87 , directly subordinate to the regiment | Headquarters and supply company |
| 2nd company | 2./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | October 1971 | April 1974 | renamed to PiAusbKp 874 , directly subordinate to the regiment | |
| 3rd company | 3./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | October 1971 | April 1974 | renamed to PiAusbKp 872 , directly subordinate to the regiment | |
| 4th company | 4./SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 | October 1971 | April 1974 | renamed PplPiKp 871 , directly subordinate to the regiment | |
| Training company 402 | Education 402 | October 1973 | April 1974 | renamed to PiAusbKp 873 , reporting directly to the regiment | |
Pioneer Training and Experimental Regiment 87
In April 1974 the regiment was finally renamed the Pioneer Training and Experimental Regiment 87 . At the same time the SpezPiLVsuBtl 870 was dissolved and its sub-units were directly subordinated to the regiment. In addition to the existing Heavy Pioneer Training Battalion 210, these were the regiment's headquarters company, the Pipeline Pioneer Company 871, the Pioneer Training Companies (PiAusbKp) 872, 873 and 874 as well as the PiAusbKp 875, which was newly established in 1974.
In October 1979 the PiAusbKp 872 and 875 were merged to form the Pioneer Training Center 851. From January 1981 this was directly subordinate to the pioneer school and was detached from the regiment. The regiment itself was disbanded in April 1981 and converted into the 210th Engineer Battalion. The Heavy Pioneer Training Battalion 210 was transferred at the same time to the Pioneer Training Battalion 220 and reported directly to the Pioneer School.
Commanders
| Rank name | from | to | Remarks |
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| Colonel Möllhoff | 1956 | April 1959 | Commander of the PiLehrBtl |
| Colonel Duke | April 1959 | 1959 | |
| Colonel Dönges | 1959 | 1962 | |
| Colonel Langenstrasse | 1962 | 1963 | |
| Colonel Schott | 1963 | 1966 | |
| Colonel Loos | 1966 | 1969 | |
| Colonel Knight | 1969 | 1972 | |
| Colonel Hartmann | 1972 | 1974 | beyond the restructuring into PiLVsuRgt 87 |
| Colonel Thießen | 1974 | December 14, 1977 | |
| Colonel Menz | 15th December 1977 | April 1981 |
See also
literature
- Colonel a. D. Bernd Bachmann: Pioneers of the German Army 1955–2000 / Chronicle of a military branch . Spezialzeitschriften-Verlagsgesellschaft, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-925576-95-9 (the publication cannot be traced in the German National Library).