Missile Artillery Training Battalion 52
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Missile Artillery |
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  (1959-1993) (1993-2006) |
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| active | 1959 to 2006 |
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 Germany
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| Armed forces |
 armed forces
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| Armed forces |
 army
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| Branch of service | Artillery force |
| Type | Missile artillery battalion , training battalion |
| Subordinate troops |
Motor vehicle training center Hermeskeil (1996-2002) |
| Insinuation |
 III. Corps (1959–1965) , ArtLRgt 5 (1965–2002) , ArtBrig 100 (2002–2006) .svg){kind=small}
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| Location | Hermeskeil (from 1997) |
| Former locations |
Eschweiler (1958–1959) , Gießen (1959–1993) , Idar-Oberstein (1993–1996) Parts: Kusel (1981–1996) |
| Tribe list | ArtBtl 422 (1958–1959) , ArtBtl 340 (1959–1964) , RakArtBtl 340 (1964–1965) , RakArtBtl 52 (1965–1993) , RakArtLBtl 52 (1993–2006) |
| equipment | Honest John , Lars 1 + 2 , Mars |
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| Important commanders |
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The Rocket Artillery Demonstration Battalion 52 was a former teacher battalion of rocket artillery , most recently with the seat from 1997 until the dissolution of 2006 in the Hochwald barracks in Hermeskeil .
history
The rocket artillery training battalion 52 had its origins as the oldest battalion of its kind in the artillery battalion 422, which was set up on September 1, 1958 in the Donnerberg camp (today Donnerberg barracks ) in Eschweiler and on April 1, 1959 in the Scharnhorst camp in Gießen , as an artillery battalion 340 , was equipped with 3 batteries as 1st Battalion with the newly introduced MGR-1 Honest John weapon system . The artillery battalion 340 was subordinate to III. Corps .
The name Artillery Battalion 52 appeared for the first time on January 19, 1960, when on that day the 2./52 were set up in the Donnerberg camp in Eschweiler as a cadre for the 340 artillery battalion and transferred to the Scharnhorst camp in Gießen and the artillery battalion on April 4, 1960 340 was subordinated.
On September 1, 1964, Artillery Battalion 340 was renamed to Rocket Artillery Battalion 340. This was also the birth of rocket artillery within the Army of the Bundeswehr . In the same year the Scharnhorst camp was renamed the Steuben barracks .
On January 1, 1965, the battalion was named Raketenartilleriebataillon 52, which it carried until the end. Only the "L" for teaching battalion in the name to clarify the teaching assignment as a teaching battalion was added later. From now on it was subordinate to the 5th Artillery Training Regiment and thus to the 5th Panzer Division .
In 1970 the 3rd and 4th batteries were equipped with the newly developed LARS 110 SF light artillery missile system .
The retirement of the Honest John in 1978 meant that the battalion was reduced by one battery, namely the 2nd battery. The 3rd was renamed to the 2nd, the 4th to the 3rd and consequently the 5th to the 4th. At the same time, the new 2nd and 3rd batteries received the second generation of the light artillery missile system, LARS 2 110 SF.
The dissolution of the artillery rocket school in Geilenkirchen and its incorporation into the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein in September 1981 made it necessary to relocate a corresponding teaching force. For this reason, the 3rd battery moved from Gießen to the NCO Krüger barracks in Kusel on October 1, 1981 and was subordinated to the 345 tank artillery teaching battalion , which was based there , to support the neighboring artillery school as a training battery.
On April 1, 1986 the 4th battery was separated from the battalion as an independent auxiliary battery 5. In the same year, the first measures to prepare for the introduction of the new medium artillery missile system MARS began. For this reason the 4th battery in Giessen and the 5th battery in Kusel were reorganized as a cadre .
On October 1, 1989, the 4th battery in Gießen was the first rocket artillery unit to receive 8 of a total of 10 MARS rocket launchers manufactured this year from German production by the Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann company in Kassel . Previously, in 1987, the Artillery School in Idar-Oberstein had already received four MARS rocket launchers from US production for training, practice and testing purposes.
In the course of 1990 the 5th battery was also equipped with the MARS weapon system and received a total of 10 rocket launchers. In addition to the 3rd battery with LARS 2, the 5th battery with MARS in Kusel was also able to support the artillery school as a training battery.
In 1992 the 4th battery received 4 additional MARS rocket launchers. The total number grew to 12 vehicles.
In 1992/1993 the battalion finally left the Steuben barracks in Gießen with the relocation of the 4th battery to Kusel to support as a training battery for the artillery school and the dissolution of the 1st and 2nd battery and the accompanying battery 5. After the observation battalion 53 in the Klotzberg barracks in Idar-Oberstein was disbanded, the new 1./52 was created from its staff and supply battery. At the same time, the 3rd battery will be moved to Idar-Oberstein and renamed the 2nd battery. In Kusel, the 4th becomes the 3rd and the 5th becomes the 4th battery. The battalion now officially receives the teaching assignment and may henceforth call itself Missile Artillery Teaching Battalion 52.
The MARS rocket launchers, which had become redundant due to the dissolution of the 62 rocket artillery battalion from Kellinghusen in 1995, were divided among the existing battalions. The new 4./52 also received 2 additional vehicles. Thus the 3rd and 4th batteries were each equipped with 12 MARS rocket launchers.
The aim of the last relocation was to bring the battalion, which was spread over two locations, back together and to unite them in one barracks. So began on October 1, 1996 the relocation of the 1st and 2nd batteries from Idar-Oberstein and the 3rd and 4th batteries from Kusel to the Hochwald barracks in Hermeskeil.
On April 1, 1997, the relocation was completed and the rocket artillery training battalion 52 reunited at one location for the first time since 1981.
The number of MARS rocket launchers has fluctuated over the years. In 1998 the 3./52 and the 4./52 were only equipped with 10 MARS rocket launchers each. In addition to the 8 LARS-2 rocket launchers, the 2nd battery maintained 4 other LARS rocket launchers in order to fulfill the teaching assignment for the artillery school.
With the decommissioning of the LARS rocket launcher in 2000, the 2nd battery was also equipped with the MARS weapon system. The rocket launchers on the 3rd and 4th batteries were reduced and assigned to the 2nd battery so that all three firing batteries were each equipped with 6 MARS rocket launchers. The remaining 2 vehicles had to be given to other battalions.
The formation of the Artillery Brigade 100 on July 1, 2002, which was subordinate to the Army Troop Command, only provided for 3 active rocket artillery battalions. From now on, the rocket artillery teaching battalion 52 was subordinate to this. With the accompanying downsizing of the artillery troops, several rocket artillery training battalions were disbanded. So did the rocket artillery battalion 122 from Walldürn . Only the 4th battery remained active and was moved from the Nibelungen barracks in Walldürn to the Hochwald barracks in Hermeskeil. The barracks were therefore home to two battalions, the rocket artillery training battalion 52 and the rocket artillery battalion 122 (ta). The designation "ta" stands for partially active.
The MARS rocket launchers, which had become redundant due to the dissolution of several rocket artillery battalions, were partially divided among other battalions that were still active. The remaining vehicles were stored in depots. The rocket artillery teaching battalion 52 received several vehicles from disbanded units, so that each of the 3 batteries was equipped with 8 MARS rocket launchers in 2002.
On July 1, 2003, the 7./52 was reorganized as a pure training battery.
The taking of the "Neues Heer" army structure and the reclassification of Artillery Brigade 100 to Artillery Regiment 100 meant the end of the rocket artillery training battalion 52. The structure provided for only one active rocket artillery battalion and a mixed artillery battalion with a MARS battery.
In November 2005 the closure of the Hochwald barracks and thus the dissolution of the battalion was officially announced. Before that, the 4./52 had already been disbanded and the crew and equipment were divided between the remaining batteries.
Major Bernd Knecht was commissioned on July 1, 2006 to dissolve the association, which was last led by Lieutenant Colonel Michael Nold since 2004 . On December 13, 2006, the last soldiers left the Hochwald barracks in Hermeskeil and thus ended the existence of the Missile Artillery Training Battalion 52.
assignment
- Use as part of the divisional artillery in general fire fighting
- Training within the framework of the main defense forces with 3 launcher batteries, which are replenished with recruits every 10 months and the staff and supply battery to be supplemented every 2 months
- Use as part of the teaching assignment at the artillery school
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | time |
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| Lieutenant colonel | Rodewald | 04.1959 - 12.1962 |
| Lieutenant colonel | W. Müller-Prehm | 01.1963 - 06.1966 |
| Lieutenant colonel | pepper | 07.1966 - 09.1968 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Werner Korty | 10.1968 - 09.1971 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Lietz | 10.1971 - 03.1977 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Jürgen Och | 04.1977 - 03.1979 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Rolf Thoma | 04.1979 - 09.1983 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Gernot Paul | 10.1983 - 03.1986 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Charcoal burner | 04.1986 - 03.1990 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Günter | 04.1990 - 03.1993 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Ernst Wehmeier | 04.1993 - 09.1993 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Manfred Hoffmann | 10.1993 - 12.1995 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Karl Anton Buchmann | 01.1996 - 10.2000 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Sproll | 11.2000 - 08.2002 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Roderich Kiesewetter | 08.2002 - 06.2004 |
| Lieutenant colonel | Michael Nold | 07.2004 - 06.2006 |
| major | Bernd Knecht | 07.2006 - 12.2006 (dissolution order) |
Association badge (blazon)
The color for the coat of arms of the internal association badge of the rocket artillery training battalion 52 (1993-2006) was chosen based on the weapon color of the artillery troop : crimson ( RAL 3000 fire red ). The border as well as the division and characters were shown in gold (can also be replaced by yellow).
The coat of arms was divided into two halves by a diagonal bar. Above one another, two isosceles pointing arrowheads, arranged one above the other, symbolized belonging to the missile artillery branch , as can also be found on the military symbol . In the lower part, the letter "L" drew attention to the battalion's teaching assignment for the artillery school. The diagonal bar itself is modeled on the reconnaissance and indicated the future equipment of the battalion with the KZO small target location device. In the future, the KZO was supposed to ensure the target location for the MARS weapon system.
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Fig. Left for comparison: Symbol for " rocket weapon " according to APP-6: |
Sponsorships
The battalion sponsored Battery A (MLRS) 94th Field Artillery of the US Army in Baumholder. This sponsorship was based on mutual invitations to sporting and military competitions as well as social events as well as joint artillery shootings. Working with the same weapon system resulted in both technical discussions and an exchange of experiences.
In 1999 the battalion signed a sponsorship with the Heimatschutzbataillon 42 from Trier, which was sealed in April in a solemn roll call at the TrÜbPl BAUMHOLDER by exchanging the sponsorship certificates.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Krug: 25 years of artillery in the Bundeswehr. The history of a branch of service. Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982. ISBN 978-3-790-90184-9 .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Katja Krämer: New boss of the Hochwald barracks . In: Trierischer Volksfreund, August 8, 2002.
- ↑ Axel Munsteiner: Roderich Kiesewetter gives the command in the Hochwaldkaserne . In: Trierischer Volksfreund, June 9, 2004.
- ↑ a b Barracks has a new boss. In: Trierischer Volksfreund, June 23, 2004.
- ↑ a b The last changing of the guard. In: Trierischer Volksfreund, July 10, 2006.
- ↑ Hinrichs (vwtl.), Bollinger (vwtl.): Completion of the atomic deployment and training order, Artillery Regiment 5th , Idar-Oberstein, June 1992, pp. 4-5. ( pdf )
- ^ Society for Artillery Science Idar-Oberstein [1]
- ↑ a b Festschrift “Our Hermeskeil Location”, 1998