Treysa special ammunition depot

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United StatesUnited States SAS Treysa / Rörshain
country Germany
local community Schwalmstadt , Schwalm-Eder district
Coordinates : 50 ° 56 '  N , 9 ° 14'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '24 "  N , 9 ° 14' 0"  E
Formerly stationed units
7th USAFAD companion battery
2 		United StatesUnited States
GermanyGermany
SAS Treysa / Rörshain (Hesse)
SAS Treysa / Rörshain

Location of the Treysa special ammunition depot in Hesse
Location of the special ammunition dump and the Harthberg barracks near Treysa

The Treysa special ammunition dump , known as the Rörshain special ammunition dump when it was in operation , was one of the depots for nuclear warheads on the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany that were guarded and maintained by US units in the interior . It existed from 1962 to 1992 and was located near the north Hessian town of Schwalmstadt in the Schwalm-Eder district .

In special ammunition depots ( English Special Ammunition storage , SAS) were stored nuclear warheads, in the case of a - - also limited nuclear war within the nuclear sharing for nuclear equipment carrier systems (aircraft, missiles, guns etc.) of the German Federal Armed Forces were provided. The camps were designed in such a way that the "inner restricted area" was guarded by American soldiers from the respective responsible unit and access was only permitted if accompanied by at least two American soldiers, while the "outer restricted area" was guarded by units of the so-called "host nation" (" host nation ”), in Treysa by soldiers of the Bundeswehr.

The Treysa special ammunition dump was located about 4 km northeast of Treysa , east of the training area . The nuclear ammunition intended for the 2nd Panzer Grenadier Division was stored there. This ammunition was primarily for Artillery Regiment 2, i. H. the field artillery battalion 21 (FeldArtBtl 21) or Panzerartilleriebataillon 21 (PzArtBtl 21) and the rocket artillery battalion 22 (RakArtBtl 22), both stationed in Treysa. The PzArtBtl 21 had a battery nuclear capable howitzers M110 mm caliber 203rd From 1960, the RakArtBtl 22 had six, later only four, launching ramps for the short-range missile " Honest John ". The Panzerartilleriebataillon 65 of Panzerbrigade 6 in Mengeringhausen also had M 109 self-propelled howitzers with a caliber of 155 mm from 1972 , whose nuclear projectiles were also stored in Treysa.

The special ammunition stored in Treysa was:

  • Warheads for the tactical short-range missile " MGR-1 Honest John " (until 1980);
  • Artillery shells caliber 203 mm for the heavy M 110 howitzers of the division artillery (atomic from 1960);
  • Artillery shells caliber 155 mm for the M 109 self-propelled howitzers of the division artillery (from 1972).

The camp was initially guarded by the 4th battery of the RakArtBtl 22, from which the accompanying battery 2 was later formed and which also secured the transport of the combat ammunition and by the 7th US Army Field Artillery Detachment (7th USAFAD) of the US Army . Both units, like the PzArtBtl 21 and the RakArtBtl 22, were stationed in the Harthberg barracks in Treysa. The 7th USAFAD was set up in Fort Sill , Oklahoma , in December 1961 as the 7th US Army Missile Detachment and was sent to Germany in May 1962 after completing its training. There it initially belonged to the 512th US Army Artillery Group, from June 1966 to the 557th US Army Artillery Group. It consisted of four officers and up to 38 NCOs and men. The unit was disbanded in June 1992.

See also

Further nuclear weapons depots in Central Hesse:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.usarmygermany.com: 7th US Army Field Artillery Detachment (7th USAFAD)
  2. ↑ Report of a former responsible person and other soldiers about the SAS Gießen and the SAS Rörshain
  3. ↑ The battery initially consisted of four trains , from 1991 only two trains .