Special weapons store fire

Special weapons store fire
country	Germany
local community	Fire (half)
Coordinates :	52 ° 1 '  N , 13 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '43 "  N , 13 ° 46' 51"  E
owner	District of Dahme-Spreewald
Location of special weapons store fire

The special weapons store Brand was located southeast of Brand and north of Schönwald in the Dahme-Spreewald district in Brandenburg .

It was built in 1962 and was one of the special arms depots of the Group of the Soviet Armed Forces in Germany (GSSD). The nuclear free-fall bombs stored here were probably held for the 911th Fighter Bombing Regiment stationed at Brand Air Base . The regiment belonged to the 105th Jagdbombenfiegerdivison in Grossenhain, which was subordinate to the 16th Air Army.

The plant included u. a .:

• Monolithic storage bunker (with upper and lower floors) of the basalt type .
• Transshipment bunker (6 m high) with loading crane
• Technical head building with ventilation system (LTA), power supply (ELT) and emergency power system (NEA)
• Guard bunker (USB), vehicle hall, accommodation building (with social facilities), boiler house

See also

→ Main articles : Special weapons stores , nuclear weapons in Germany  and Brand Flugplatz

Individual evidence

1. ^ Freundt, Büttner: Red places. AeroLit Verlag, Berlin, 2007
2. ^ Soviet troops in Germany 1945 to 1994, memorial album, Moscow edition, «Junge Garde» publishing house, 1994; ISBN 5-235-02221-1 , pages 21… 911-й АПИБ 911. JaboFlgRgt
3. ↑ sachsenschiene.net
4. ↑ untergrund-brandenburg.de