Special Pioneer Regiment 164

Special ; Pioneer Regiment 164 - SpezPiRgt 164 - ; III
	Coat of arms of the Special Pioneer Regiment 164 ; ; Internal association badge
Lineup	2003
Country	Germany
Armed forces	armed forces
Armed forces	Force Base
Branch of service	Pioneer troop
Subordinate troops	8 companies
Insinuation	Logistics command of the Bundeswehr
place	Husum

The Special Pioneer Regiment 164 ( SpezPiRgt 164 ) is a regiment of the armed forces base . It is stationed in the Julius Leber barracks in Husum . The regiment specializes in the construction of field and field tank farms and pipelines.

The regiment was established from 2003. Soldiers from the disbanded Special Pioneer Battalion 174 from Dessau and the 2nd / Logistics Battalion 162 from Husum were absorbed into the new unit until June 31, 2006.

The regiment supports the Central Europe Pipeline System as well as the Northern European Pipeline System of NATO . The capabilities of the regiment for humanitarian and disaster relief are particularly relevant, also in the context of cooperation between civil and military agencies.

Since April 2016 soldiers of the regiment have been involved in the UN mission MINUSMA to stabilize the West African state of Mali.

structure

1st company: staff and supplies
2nd-7th Company: Field camp operating companies, 2 field camp construction trains each, one supply train
8th Company: Pipeline Company
ZmZ base: civil-military cooperation, humanitarian and disaster relief

Web links

https://www.bundeswehr.de/de/organisation/streitkraeftebasis/organisation/logistikkommando-der-bundeswehr/spezialpionierregiment-164

Individual evidence

↑ March 27, 2014 - Decommissioning and relocation of logistic associations
↑ Husum special pioneers in Mali mission adopted. In: welt.de . February 4, 2016, accessed January 27, 2020 .
↑ Andreas Rabethke: Special engineering battalion 164 . In: Heino Hünken (Ed.): 300 years of the garrison town of Husum - 50 years of the Bundeswehr location . S. 64 ( hawkies.de [PDF]).
^ Special pioneer regiment 164. In: Bundeswehr . Retrieved January 27, 2020 .

[1] March 27, 2014 - Decommissioning and relocation of logistic associations

[2] Husum special pioneers in Mali mission adopted. In: welt.de . February 4, 2016, accessed January 27, 2020 .

[3] Andreas Rabethke: Special engineering battalion 164 . In: Heino Hünken (Ed.): 300 years of the garrison town of Husum - 50 years of the Bundeswehr location . S. 64 ( hawkies.de [PDF]).

[4] Special pioneer regiment 164. In: Bundeswehr . Retrieved January 27, 2020 .