Jumping horse 86
Jumping Ross 86 was a German NATO FTX military maneuver in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia , which took place in autumn 1986.
Division of troops
The BLUE exercise force was composed as follows:
- Armored Brigade 20, Hemer
- Panzer Battalion 203
- Panzer Grenadier Battalion 202
scope
The Maneuver Jumping Horse 86 under the direction of the 7th Panzer Division , Unna , took place from 6 to 12 October 1986 in the Münster-Handorf , Damme , Hanover , Vechta , Nienburg , Steimbke , Bergen , Munster and Cloppenburg training area . A total of 10,000 soldiers as well as 2000 wheeled and 600 tracked vehicles took part. The jumping horse exercise was repeated in 1991.
procedure
The maneuver center for phase I was located in the Clausewitz barracks in Nienburg. For phase II it was with Osterholz-Scharmbeck . ROT built bridges over the Weser at Landesbergen and at Anemolter / Schinna near Stolzenau . Another took place over the leash at Mandelsloh . 1500 reservists were used for jumping horse 86. Furthermore, field landings with air-transportable troops by helicopters were practiced.
Web links
media
- The great exercises of the Bundeswehr 2nd DVD. Breucom-Medien, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940433-33-6 .
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Field Training Exercise, free-running exercise for the full force
- ^ Klaus Pokatzky: War game with consequences. In: The time . 17th October 1986.
- ↑ a b Jumping Ross 86 on M136 , private website.
- ↑ Short story to the gem. PzBtl 201 from 1980 to 1992. PzBtl 201 took part in the division exercise JUMPING ROSS 86 , alumni comradeship PzBrig20-Hemer.