Transformation of the Bundeswehr

Under transformation of the Bundeswehr is the transformation process of the Bundeswehr after 2002 understood to about in 2009.

The focus of the transformation is on the ongoing, forward-looking adaptation process in order to increase the operational capability of the Bundeswehr and to maintain it in the long term. The transformation of the Bundeswehr thus replaces the reforms carried out at irregular intervals, which always achieved a defined static final state or had as their goal.

The transformation is an adaptation of the original tasks of the Bundeswehr to changed political constellations. These include above all missions abroad with the aim of crisis intervention or crisis stabilization, in which the Bundeswehr has been increasingly involved since the end of the Cold War . Since September 11, 2001 , tasks such as nation building and the fight against terrorism have also come to the fore against asymmetrically organized opponents. The transformation led u. a. to divide the Bundeswehr into three force categories: intervention forces , stabilization forces and support forces . Furthermore, the ability to carry out multinational, networked, (partial) and cross-armed operations should be expanded.

In 2002, NATO decided that the ACT in Norfolk, Virginia , would be responsible for transforming the armed forces . In the Bundeswehr, the center for the transformation of the Bundeswehr, which is part of the armed forces base , is in charge .

The transformation was started in 2005 by the then Defense Minister Peter Struck through the Berlin decree and ended around 2009. The realignment of the Bundeswehr with the Defense Policy Guidelines 2011 will begin in 2010 .

army

Dissolution of the 14th Panzer Grenadier Division
Reclassification of the army command from a division - to a brigade equivalent
- Reclassification of Artillery Brigade 100 to ArtRgt 100; Change of position to 1st Panzer Division
- Dissolution of the Air Defense Brigade 100
- Reclassification of the pioneer Brigade 100 to PiRgt 100; Change of position to 1st Panzer Division
- Dissolution of the NBC Defense Brigade 100
- Transfer of the logistics brigade 100 to the armed forces base
- Dissolution of the logistics brigade 200
Dissolution of the Air Mechanized Brigade

→ Creation of an airmobile brigade

air force

Dissolution of the 4th Air Force Division
Dissolution of the air transport command

→ Remaining air transport formations are subordinate to the three air force divisions

Dissolution of the Air Force Training Regiment 1

→ Reclassification of Air Force Training Regiment 3

Dissolution of the object protection battalion

→ Establishment of an object protection regiment with three active and one non-active battalion

marine

Dissolution of the existing type flotilla

→ Set up two flotillas

Dissolution of the 6th frigate squadron
Dissolution of the 2nd speedboat squadron

→ Formation of the 1st Corvette Squadron

Dissolution of the 1st mine sweeping squadron
Dissolution of the gun diving group

→ List of Marine Specialized Forces

Dissolution of the Marine Security Battalion 1

→ Line up of the naval protection forces in Eckernförde

Force Base

Establishment of state commandos

Central medical service

Reclassification of the rapid emergency medical service command

literature

Government statement by the Defense Minister The new Bundeswehr - on the right track , 97th session of the Bundestag 15th period on March 11, 2004, Item 3 (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Karl-Heinz Lutz, Martin Rink , Marcus von Salisch (eds.): Reform, reorganization, transformation. On the change in the German armed forces from the Prussian army reforms to the transformation of the Bundeswehr . Commissioned by the Military History Research Office , Oldenbourg, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-486-59714-1 .

Web links

Bundeswehr on Transformation ( Memento from July 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive )