Support command 4

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Support
command 4 - Ukdo 4 -

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(did not have an association badge )
active October 1, 1986 to March 31, 1997
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Support command
Insinuation Association badge Military District Command IV
last staff seat Diez
commander
Last commander Colonel Manfried Kleinau

The support command 4 was a support command of the army of the German armed forces with headquarters of the staff last in Diez .

The large association was planned in 1986 and dissolved in 1994. The support command was subordinate to the commander in Defense Area IV . The main task was to support the US armed forces with mobilization as part of the Wartime Host Nation Support (WHNS) .

assignment

The main task of Support Command 4 was to fulfill the obligations under the WHNS Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States in Defense Division IV . Specifically, the support of the United States V Corps and possibly other (especially Canadian ) NATO reserves brought in from overseas in mobilization within the framework of the Rapid Reinforcement Concept and in maintaining freedom of operation in the northwest of the Central Army Group's operational area was the main objective of the Support commands. To this end, the support command worked together with the 3rd Corps Support Command (COSCOM) of the American armed forces in Wiesbaden .

The support command provided support in the operation of a large number of depots in West Germany and in the immediately adjacent foreign countries, in which Allied military material such as vehicles, weapons and ammunition were stored until the troops brought in from overseas arrived. The support command provided support with securing the depots and with the maintenance of the stored defense material. The back-up batteries also protected the US special ammunition against the background of nuclear participation . Core of the Support Command were the logistics organizations , the approach led troops and materiel from the depots in the set up by the German side mobilization bases or in the case of mobilization available spaces should carry and there and the replenishment of ammunition, supplies and other materials for the production of combat readiness should back . In exercises such as REFORGER , the relocation to Europe, the cooperation between German and allied armed forces and the rapid preparation of combat readiness in Germany were practiced on a regular basis.

Like most units of the Territorial Army, the support command only consisted of around 50 active soldiers and civilians during peacetime. Only in the case of defense , the Support Command would be through the convening of reservists , the mobilization of stockpile materiel and the convening of civilian vehicles grew to its full authorized strength of some 10,500 soldiers about the staff strength of two brigades met.

history

Lineup

On October 1, 1986, Support Command 4 was planned as one of the six support commandos in Mainz to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty . The Support Command 4 was the Military District Command IV with the seat of the rod assumes in Mainz. It was thus part of the territorial army . In May 1994 the staff of the support command moved to Diez.

resolution

Due to the relaxation of the security situation after the end of the Cold War and the loosening of the NATO command structure in Europe, Support Command 4 was implemented by organizational orders No. 102/96 (H) and No. 103/96 (H) on March 31, 1997 Army structure V dissolved.

After the end of the WHNS program, support for NATO or other friendly armed forces is now largely coordinated within the framework of Host Nation Support (HNS) by the Bundeswehr's Territorial Tasks Command .

structure

Around 1989 the support command was divided into:

  • Internal association badge Staff / staff company support command 4 (partially active), Mainz
    • Internal association badgeSupply company 4401 (GerEinh), Bad Schwalbach
    • Internal association badgeSecurity Battalion 441 (GerEinh), Mainz (list completed by 1989)
    • Internal association badgeAccompanying battery 4401 (GerEinh), Giessen
    • Internal association badgeAccompanying battery 4402 (GerEinh), Friedberg (Hesse)
    • Internal association badgeSwimming bridge company 4401 (GerEinh), Speyer (planned: Oftersheim)
    • Internal association badgeNBC Defense Battalion (Nebel) 441 (GerEinh), Philippsburg
    • Internal association badgeAmbulance Battalion 441 (GerEinh), Friedberg
    • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 441 (GerEinh), Pfungstadt
    • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 442 (GerEinh), Friedberg
    • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 443 (GerEinh), Giessen
    • Internal association badgeTransport Battalion 444 (GerEinh), Buch (Hunsrück)
    • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (fuel) 444 (GerEinh), Friedberg
    • Internal association badgeField Replacement Battalion 441 (GerEinh), Bad Schwalbach
    • Internal association badgeField Replacement Battalion 442 (GerEinh), Oberdiebach (fully established until 1992)
    • 44th Supply Regiment
      • Internal association badgeStaff / Staff and Supply Company, Supply Regiment 44 (GerEinh), Gau-Algesheim
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 441 (GerEinh), Friedberg
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 442 (GerEinh), Gau-Algesheim
      • Internal association badgeSupply battalion (ammunition) 443 (GerEinh), Philippsburg

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

The support command did not have its own association badge due to its planning as a predominantly non-active unit . The few active soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the superior military area command .

As a "badge", the internal association badge of the staff and the staff company " pars pro toto " was sometimes used imprecisely for the entire large association. It showed the Mainz wheel as a reference to the stationing area and a star as a symbol for the US armed forces, which was taken from the flag of the United States (see military flags, seals and emblems of the United States ).

literature

  • OW Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d support commands. BArch, BH 36. In: German Digital Library. Federal Archives, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b c O.W. Dragoons: The Bundeswehr 1989. Territorial Command SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. Territorial Command NORTH. Territorial Command SOUTH. Appendix: Territorial structure . 4th edition. 2.2 - Army, February 2012 ( religte.com [PDF; accessed July 10, 2018]).
  3. ↑ One for all - Host Nation Support. Federal Ministry of Defense, head of the press and information staff , April 18, 2018, accessed on November 15, 2018 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 22 ′ 51.4 ″  N , 8 ° 2 ′ 27 ″  E