Support command 5

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Support
command 5 - Ukdo 5 -

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(did not have an association badge )
active December 15, 1985 to December 31, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Logo Heer with lettering.svg army
Type Support command
Insinuation Association badge Military area command V
last staff seat Ludwigsburg
commander
Last commander Colonel Hein Haller

The support command 5 was a support command of the army of the Bundeswehr with the headquarters of the staff last in Ludwigsburg .

The large association was planned in 1985 and dissolved in 1993. The Support Command was subordinate to the commander of the Military District V . 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 5 was to fulfill the obligations under the WHNS Treaty between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States in Defense Division IV . In concrete terms, this was the support of the VII. US Corps and possibly other (especially Canadian ) approach guided from overseas NATO reserves with the mobilization as part of the Rapid Reinforcement Concept and in the maintenance of operational freedom in the southwest of the operation area of the Central Army Group main objective of the Support commands. To this end, the support command worked together with the 2nd Corps Support Command (COSCOM) of the American armed forces in Nellingen ( Ostfildern ).

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 . The numerous subordinate logistics associations should in the case of mobilization that brought up troops and materiel from the depots in the set up by the German side mobilization bases or available space transport and there and the replenishment of ammunition, supplies and other materials for the production of combat readiness secure. 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 consisted of only a few active soldiers and civilians. The peace strength was around 100 active soldiers and 80 civilian employees . Only in the case of defense , the Support Command by the would convening of reservists , the mobilization of stockpile materiel and the convening of around 2,500 vehicles after the Federal Power Act grew to its full authorized strength of 12,000 soldiers, about the staff strength of two brigades met.

history

Lineup

On December 15, 1986, Support Command 5 was planned as the first of the six support commands to fulfill the obligations arising for Germany from the WHNS Treaty in Ludwigsburg on the basis of Organization Order No. 565/85 (H) of June 4, 1985. The Support Command 5 was the Military District Command IV with the seat of the rod assumes in Mainz. It was thus part of the territorial army .

Exercises

The support command 5 and parts of the subordinate troops took part in thirteen exercises , mostly under American leadership or at least with American participation. Three exercises took place in the United States. 5,400 reservists were trained in 39 official events , two planning exercises, 94 short defense exercises and 32 military defense exercises . The most famous exercises in West Germany were the REFORGER maneuvers, in which the deployment of Allied and German troops was practiced.

resolution

Due to the easing of the security situation after the end of the Cold War , after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the loosening of the NATO command structure in Europe, the VII. US American Corps moved to the United States in early 1992 and was disbanded there. His support was therefore no longer necessary. Therefore, on December 14, 1992, the support command was formally released from its mandate at a solemn roll call by the commander in Defense Area V. On 10/11 September 1993 the last short defense exercise of the staff and the staff company with a final roll call. The dissolution took place on the basis of organizational order No. 1890/93 (H) of April 14, 1993 with effect from December 31, 1993.

After the WHNS program expired, the support of 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

Structure of Support Command 5 in American documents

Around 1989 the support command was divided into:

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Support Command 5 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. Similar to the Ludwigsburg coat of arms , it showed the golden imperial storm flag with the red armored and red-tongued black eagle on the right in blue on a sloping flag pole .

literature

  • Chronicle of support command 5 (staff / headquarters company), liaison commands 45001/45002, InstLenkgruppen 451/452 . SG 1.4 (in the holdings of the Ludwigsburg City Archives).

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. ↑ Press and Information Center Armed Forces Base: 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: 48 ° 53 '33.6 "  N , 9 ° 11' 57.5"  E