Disposal Troop Command 41

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Available troops command 41
- VfgTrpKdo 41 -

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( did not have an association badge )
active 1981 to June 30, 1993
Country GermanyGermany Germany
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg armed forces
Armed forces Bundeswehr Kreuz.svg army
Type Disposable troop command
Insinuation TerrKdo SH.svg Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command
Staff seat Schleswig

The disposal troop command 41 was one of the disposal troop commands of the territorial army in the army of the German armed forces . The seat of the staff was Schleswig . The disposal troop command was subordinate to the territorial command Schleswig-Holstein .

assignments

The staffs of the available troop commandos were essentially (shortened) divisional staffs . They could in the case of defense , depending on the situation ad hoc compiled combat troops , in particular units of the Homeland Security force of the Territorial Army lead. Disposal troop commands 41 (Territorial Command Schleswig-Holstein), 42 ( Territorial Command North ) and 45 ( Territorial Command South ) were planned. The available troop commands 43 in Düren , 44 in Bexbach and 46 in Munich , initially planned for Army Structure IV , were never set up. In peacetime, the two available troop commands 42 and 45 did not have any troop units, were set up as inactive units and therefore only grew up from combat troop schools 1 and 2 in the event of a defense . They did not have any units that were specifically intended for subordination.

Like many other units in Schleswig-Holstein, which, unlike troops south of the Elbe, belonged to the AFNORTH area, the reserve troop command 41 was already structured differently than the comparable units of the Bundeswehr south of the Elbe. One reason was that in Army Structure IV in Schleswig-Holstein neither an independently operating military area command nor defense district commands were planned, which, like in the other military areas, could have led the corresponding homeland security brigades and homeland security regiments of the territorial army . A second reason was that the Cimbrian Peninsula was used as a gateway to the Baltic Sea exits and to the ports in Hamburg , as well as with the Kiel Canal and as a land bridge between the NATO units of the Allied Forces Northern Europe in Scandinavia and the Allied Forces Central Europe had enormous operational importance in Central Europe, but at the same time was very close to the zone boundary , had hardly any significant natural terrain obstacles, only a shallow operational depth and a long coastline that was ideal for sea landings. For this reason, the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division of the field army was reinforced by Homeland Security Brigade 51 .

The staff of the disposal troop command 41 was, unlike the two other disposal troop commands 42 and 45, already partially active in peacetime and already in peacetime led not only active troop units but also inactive troop units whose equipment was stored in peacetime (equipment units). In the event of a defense, the inactive parts of the troops were intended to be placed under the command of the 41 available troops. After the mobilization of the assigned homeland security brigade 61 and the two homeland security regiments 71 and 81, the core of the available troop command would have been remotely comparable to a light fighter division . However, the lack of dedicated division troops for combat support was evident. For example , there was a lack of divisional artillery , logistics associations and telecommunications . Corresponding troop units in Defense Area I were either planned differently or not in sufficient numbers. The Manpower had after the mobilization in the intended outline about 9,000 men, so coarse (at most) 50% of the size of a typical Division of the Army, respectively. However, it was noticeable that the subordinate Homeland Security Brigade 61 with its Leopard 1 was the best-equipped, partially active Homeland Security Brigade of the Territorial Army alongside the Homeland Security Brigade 66 . In the ideas of some of the planning staffs of the National People's Army , the military troop command 41 was even sometimes (not undisputed internally) as a cadre for an alleged “41. Infantry Division ”.

Despite the deficits described above, after the mobilization , the unit would only have been a core element of the homeland security force on the Cimbrian Peninsula with the already firmly planned units and, depending on the situation, would have increased the field army as a light infantry large unit , depending on the situation, with additional units, more and more in focus in terms of location , time and quality can support. The task of the homeland security force was, among other things, the defense of the rear army area , in particular the safeguarding of important infrastructure such as marching routes , transport infrastructure such as ports and bridges , as well as command posts and other telecommunication facilities. In the rear area, airborne troops , landed , infiltrated or breached enemies on the Baltic Sea beaches had to be expected.

structure

Around 1989 the available troop command was roughly divided into:

history

The disposal troop command 41 was planned in 1981 to take over the Army Structure IV in the barracks Auf der Freiheit . For the establishment, the available troop command 600 was possibly used, which was planned as a device unit at the Schleswig location between 1974 and 1981 and which in turn emerged from the disbanded Defense District Command 11 . After the end of the Cold War , the available troop command was decommissioned in mid-1993, roughly at the same time as the Schleswig-Holstein Territorial Command was decommissioned. In contrast, in addition to Defense District Command I, Defense District Command 11 and Defense District Command 12 were reorganized to lead the Homeland Security Force of the Territorial Army in Schleswig-Holstein .

Association badge

Internal association badge of the staff / staff company

Due to its planning as part of the troops directly subordinate to the Territorial Command, the disposal troop command did not have its own association badge . The soldiers therefore wore the association badge of the higher-level territorial 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 available troop command. As a reference to the stationing area, it showed the Schleswig lions as in the coat of arms of Schleswig-Holstein and similar to the badges of the Homeland Security Brigade 51 and the 6th Panzer Grenadier Division .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e 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]).
  2. ^ Siegfrid Lautsch: Theater of War Germany . Experience and knowledge of an NVA officer. 1st edition. Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr, Potsdam 2013, ISBN 3-941571-28-1 .

Coordinates: 54 ° 31 '  N , 9 ° 35'  E