People's Police Readiness (structure)
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VP readiness |
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 National badge readiness VP |
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| active | April 1955 to October 2, 1990 |
| Country |
 GDR
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| Armed forces |
 Internal troops of the MdI
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| Armed forces | Territorial Forces |
| Strength | approx. 500–800 conscripts and 50 civilian employees |
| Location | Districts in the GDR |
A People's Police Readiness ( VPB for short ), also VP Readiness , were part of the barracked units of the Ministry of the Interior . In the Ministry of the Interior (MdI) of the GDR they were subordinate to the Deputy Minister for Readiness / Combat Groups. Within the armed organs of the GDR they belonged to the territorial area of the national defense of the GDR. There is often confusion with the VP readiness of the Barracked People's Police , the military forerunner organization of the land forces of the National People's Army .
The structure of a people's police on standby from around the 1970s is described in the following section. annotation
Management body 1
It consisted of the commander (comparable to OF-5 ), his deputies (Deputy OF-4) and the (specialist) officers (OF-3):
- Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff (with subordinate staff)
- Deputy Commander for Political Work (with subordinate political body)
- Deputy Commander for Supply (with subordinate supply service)
- Deputy Commander for Training
- Officer for cadre (the subordinate for replenishment reports to him and, from 1985, in the case of VP readiness with subordinate training, the subordinate for org / replenishment reports)
- Officer planning
- Finance officer
- Self-employed
- Party Secretary ( SED )
- FDJ Secretary ( FDJ )
- Up to two MfS defense officers responsible for the respective VPB . Neither the commander nor the deputies were authorized to issue instructions to them, but they were mostly housed in specially secured rooms in the staff area.
Political organ
Deputy Commander for Political Work
- Propaganda Officer (Deputy)
- Officer for cultural mass labor
- librarian
- Playback technician (also driver of the loudspeaker car)
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Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff
| Function during permanent standby 2 | Function from increased operational readiness (EE) |
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| Planning officer | Officer planning |
| Officer for deployment / training | Officer reconnaissance |
| Officer for artillery and shooting training | Artillery officer |
| Chemical Service Officer | Officer Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense |
| Officer pioneering | Officer pioneering |
| Physical Training Officer | Liaison Officer C-BDVP |
| News officer (in terms of telecommunications, IT) | Officer messages (VS office, SND (special messages / cryptography)) |
| Head instructor | Drivers |
An alerted rescue train (1: 3: 24 = 28) had to leave the barracks within 10 minutes, fully armed and equipped with ammunition.
Utility services
Deputy Commander for Supply
| Officer organization / deployment | (Deputy) |
| Officer use of quarters / supply | Directorate |
| Feldscher (garrison: additional troop doctor) | Med.point with sankra |
| Motor vehicle officer | Workshop, tank farm, spare parts store |
| Armament officer | Gun workshop, fireworkers |
| Board officer | Kitchen, shopping |
| Clothing / Equipment Officer | B / A chamber |
units
| 1st company | Rifle Company | on Mannschaftstransportwagen (MTW) |
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| 3rd company | Mechanized company | on armored personnel carrier PSH (origin Hungary) |
| 4th company | Artillery company | Panzer u. Air defense, grenade launchers |
| 5th company | Headquarters company | Mission support, supply, reconnaissance platoon |
2 × Robur LO 1800A, later Robur LO 2002A or 1 × IFA W50 L / A, W 50 LA / A or W 50 LA / A-1 were used as personnel transport vehicles, mostly single-type within the companies.
Rifle Company
| Company commander | personal vehicle UAZ-469 |
| Deputy KC for political work | |
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Office manager (Spieß), with company troops |
Clerk, master-at-arms, mechanic / driving instructor, radio squad leader, Kp.-medic, cook and Fourier 2 trucks IFA W-50 for ammunition and catering, trailer for ammunition, field kitchen, drinking water in the water trailer (WTA-1000), 2 motorcycles |
| Platoon leader 1st platoon | three groups each (0: 1: 8), until 1973 0: 1: 9 = 10 on MTW including sMG troop with 7.62 mm PK until 1985, then automatic 30 mm grenade launcher AGS-17 Plamja |
| Platoon leader 2nd platoon | three groups each (0: 1: 8), on MTW |
| Platoon leader 3rd platoon | three groups each (0: 1: 8), on MTW |
A non-structural reconnaissance group was only held on the 3rd platoon of 1st Company.
Armament and equipment
in combat: field service suit with dark green shoulder pieces, steel helmet, submachine gun K , a light MG K per group, an RPG-7 anti- tank rifle per group , platoon leader and shooter 1 RPG-7, here as additional armament, 9 mm Makarow pistol, also a protective mask, Protective cape, from 1975 two-piece protective clothing suit (SBA-2), feldspade and storm baggage part 1 with a tarpaulin attached (cookware, iron ration, washing and shaving equipment, sweater). Part 2, with the blanket strapped on (police uniform, long underwear), was carried on special orders. in order and security use: police uniform, Makarow pistol 9 mm, baton, handcuff, chain, MPi K as a launching device for stimulus projectiles.
Additionally: double glass, 1 radio set R-108 with power amplifier UM-2 per train, per group 1 VHF radio R-126 or UFT-721, later UFT-771, in the train light pistol, later replaced by hand light, 1 night vision device NSPU for Use on lMG.
Mechanized company
| Company commander | 10 SPW PSH with a 14.5 mm sMG Vladimirov KPWT and a 7.62 mm sMG Kalashnikov PKT until 1975: 9 SPW BTR-152 and 1 SPW BTR-40 |
| Deputy KC for political work | |
| Office manager, company troop |
Clerk, master-at-arms, mechanic / driving instructor, radio squad leader, Kp.-medic, cook and Fourier 2 trucks IFA W-50 for ammunition and catering, trailer for ammunition, field kitchen, drinking water in the water transport trailer (WTA-1000), 1 motorcycle |
| 1st move (2: 3: 21 = 27 ) 4 |
three groups (0: 1: 7) per group one SPW PSH and one MTW per train |
| 2nd move | three groups (0: 1: 7) per group one SPW PSH and one MTW per train |
| 3rd move | three groups (0: 1: 7) per group one SPW PSH and one MTW per train |
Artillery company
| Company commander | UAZ-469 |
| Deputy KC for political work | |
| Office manager, company troop |
Clerk, master-at-arms, mechanic / driving instructor, radio squad leader, Kp.-medic, cook and Fourier 2 trucks IFA W-50 for ammunition and catering, trailer for ammunition, field kitchen, drinking water in the water transport trailer (WTA-1000), 1 motorcycle |
| 1. train mortars -Zug |
4 × 82 mm M43 grenade launcher loaded on Robur LO 2002A truck, strength per operation 1: 3 plus driver |
| 2. train Flak -Zug |
2 × 23-mm-Flak ZU-23-2 pulled with truck Robur LO 2002A Strength per service 1: 4 + driver |
| 3. train antitank -Zug |
4 × Heavy anti-tank rifle SPG-9 loaded on Robur LO 2002A, strength 1: 4 + driver |
| 4th platoon anti-tank platoon |
4 × SPG-9 and 1 × 7.62 mm sMG PKS on UAS-469B special tray |
The 4th platoon of the 4th Company was set up in scheduled readiness starting in October 1978 and was completed by November 1982.
Headquarters company
| Company commander | (Staff commander) | ||||||||
| Deputy KC for political work | (StPAKC) | ||||||||
| Back office manager, company team |
Clerk, master-at-arms, mechanic / driving instructor, radio squad leader, Kp.-medic, cook, Fourier and driver / chamberlain
Truck W 50 LA / A and field kitchen |
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2nd train message train
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3rd train pioneer train
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4. Train transport train |
three groups, truck W-50 different variants, Robur LO 2002 A, UAZ-469B, workshop trolley, road tanker IFA G5, canister tanker on W 50 LA / A, water cannon IFA G5 and Star "Hydromil" | ||||||||
| 5th train - technical pioneer train | in selected VP readiness 3 |
literature
- Wolfram Kempe, The role and tasks of the units of the VP readiness in the system of socialist national defense of the GDR , lecture, Dresden June 12, 1980, VD X / 82/8
- Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, Ministry of the Interior, Regulation No. 59/79 of the Minister of the Interior and Chief of the German People's Police on the internal service - internal service provision - , Berlin 1979
- Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, Ministry of the Interior, Duties of Members of the People's Police Readiness and Companies of the Transport Police , Berlin 1979
- Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, Ministry of the Interior, supplementation of official duties for members of the People's Police on standby with training companies for sub-leader students , Berlin 1985
Footnotes
- ^ Order of the NVR of the GDR on the course of service in the barracked units of the Ministry of the Interior - service career order - barracked units of the Ministry of the Interior - dated April 22, 1982 (Journal of Laws of I No. 19 p. 389). In: Military Service Act and related provisions, Staatsverlag der DDR, Berlin 1982, p. 62
- ↑ Source: BArch DO 1/58922 Order No. 77/77 of the Minister of the Interior and Chief of the DVP of July 29, 1977 Increase in the combat and operational readiness of VP readiness
- ↑ Source: BArch DO 1/59045 Order No. 69/80 of the Minister of the Interior and Chief of the DVP of October 22, 1980 Increase of the combat and operational readiness of VP readiness
- Note source: Wolfram Kempe: The role and tasks of the units of the VP readiness in the system of the socialist national defense of the GDR, lecture, Dresden June 12, 1980, VD X / 82/8, as well as personal memories and notes.
- 1 often wrongly referred to as a staff
- 2 at least 75% of the workforce ready for action in the barracks
- 3 Technical pioneer train in addition to a Czech DOK-M as well as other positioning and road construction technology, such as Tatra trucks, pit (MDK-2M) and trench digging machines (BTM). They were intended for disaster operations and would have been subordinated to the civil defense (ZV) after mobilization .
- 4 to 1973: 2: 3: 27 = 32