Guard regiment
As a guard regiments refers to military formations, and people are used for representative purposes such as state receptions or parades to protect government facilities.
There are units of this type in almost every country in the world, but their size is often not regiments, but only for reasons of tradition bear this association name. The guard battalion at the Federal Ministry of Defense, on the other hand, is only referred to as a "battalion" despite its regimental strength (approx. 1,800 soldiers).
In the German Reich there were successively the following guard troops or regiments:
- Individual companies of the regiments of the Guard Corps of the Prussian Army in Berlin and Potsdam in daily change and the Castle Guard Company
- Guard Regiment Berlin , composed of companies of all infantry regiments of the Reichswehr, each commanded to Berlin on a rotating basis for three months
- "Greater Germany" infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht
In the German Democratic Republic (GDR), guard regiments were known as:
- Guard regiment "Friedrich Engels" of the National People's Army (NVA)
- Guard regiment "Hugo Eberlein" of the NVA
- Guard regiment "Feliks Dzierzynski" of the Ministry for State Security (MfS)
In Great Britain , different units are traditionally used for representative appearances:
- Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment (mounted guard regiment)
- Coldstream Guards
- Irish Guards
- Life guards
- Scots Guards
- Welsh Guards
- Grenadier Guards
In France the Garde républicaine performs this function, in the United States of America the 3rd Infantry Regiment .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus-Rainer Week: From waking up to tattooing. The history of the Berlin garrison. Vowinckel, Berg am Starnberger See, Potsdam 1998, ISBN 3-921655-87-0 , pp. 97-99
- ↑ Hans Meier-Welcker (Gre.): German military history in six volumes. 1648-1939 . Vol. 3, Section VI, Pawlak, Herrsching 1983, ISBN 3-88199-112-3 , p. 320