Weimar Battlegroup

Weimar Battlegroup ; EU BG I / 2013
Lineup	January 1, 2013
Country	Poland France Germany; ;
Armed forces	European Union
Armed forces	EU Battlegroup
Branch of service	Battlegroup, for example: battle group
Strength	2100 soldiers
Insinuation	Polish armed forces

The Weimar Battlegroup (Polish: Weimarska Grupa Bojowa ) or EU BG I / 2013 for short is a multinational EU battlegroup under Polish leadership in which Germany and France participate as members of the Weimar Triangle . Her first deployment as an EU battlegroup took place in the first half of 2013.

history

In 2004 the defense ministers of the European Union agreed on the establishment of 13 EU battlegroups . These have been fully operational since 2007. In 2006 the Defense Ministers of Poland, France and Germany agreed to set up the Weimar Battlegroup . The negotiations on the structure, participation and functions of the unit began in January 2009 and ended on July 5, 2011 with the signing of an agreement by representatives of the Weimar Triangle.

According to this agreement, the following was agreed:

As a framework nation, Poland provides the command structure for both implementation and the armed forces, and the maneuver battalion ;
Germany takes the lead in logistics and security;
France medical protection;
The Battlegroup reports operational readiness for the first half of 2013.

Composition and equipment

The Weimar Battlegroup has a troop strength of around 2,100 motorized infantry soldiers , provided by the 17th Mechanized Brigade. The brigade and other units assigned to the Weimar Battlegroup began a series of maneuvers, which ended on November 23, 2012 with exercise Common Challenge-12 and the official certification of the entire battlegroup.

The maneuver battalion is composed as follows:

4 maneuver companies
1 command company , including a sniper team and a reconnaissance unit
1 logistics company , including a medical team
1 support company
1 fire fighting force
1 platoon of one-man anti-aircraft missiles
1 platoon of scouting troops

The Battlegroup was ready for action within 15 days (5 days for operational planning and another 10 days for operational readiness). She was then operational for missions under Chapters VI and VII of the United Nations for a period of one to four months .

Individual evidence

↑ The EU Battlegroup concept . In: kommando.streitkraeftebasis.de . Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm. November 25, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
↑ Polska państwem ramowym Weimarskiej Grupy Bojowej . Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej, September 5, 2011, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).
↑ Podpisanie Porozumienia Technicznego Weimarskiej Grupy Bojowej UE . Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego, September 5, 2011, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).
↑ Common Challenge-12 zakończone . 17 Wielkopolska Brygada Zmechanizowana, November 30, 2012, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).
↑ Koniec polskiego dyżuru w Grupie Bojowej UE . defense24, June 30, 2013, archived from the original on July 1, 2013 ; accessed on March 23, 2019 (Polish, original website no longer available).

[1] The EU Battlegroup concept . In: kommando.streitkraeftebasis.de . Multinational Joint Headquarters Ulm. November 25, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2015.

[2] Polska państwem ramowym Weimarskiej Grupy Bojowej . Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej, September 5, 2011, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).

[3] Podpisanie Porozumienia Technicznego Weimarskiej Grupy Bojowej UE . Sztab Generalny Wojska Polskiego, September 5, 2011, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).

[4] Common Challenge-12 zakończone . 17 Wielkopolska Brygada Zmechanizowana, November 30, 2012, accessed January 18, 2016 (Polish).

[5] Koniec polskiego dyżuru w Grupie Bojowej UE . defense24, June 30, 2013, archived from the original on July 1, 2013 ; accessed on March 23, 2019 (Polish, original website no longer available).