The Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) was a
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
military formation comprising five Army Corps from five NATO member nations. During the
Cold War
The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...
NORTHAG was NATO's forward defence in the Northern half of the
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
(FRG). The Southern half of the Federal Republic of Germany was to be defended by the four Army Corps of NATO's
Central Army Group
Headquarters Allied Force Command Heidelberg (HQ FC Heidelberg) was a formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) responsible for providing deployable joint staff elements (DJSE) in support of NATO operations worldwide. It was hea ...
(CENTAG). During wartime NORTHAG would command four frontline corps (
I Dutch,
I German,
I British,
I Belgian) and one reserve corps (
III US). Air support was provided by
Second Allied Tactical Air Force
Second Allied Tactical Air Force (2 ATAF) was a NATO military formation under Allied Air Forces Central Europe tasked with providing air support to NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG). 2 ATAF commanded all flying units based within its sector and ...
.
In 1966, France had withdrawn from the
NATO Military Command Structure
The Structure of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is complex and multi-faceted. The decision-making body is the North Atlantic Council (NAC), and the member state representatives also sit on the Defence Planning Committee (NATO), Defence Pol ...
, but still wished to take part in the defence of Western Europe. A series of secret agreements made between NATOs
Supreme Allied Commander Europe
The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is ...
(SACEUR) and the French
Chief of the Defence Staff detailed how French forces would reintegrate into the NATO Command Structure in case of war. At the outbreak of hostilities plans were underway to place the French
First Army directly under the command of
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) is the military headquarters of the NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) that commands all NATO operations worldwide. ACO's and SHAPE's commander ...
(SHAPE). There were two additional French large formations, the
III Corps, and
Rapid Action Force
The Rapid Action Force (RAF) is a specialised wing of the Central Reserve Police Force of India to deal with riot and crowd control situations.
History
RAF was raised on 11 December 1991 with headquarters in New Delhi. It became fully oper ...
(FAR) associated with the Army Group. From 1983 to 1984, Isby and Kamps write that planning was underway to possibly use III Corps and FAR formations in NORTHAG "although they would, like all French forces, remain under national operational command."
Army Group Headquarters
What can be gathered publicly about the wartime structure of NORTHAG in the autumn of 1989 at the end of the
Cold War
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follows below. It is not drawn from one single source, and may be inconsistent and/or incomplete.
* Headquarters Northern Army Group,
JHQ Rheindahlen
JHQ (Joint Headquarters) Rheindahlen was a military base in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany active from 1954 to 2013. It functioned as the main headquarters for British forces in Germany and for the NATO Northern Army Group. Lat ...
,
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
note 1
**
12 Flight AAC,
RAF Wildenrath
Royal Air Force Wildenrath, commonly known as RAF Wildenrath, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that operated from 1952 to 1992. Wildenrath was the first of four 'clutch' stations ...
, (4x
Aérospatiale Gazelle
The Aérospatiale Gazelle (company designations SA 340, SA 341 and SA 342) is a French five-seat helicopter, commonly used for light transport, scouting and light attack duties. It is powered by a single Turbomeca Astazou turbine engine and was ...
AH.1)
** German Signal Battalion 840
** Dutch Signal Company
** 13th Belgian Signal Company
** NORTHAG Signal Company (Air Support), which consisted of soldiers from all four nations.
British rear and communications zones
During the
transition to war, the support units of the
British Army of the Rhine
There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). Both were originally occupation forces in Germany, one after the First World War and the other after the Second World War. Both formations had areas of responsibility located a ...
would have formed the British Rear Combat Zone Command headquartered in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
, which would have supplied the fighting forces and guarded the lines of communication within
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
. Further West in
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
was the British Communications Zone Command, which was headquartered in Emblem, outside
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, and tasked with receiving reinforcements and supplies from Great Britain and to co-ordinate their onward movement to 1 (BR) Corps.
The following infantry battalions, based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
, were tasked with Rear Area Security in BAOR's Communications Zone and Rear Combat Zone:
* 2nd Btn, Royal Green Jackets,
Dover
Dover () is a town and major ferry port in Kent, South East England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies south-east of Canterbury and east of Maidstone ...
, (43x
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
*
*
*
*
peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
APC, 8x
FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
* 1st Btn,
52nd Lowland Volunteers (V),
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
* 2nd Btn,
51st Highland Volunteers
The 51st Highland Volunteers (51 HIGHLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS. It is one of two Re ...
(V),
Elgin
* 3rd (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Regiment of Wales
The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. It was formed in 1969 by the amalgamation of the South Wales Borderers and the Welch Regiment. The 1st Battalion, ...
(V),
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
* 4th (Volunteer) Btn,
Queen's Lancashire Regiment
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on 25 March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through ...
(V),
Preston
* 4th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Irish Rangers
The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form the Royal Irish ...
(V),
Portadown
Portadown () is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town sits on the River Bann in the north of the county, about southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of a ...
* 5th (Volunteer) Btn, Royal Irish Rangers (V),
Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...
* 5th/8th (Volunteer) Btn,
King's Regiment
The King's Regiment, officially abbreviated as KINGS, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on 1 September 1958 by the amalgamation of the King's Regiment (Liverpool) which had been raised in 1685 ...
(V),
Warrington
Warrington () is a town and unparished area in the borough of the same name in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, on the banks of the River Mersey. It is east of Liverpool, and west of Manchester. The population in 2019 was estimat ...
Commander Engineers BAOR
* Commander Engineers BAOR,
JHQ Rheindahlen
JHQ (Joint Headquarters) Rheindahlen was a military base in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany active from 1954 to 2013. It functioned as the main headquarters for British forces in Germany and for the NATO Northern Army Group. Lat ...
** 30th Engineer Brigade (V),
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
,
UK - the brigade would join BAOR within 72 hours of mobilization.
***
Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers
The Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) is the most senior regiment of the British Army Reserve. The regiment was formed in 1539 during the reign of by King Henry VIII, making it the second oldest regiment of the British Army (The Hono ...
(Militia),
Monmouth
Monmouth ( , ; cy, Trefynwy meaning "town on the Monnow") is a town and community in Wales. It is situated where the River Monnow joins the River Wye, from the Wales–England border. Monmouth is northeast of Cardiff, and west of London. I ...
***
75th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
*** 111th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
*** 125th (Staffordshire) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...
*** 143rd Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...
*** 30th Engineer Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Stafford
** 40th Army Engineer Support Group, Royal Engineers,
Willich
Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km ...
** ''38th Engineer Regiment'', Royal Engineers,
Ripon
Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
, UK, supports the
RAF
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
Harrier Force
** ''
39th Engineer Regiment (Airfield Damage Repair)'', Royal Engineers,
Waterbeach
Waterbeach is an expanding village north of Cambridge on the edge of The Fens, in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was designated a "new town" in 2018.
History Early periods
Waterbeach is on the Car Dyke, a Rom ...
, UK
** ''
101st (London) Engineer Regiment (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)'', Royal Engineers (V), London, UK
** 10th Field Squadron (Airfields), 38th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Gütersloh, (Forward deployed, 24x
FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant in the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefie ...
APC, 12x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 9x engineer vehicles)
** 14th Independent Topographic Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Ratingen
Ratingen ( li, Rotinge) is a town in the district of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the northwestern part of Berg about 12 km northeast of Düsseldorf.
Administration
With a communal reform of 1975 the independent mu ...
** 52nd Field Squadron (Construction), 22nd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers,
RAF Bruggen
Royal Air Force Brüggen, more commonly known as RAF Brüggen, in Germany was a major station of the Royal Air Force until 15 June 2001. It was situated next to the village of Elmpt, approximately west of Düsseldorf on the Dutch-German bo ...
, (Forward deployed)
** ''135th Independent Topographic Squadron'', Royal Engineers (V),
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, UK
** ''501st Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol)'', Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK
** ''503rd Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol)'', Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK, tasked with repairing damage to the
Central European Pipeline System
** 516th Specialist Team (Bulk Petrol), Royal Engineers, RAF Gütersloh
** ''520th Specialist Team (Well Drilling)'', Royal Engineers (V), Camberley, UK
** ''521st Specialist Team (Well Drilling)'', Royal Engineers, Camberley, UK
Commander Postal & Courier Service BAOR
* Commander Postal & Courier Service BAOR, Royal Engineers,
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
** 3rd Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, Düsseldorf
** 4th (NATO) Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers,
Brunssum
Brunssum (; li, Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of .
Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973.
Population centres
Topography
Histor ...
,
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
, image_map =
, map_caption =
, subdivision_type = Sovereign state
, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
, established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
Commander Communications BAOR
* Commander Communications BAOR,
JHQ Rheindahlen
JHQ (Joint Headquarters) Rheindahlen was a military base in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany active from 1954 to 2013. It functioned as the main headquarters for British forces in Germany and for the NATO Northern Army Group. Lat ...
** 4th Signal Group, JHQ Rheindahlen
*** 13th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals,
Birgelen, BAOR's
Signals Intelligence
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unit, one squadron at
RAF Gatow
Royal Air Force Gatow, or more commonly RAF Gatow, was a British Royal Air Force station (military airbase) in the district of Gatow in south-western Berlin, west of the Havel river, in the borough of Spandau. It was the home for the only kno ...
in
West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
*** 16th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals,
Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...
***
21st Signal Regiment (Air Support), Royal Signals,
RAF Wildenrath
Royal Air Force Wildenrath, commonly known as RAF Wildenrath, was a Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase near Wildenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, that operated from 1952 to 1992. Wildenrath was the first of four 'clutch' stations ...
, supports
Royal Air Force Germany
The former Royal Air Force Germany (RAFG) was a command of the Royal Air Force and part of British Forces Germany. It consisted of units located in Germany, initially as part of the occupation following the Second World War, and later as part ...
/
2 ATAF
*** ''56th Signal Squadron'', Royal Signals (V),
Sandgate, UK
*** 608th Signal Troop (Cipher Equipment), Royal Signals,
Viersen
Viersen (; li, Veeëse) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east o ...
** NORTHAG Signal Support Group, JHQ Rheindahlen
*** 28th Signal Regiment (
NORTHAG), Royal Signals,
Sankt Tönis
*** 227th Signal Squadron (
AFCENT), Royal Signals,
Maastricht
Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...
, Belgium
*** 228th Signal Squadron (
SHAPE
A shape or figure is a graphics, graphical representation of an object or its external boundary, outline, or external Surface (mathematics), surface, as opposed to other properties such as color, Surface texture, texture, or material type.
A pl ...
), Royal Signals,
Mons
Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...
, Belgium
*** 641st Signal Troop
2 ATAF, Royal Signals, JHQ Rheindahlen
**
11th Signal Brigade (V),
Stafford
Stafford () is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies about north of Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent and northwest of Birmingham. The town had a population of 70,145 in t ...
, UK - the brigade was planned to join BAOR within 72 hours of mobilization.
***
31st (Greater London) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
***
33rd (Lancashire & Cheshire) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
Huyton
Huyton ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it f ...
***
35th (South Midlands) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
Sutton Coldfield
Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield, known locally as Sutton ( ), is a town and civil parish in the City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south ...
** 12th Signal Brigade (V),
Chelsea
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Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
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United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, UK - the brigade would join BAOR within 72 hours of mobilization.
***
34th (Northern) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
***
36th (Eastern) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
Wanstead
Wanstead () is a town in East London, England, in the London Borough of Redbridge. It borders South Woodford to the north, Redbridge, London, Redbridge to the east and Forest Gate to the south, with Leytonstone and Walthamstow to the west. It is ...
***
40th (Ulster) Signal Regiment, Royal Signals (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
*** 81st Signal Squadron, Royal Signals (V),
Catterick
Commander Transport & Movements BAOR
* Commander Transport & Movements BAOR
** HQ 2nd Transport Group, Royal Corps of Transport,
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
*** ''
156th (Merseyside & Greater Manchester) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Birkenhead
Birkenhead (; cy, Penbedw) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England; historically, it was part of Cheshire until 1974. The town is on the Wirral Peninsula, along the south bank of the River Mersey, opposite Liver ...
, UK
*** ''
160th Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, UK
*** ''161st Ambulance Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, UK
*** ''163rd Transport and Movement Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, UK
*** 79th Railway Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport,
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
, (17x Locomotives, 265x Rolling Stock)
*** ''275th Railway Squadron'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, UK
*** 71st Movement Control Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport,
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
*** Joint Helicopter Support Unit (Germany),
Gütersloh
Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...
, joint RAF/Army unit supporting
No. 18 Squadron RAF
No. 18 Squadron of the Royal Air Force operates the Boeing Chinook (UK variants), Boeing Chinook from RAF Odiham. Owing to its heritage as a bomber squadron, it is also known as No. 18 (B) Squadron.
History
First World War
The squadron was fo ...
's
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Ch ...
transport helicopters
*** ''414th Tank Transporter Unit'', Royal Corps of Transport,
Bulford
Bulford is a village and civil parish in Wiltshire, England, close to Salisbury Plain. The village is close to Durrington and about north of the town of Amesbury. The Bulford Camp army base is separate from the village but within the parish. ...
, UK
** HQ Communications Zone, Royal Corps of Transport ,
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, ,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
*** 602nd Transport Unit, Royal Corps of Transport, Antwerp, Belgium
** 68th Transport Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport, JHQ Rheindahlen
** ''221st Transport Squadron'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, UK
Commander Medical BAOR
* Commander Medical BAOR, Düsseldorf
** Commander Medical Rear Communication Zone, Düsseldorf
*** ''30th General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps,
Woolwich
Woolwich () is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throu ...
, UK
*** 31st General Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Iserlohn
Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.
Geography
Iserlohn is locat ...
*** ''
201st (Northern) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of Durham, E ...
, UK
*** ''
205th (Scottish) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Inverness
Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histori ...
, UK
*** ''
207th (Manchester) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Blackburn
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...
, UK
*** ''
208th (Merseyside) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port ( ) is a port town in the Cheshire West and Chester borough in Cheshire, England. Ellesmere Port is on the south eastern edge of the Wirral Peninsula, north of Chester, south of Birkenhead, southwest of Runcorn and south of ...
, UK
*** ''224th Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...
, UK
*** ''225th (Highland) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Forfar
Forfar ( sco, Farfar, gd, Baile Fharfair) is the county town of Angus, Scotland and the administrative centre for Angus Council, with a new multi-million pound office complex located on the outskirts of the town. As of 2021, the town has a p ...
, UK
*** ''252nd (Highland) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Aberdeen
Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ...
, UK
*** ''253rd (Northern Ireland) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, UK
*** ''304th General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V), UK
*** 82nd Field Medical Equipment Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps, Düsseldorf
*** 382nd Field Medical Company, Royal Army Medical Corps
** Commander Medical Communication Zone, Antwerp, Belgium
*** ''34th Evacuation Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps,
Catterick, UK
*** ''308th Evacuation Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
, UK
*** ''307th Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Aldershot, UK
*** ''381st Field Medical Equipment Depot'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V), Aldershot, UK
Commander Supply BAOR
* Commander Supply BAOR, Düsseldorf
** 15th Ordnance Group, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Dülmen
Dülmen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems ri ...
*** Forward Stores Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Dülmen
*** Forward Vehicle Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Recklinghausen
Recklinghausen (; Westphalian: ''Riäkelhusen'') is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and indus ...
*** 4th Petrol Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Warendorf
Warendorf (, Westphalian: ''Warnduorp'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and capital of Warendorf District.
The town is best known today for its well-preserved medieval town centre, for horse-riding, and the opportunities it prov ...
*** 154th Forward Ammo Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Wulfen
** 3rd Base Ammo Depot, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
** ''72nd Ordnance Company (Ammo)'', Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V),
Telford
Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in the same direction. With an est ...
, UK
** ''73rd Ordnance Company (Petrol)'', Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V),
Romford
Romford is a large town in east London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering. It is located northeast of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan. Historically, Romford ...
, UK
** ''74th Ordnance Company (Petrol)'', Royal Army Ordnance Corps (V),
Camberley
Camberley is a town in the Borough of Surrey Heath in Surrey, England, approximately south-west of Central London. The town is in the far west of the county, close to the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire. Once part of Windsor Forest, Cambe ...
, UK
** 221st (BAOR) EOD Company, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford.
Geography
...
** Communications Zone Ordnance Depot, Antwerp, Belgium
Commander Maintenance BAOR
* Commander Maintenance BAOR,
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
** Rear Combat Zone:
*** 23rd Base Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Wetter
*** 37th (Rhine) Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Mönchengladbach
*** 62nd Rear Combat Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Mönchengladbach
*** 64th Rear Combat Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Willich
Willich () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is 20 km west of Düsseldorf, 14 km north of Mönchengladbach, 10 km south of Krefeld, about 30 kilometres east of the border with the Netherlands and 45 km ...
*** ''207th Support Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Bordon
Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villages ...
, UK
*** ''209th Support Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK
*** ''211th Rear Combat Zone Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK
*** ''118th Recovery Company'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Northampton
Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, north-west of London and south-east of Birmingham. The county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton is one of the largest towns in England; ...
, UK
** Communications Zone:
*** 60th Communications Zone Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , Belgium
*** ''201st Support Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Bordon
Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villages ...
, UK
*** ''218th Port Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK
*** ''219th Port Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK
*** ''215th Recovery Company'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK
** Theatre Units in 1 (BR) Corps Area:
*** 57th Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
*** 58th Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
*** 61st Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
*** 63rd Station Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
** ''280th NATO HQ Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK, supports SHAPE
** ''281st NATO HQ Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK, supports AFCENT
** ''282nd NATO HQ Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Bordon, UK, Supports NORTHAG
Provost Marshal BAOR
* Provost Marshal BAOR, JHQ Rheindahlen
** Special Investigations Branch (Germany), JHQ Rheindahlen
** 101st Provost Company, Royal Military Police,
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
** 102nd Provost Company, Royal Military Police, JHQ Rheindahlen
** ''175th Provost Company'', Royal Military Police,
Lisburn
Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre, on the River Lagan, which forms the boundary between County Antrim and County Down. First laid out in the 17th century by English and Welsh settlers, with ...
, UK
** ''176th Provost Company'', Royal Military Police,
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry (), is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest city on the island of Ireland. The name ''Derry'' is an anglicisation of the Old Irish name (modern Irish: ) meaning 'oak grove'. The ...
, UK
** ''243rd Provost Company'', Royal Military Police (V),
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
, UK
** ''252nd Provost Company'', Royal Military Police (V),
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees, often simply referred to as Stockton, is a market town in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, England. It is on the northern banks of the River Tees, part of the Teesside built-up area. The town had an estimated ...
, UK
** ''253rd Provost Company'', Royal Military Police (V),
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, UK
** ''254th Provost Company'', Royal Military Police (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, UK
HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany)
* HQ Intelligence & Security Group (Germany), JHQ Rheindahlen
** 2nd Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps, JHQ Rheindahlen
** 4th Security Company, Intelligence Corps,
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
** 5th Security Company, Intelligence Corps,
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
** 6th Intelligence Company (Photo Intell), Intelligence Corps, JHQ Rheindahlen
** 7th Intelligence Company, Intelligence Corps,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
** ''20th Security Company'', Intelligence Corps (V), London, UK
** ''21st Intelligence Company (Imagery Analysis)'', Intelligence Corps (V), London, UK
** ''22nd Intelligence Company'', Intelligence Corps (V), London, UK
** ''23rd Security Company'', Intelligence Corps (V), Edinburgh, UK
** ''24th Intelligence Company'', Intelligence Corps (V), London, UK
** Recce Intelligence Centre (Gütersloh), Intelligence Corps,
RAF Gütersloh
Royal Air Force Gütersloh, more commonly known as RAF Gütersloh, was a Royal Air Force Germany military airfield, the nearest Royal Air Force airfield to the East/West German border, in the vicinity of the town of Gütersloh. It was const ...
** Recce Intelligence Centre (Laarbruch), Intelligence Corps,
RAF Laarbruch
Royal Air Force , more commonly known as RAF ICAO EDUL (from 1 January 1995 ETUL) was a Royal Air Force station, a military airfield, located in Germany on its border with the Netherlands. The Station's motto was ().
The site now operates a ...
note 1: units in ''italics'' were based in the outside of BAOR's area of operation and would join BAOR upon mobilization.
I Netherlands Corps
![I Netherlands Corps - 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/I_Netherlands_Corps_-_1989.png)
* I Netherlands Corps,
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...
, NL
** Staff and Staff Company, Apeldoorn
** 105th Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Huzaren van Boreel"'' (Reserve), (18x
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A4, 48x
M113-Command & Reconnaissance)
** 305th Commando Battalion,
Roosendaal
Roosendaal () is both a city and a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
Towns/villages of the municipality
* Roosendaal (population: 66,760)
* Wouw (4,920)
* Heerle (1, ...
** 101st Military Police Battalion,
Wezep
Wezep is a town in the municipality of Oldebroek, Netherlands. Located in the province of Gelderland, it had about 13,500 inhabitants in 2012.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. The Wezep railway station, ...
** 101st Military Intelligence Company, Apeldoorn
** 111th Counterintelligence Detachment, Apeldoorn
** 101st Anti-Aircraft Group,
Garderen
Garderen is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Barneveld, in the forests of the Veluwe. The village has 1,994 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2008).
Garderen was a separate municipality until 1818, ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Battery, Garderen
*** 15th Armored Air-defense Battalion,
't Harde
t Harde is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated about 6 km southeast of Elburg, on the edge of the Veluwe forest. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle and Amersfoort. The village's population is approx ...
, (supporting 4e Divisie) (27x
PRTL, 27x
Stinger
A stinger (or sting) is a sharp organ found in various animals (typically insects and other arthropods) capable of injecting venom, usually by piercing the epidermis of another animal.
An insect sting is complicated by its introduction of v ...
)
*** 25th Armored Air-defense Battalion,
Ede (supporting 1e Divisie), (27x PRTL, 27x Stinger)
*** 35th Armored Air-defense Battalion (Reserve) (supporting 5e Divisie), (27x PRTL, 27x Stinger)
*** 45th Air-defense Battalion (Reserve) (protecting rear area strategic objects), (27x
Bofors 40 mm Bofors 40 mm gun is a name or designation given to two models of 40 mm calibre anti-aircraft guns designed and developed by the Swedish company Bofors:
*Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun - developed in the 1930s, widely used in World War II and into the 1990s
...
AA guns, 24x Stinger)
*** 115th Air-defense Battalion (Reserve) (protecting rear area strategic objects), (27x
40mm AA Guns, 24x Stinger)
*** 125th Air-defense Battalion (Reserve) (protecting rear area strategic objects), (27x
40mm AA Guns, 24x Stinger)
** 101st Engineer Combat Group,
Wezep
Wezep is a town in the municipality of Oldebroek, Netherlands. Located in the province of Gelderland, it had about 13,500 inhabitants in 2012.''ANWB Topografische Atlas Nederland'', Topografische Dienst and ANWB, 2005. The Wezep railway station, ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Wezep
*** 11th Engineer Battalion, Wezep
*** 41st Engineer Battalion,
Seedorf
*** 103rd Engineer Battalion (Reserve)
*** 462nd Engineer Battalion (Reserve)
*** 101st NBC-decontamination Company, Wezep
*** 102nd Construction Equipment Company, Wezep
*** 104th Medium Girder Bridge Company (Reserve)
*** 105th Pontoon Bridge Company, Wezep
*** 107th Dump Truck Company, Wezep
*** 108th Diver Platoon, Wezep
** 201st Engineer Combat Group (Reserve)
*** Staff and Staff Company (Reserve)
*** 102nd Engineer Battalion (Reserve)
*** 107th Engineer Battalion (Reserve)
*** 223rd Engineer Battalion (Reserve)
*** 155th Pontoon Bridge Company (Reserve)
*** 212th Construction Equipment Company (Reserve)
*** 227th Dump Truck Company (Reserve)
*** 109th Diver Platoon (Reserve)
** Light Aviation Group,
Deelen
Deelen is a hamlet in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Gelderland. It is largely in the municipality of Ede, Netherlands, but a small part lies in the municipality of Arnhem.
It was first mentioned in the 13th century as Deijle, and means "parce ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Squadron, Deelen
*** 298th Light Aviation Squadron,
Soesterberg
Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base
History
The ...
, (
Alouette III
Alouette or alouettes may refer to:
Music and literature
* "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song
* Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
Aerospace
* SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...
)
*** 299th Light Aviation Squadron, Deelen, (
BO-105C)
*** 300th Light Aviation Squadron, Deelen, (Alouette III)
*** 302nd Light Aviation Squadron (Reserve),
Soesterberg
Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base
History
The ...
, (Alouette III)
*** Maintenance and Materiel Squadron, Soesterberg
** 101st Signal Group,
Stroe
*** Staff and Staff Detachment, Stroe
*** 11th Signal Battalion,
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...
*** 41st Signal Battalion,
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
*** 106th Signal Battalion,
Ede
*** 108th Signal Battalion, Stroe (supporting I Netherlands Corps)
*** 107th Radio Company, Stroe, providing
Close Air Support
In military tactics, close air support (CAS) is defined as air action such as air strikes by fixed or rotary-winged aircraft against hostile targets near friendly forces and require detailed integration of each air mission with fire and moveme ...
teams
1e Divisie
*
1e Divisie "7 December" (Mechanized),
Arnhem
Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both banks of ...
, NL
** Staff and Staff Company, Arnhem
** 102nd Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Huzaren van Boreel"'',
Amersfoort
Amersfoort () is a city and municipality in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands, about 20 km from the city of Utrecht and 40 km south east of Amsterdam. As of 1 December 2021, the municipality had a population of 158,531, making it the second- ...
, (18x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
V, 48x
M113-Command & Reconnaissance)
** 11e Pantserinfanteriebrigade, Arnhem, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Arnhem
*** 101st Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander
The Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander is an Armoured corps of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Alexander, the second son of King Willem II. This regiment represented the former 3rd Hussars Regiment, formed in 1814 (origins date back ...
"'',
Soesterberg
Soesterberg is a town in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Soest, and lies about 5 km northeast of Zeist, on the road between Amersfoort and Utrecht. It was the location of Soesterberg Air Base
History
The ...
, (
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
V, 12 YPR-765)
*** 12th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Garde Regiment Jagers"'', Arnhem, (
YPR-765
The YPR-765 is a Dutch infantry fighting vehicle that is based on the AIFV design that was developed by the FMC Corporation. It replaced the AMX-VCI and YP-408 of the Royal Netherlands Army and entered service in 1977. The Dutch YPR-765s were ...
, 16x
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 48th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment van Heutsz
The Regiment van Heutsz is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. The regiment was named after J.B. van Heutsz, a former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, and was formed on July 1, 1950. It is notable for its service as ...
"'',
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...
, (YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 11th Horse Artillery Battalion ''"
Gele Rijders"'', Arnhem, (
M109A3)
*** 11th Armored Anti-Tank Company,
Ermelo, (
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 11th Armored Engineer Company, Ermelo
*** 11th Brigade Supply Company,
Stroe
*** 11th Brigade Maintenance Company, Arnhem
*** 11th Brigade Medical Company, Stroe
** 12e Pantserinfanteriebrigade,
Vierhouten, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Vierhouten
*** 59th Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje
The Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje was an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Willem, Prince of Orange, eldest son of King Willem II. The regiment served as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade op ...
"'',
't Harde
t Harde is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated about 6 km southeast of Elburg, on the edge of the Veluwe forest. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle and Amersfoort. The village's population is approx ...
, (Leopard 1V, 12 YPR-765)
*** 11th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Garde Regiment Grenadiers"'', Arnhem, (YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 13th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
The Princess Irene Fusiliers Guards Regiment ( nl, Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene) is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Princess Irene, the Granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina, daughter of Queen Juliana, sister of Pri ...
"'',
Schalkhaar, (YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 14th Field Artillery Battalion (Reserve), Vierhouten, (M109A3)
*** 12th Armored Anti-Tank Company, Vierhouten, (YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 12th Armored Engineer Company, Vierhouten
*** 12th Brigade Supply Company, Vierhouten
*** 12th Brigade Maintenance Company,
Uddel
Uddel is a village in the Netherlands, on the Veluwe, in the municipality of Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands. Uddel is located on the N310 from Elburg to Arnhem. The oldest mention of Uddel dates back to the year 792, as the settlement Uttiloc ...
*** 12th Brigade Medical Company, Vierhouten
** 13e Pantserbrigade,
Oirschot
Oirschot (; ''Orskot'' in the local dialect) is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. It is situated from the city of Eindhoven and from the city of Tilburg in the province North Brabant (Noord-Brabant). The municipality ha ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Oirschot
*** 11th Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama"'', Oirschot, (Leopard 1V, 12 YPR-765)
*** 49th Pantser Battalion (Reserve) ''"
Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama"'', Oirschot, (Leopard 1V, 12 YPR-765)
*** 17th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Chasse"'', Oirschot, (YPR-765, YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 12th Field Artillery Battalion, Oirschot, (M109A3)
*** 13th Armored Engineer Company, Oirschot
*** 13th Brigade Supply Company, Oirschot
*** 13th Brigade Maintenance Company, Oirschot
*** 13th Brigade Medical Company, Oirschot
3rd Panzer Division
*
3rd Panzer Division,
Buxtehude
Buxtehude (), officially the Hanseatic City of Buxtehude (german: Hansestadt Buxtehude, nds, Hansestadt Buxthu ()), is a town on the Este River in Northern Germany, belonging to the district of Stade in Lower Saxony. It is part of the Hamburg ...
** Staff Company, 3rd Panzer Division, Buxtehude
** 7th Panzergrenadier Brigade,
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
, timezone1 = Central (CET)
, utc_offset1 = +1
, timezone1_DST = Central (CEST)
, utc_offset1_DST = +2
, postal ...
*** Staff Company, 1st Panzergrenadier Brigade, Hamburg, (
M577,
Luchs)
*** 71st Panzergrenadier Battalion, Hamburg, (
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
A5,
Marder
Marder may refer to:
German military vehicles
* A series of World War II tank destroyers:
** Marder I
** Marder II
** Marder III
* Marder (IFV), a modern infantry fighting vehicle
* Marder (submarine), a World War II midget submarine
People with ...
,
M113)
*** 72nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Hamburg, (Marder, Panzermörser, M113)
*** 73rd Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Cuxhaven
Cuxhaven (; ) is an independent town and seat of the Cuxhaven district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town includes the northernmost point of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the shore of the North Sea at the mouth of the Elbe River. Cuxhaven has ...
, (Marder, Panzermörser, M113)
*** 74th Panzer Battalion, Cuxhaven, (Leopard 1A5, M113)
*** 75th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Hamburg, (
M109A3G)
*** 70th Anti-Tank Company, Cuxhaven, (
Jaguar 2
The Raketenjagdpanzer 4 Jaguar 2 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. It was only operated by the Bundeswehr.
History
From 1983 to 1985, 162 Kanonenjagdpanzers were converted to ''Raketenjagdpanzer 4'' Jaguar ...
)
*** 70th Armored Engineer Company, Stade
*** 70th Supply Company, Stade
*** 70th Maintenance Company, Stade
** 8th Panzer Brigade,
Lüneburg
Lüneburg (officially the ''Hanseatic City of Lüneburg'', German: ''Hansestadt Lüneburg'', , Low German ''Lümborg'', Latin ''Luneburgum'' or ''Lunaburgum'', Old High German ''Luneburc'', Old Saxon ''Hliuni'', Polabian ''Glain''), also calle ...
*** Staff Company, 8th Panzer Brigade, Lüneburg, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 81st Panzer Battalion, Lüneburg, (
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A2, Marder, M113)
*** 82nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Lüneburg, (Marder, Panzermörser, M113)
*** 83rd Panzer Battalion, Lüneburg, (Leopard 2A2, M113)
*** 84th Panzer Battalion, Lüneburg, (Leopard 2A2, M113)
*** 85th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Lüneburg, (M109A3G)
*** 80th Anti-Tank Company, Lüneburg, (
Jaguar 1
The Raketenjagdpanzer (RakJPz 3) Jaguar 1 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 to 1982, 316 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system ...
)
*** 80th Armored Engineer Company, Lüneburg
*** 80th Supply Company, Lüneburg
*** 80th Maintenance Company, Lüneburg
**
9th Panzer (Lehr) Brigade,
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
*** Staff Company, 9th Panzerlehrbrigade, Munster, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 91st Panzer (Lehr) Battalion, Munster, (Leopard 2A2, Marder, M113)
*** 92nd Panzergrenadier (Lehr) Battalion, Munster, (Marder, Panzermörser, M113)
*** 93rd Panzer (Lehr) Battalion, Munster, (Leopard 2A2, M113)
*** 94th Panzer (Lehr) Battalion, Munster, (Leopard 2A2, M113)
*** 95th Panzer (Lehr) Artillery Battalion, Munster, (M109A3G)
*** 90th Anti-Tank Training Company, Munster (Jaguar 1)
*** 90th Armored Engineer Training Company, Munster
*** 90th Supply Company, Munster
*** 90th Maintenance Company, Munster
** 3rd Artillery Regiment, Stade
*** Staff Battery, 3rd Artillery Regiment, Stade
*** 31st Field Artillery Battalion, Lüneburg (
M110A2,
FH-70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...
)
*** 32nd Rocket Artillery Battalion, Dörverden, (
LARS
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...
,
MLRS
A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a voll ...
)
*** 33rd Surveillance Battalion, Stade, (CL89)
*** 3rd Custodial Battery, Dörverden
** 3rd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Lüneburg, (Leopard 1A1A1,
Luchs,
Fuchs - 9 of which carry a
RASIT
RASIT (''RAdar de Surveillance des InTervalles'') is a ground-surveillance pulse Doppler radar developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), and fielded by several militaries. The original version of RASIT had a range of 20 kilometers and allowed a skille ...
radar)
** 3rd Air Defense Regiment, Hamburg, (
Flakpanzer Gepard
The ''Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard'' ("anti-aircraft-gun tank 'Cheetah, better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It was developed in the 1960s, fielded in the 1970s, a ...
)
** 3rd Engineer Battalion, Stade, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
** 3rd Army Aviation Squadron,
Rotenburg an der Wümme
Rotenburg an der Wümme (also known as ''Rotenburg (Wümme)''; ''Rotenburg in Hannover'' until May 1969; Northern Low Saxon: ''Rodenborg'') is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Rotenburg.
Geography
Rotenburg ...
, (Alouette II)
** 3rd Signal Battalion, Buxtehude
** 3rd Medical Battalion, Hamburg
** 3rd Supply Battalion, Stade
** 3rd Maintenance Battalion, Rotenburg an der Wümme
** Five Field Replacement Battalions: 31st and 32nd in
Zeven
Zeven [] is a town in the Rotenburg (district), district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of around 14,000. The nearest large towns are Bremerhaven, Bremen (city), Bremen and Hamburg. It is situated approximately 22  ...
, 33rd and 35th in
Verden, 34th in Neustadt am
Achim
Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, a ...
** 36th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Zeven
** 37th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Munster
** 38th Security Battalion (Reserve), Zeven
** 3rd Signal (
Electronic Warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...
) Company, Rotenburg an der Wümme
** 3rd
NBC Defense Company, Munster
4e Divisie
* 4e Divisie,
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
, NL
** Staff and Staff Company, Harderwijk
** 103rd Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Huzaren van Boreel"'',
Seedorf,
FRG FRG may refer to:
* Family Readiness Group in the United States Army
* Federal Republic of Germany
** West Germany
* FMN reductase (NAD(P)H)
* Friendship Radiosport Games
* Functional renormalization group
* Guatemalan Republican Front
The Insti ...
, (
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A4,
M113-Command & Reconnaissance)
** 41 Pantserbrigade,
Seedorf,
FRG FRG may refer to:
* Family Readiness Group in the United States Army
* Federal Republic of Germany
** West Germany
* FMN reductase (NAD(P)H)
* Friendship Radiosport Games
* Functional renormalization group
* Guatemalan Republican Front
The Insti ...
*** Staff and Staff Company, Seedorf
*** 41st Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander
The Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander is an Armoured corps of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Alexander, the second son of King Willem II. This regiment represented the former 3rd Hussars Regiment, formed in 1814 (origins date back ...
"'',
Hohne
Hohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn. It should not be confused with the British Army camp of Hohne (German: ...
, (
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A4, YPR-765)
*** 43rd Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama"'',
Langemannshof, (Leopard 2A4, YPR-765)
*** 42nd Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Limburgse Jagers
Regiment Limburgse Jagers (Limburg hunters) is light infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is named after the Dutch province of Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Fl ...
"'', Seedorf, (
YPR-765
The YPR-765 is a Dutch infantry fighting vehicle that is based on the AIFV design that was developed by the FMC Corporation. It replaced the AMX-VCI and YP-408 of the Royal Netherlands Army and entered service in 1977. The Dutch YPR-765s were ...
,
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 41st Field Artillery Battalion, Seedorf, (
M109A3)
*** 41st Armored Engineer Company, Seedorf
*** 41st Brigade Supply Company, Seedorf
*** 41st Brigade Maintenance Company, Seedorf
*** 41st Brigade Medical Company, Seedorf
** 42e Pantserinfanteriebrigade,
Assen
Assen () is a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in the Netherlands, city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Assen
*** 57th Pantser Battalion (Reserve) ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander
The Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander is an Armoured corps of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Alexander, the second son of King Willem II. This regiment represented the former 3rd Hussars Regiment, formed in 1814 (origins date back ...
"'', Assen, (Leopard 2A4, YPR-765)
*** 43rd Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Chasse"'', Assen, (YPR-765, YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 45th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland
The Regiment Infanterie Oranje Gelderland is a mechanized infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. Re-established in 2006 it forms the mechanized infantry battalion 45 Painfbat RIOG. It operates the newly acquired CV90 Infantry fighting ...
"'',
Steenwijk
Steenwijk (; Low German: ''Steenwiek'', ''Stienwiek'' English: ''Stenwick'') is a city in the Dutch province of Overijssel. It is located in the municipality of Steenwijkerland. It is the largest town of the municipality.
Steenwijk received city ...
, (70x YPR-765, YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 42nd Field Artillery Battalion, Assen (M109A3)
*** 42nd Armored Anti-Tank Company,
Darp, (
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 42nd Armored Engineer Company (Reserve), Assen
*** 42nd Brigade Supply Company, Vierhouten
*** 42nd Brigade Maintenance Company, Assen
*** 42nd Brigade Medical Company,
Appingedam
Appingedam (; gos, n Daam) is a city and former municipality in the northeastern Netherlands. Although there is no certainty as to the exact age of Appingedam, historical research demonstrates that the place in which the city would eventually b ...
** 43e Pantserinfanteriebrigade,
Darp, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Darp
*** 42nd Pantser Battalion (Reserve) ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje
The Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje was an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Willem, Prince of Orange, eldest son of King Willem II. The regiment served as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade op ...
"'', Darp, (61x Leopard 2A4, YPR-765)
*** 41st Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Stootroepen"'',
Ermelo, (YPR-765, YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 47th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Menno van Coehoorn"'', Darp, (YPR-765, YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 43rd Field Artillery Battalion, Darp (M109A3)
*** 13th Armored Anti-Tank Company, Oirschot (YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 43rd Armored Engineer Company, Darp
*** 43rd Brigade Supply Company, Vierhouten
*** 43rd Brigade Maintenance Company, Darp
*** 43rd Brigade Medical Company, Darp
5e Divisie
* 5e Divisie (Reserve),
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...
, NL: Reserve Formation
** Staff and Staff Company, Apeldoorn
** 104th Reconnaissance Battalion ''"Huzaren van Boreel"'' (Reserve),
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...
, (18x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
V, 48x
M113-Command & Reconnaissance)
** 51e Pantserbrigade (Reserve),
Stroe, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Stroe
*** 12th Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama"'', Stroe, (52x
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A4, 12 YPR-765)
*** 54th Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren van Sytzama"'', Stroe, (52x Leopard 2A4, 12 YPR-765)
*** 16th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Limburgse Jagers
Regiment Limburgse Jagers (Limburg hunters) is light infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is named after the Dutch province of Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
Regions
* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Fl ...
"'', Stroe, (70x
YPR-765
The YPR-765 is a Dutch infantry fighting vehicle that is based on the AIFV design that was developed by the FMC Corporation. It replaced the AMX-VCI and YP-408 of the Royal Netherlands Army and entered service in 1977. The Dutch YPR-765s were ...
, 16x
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 34th Field Artillery Battalion, Stroe, (20x
M109A2)
*** 51st Armored Engineer Company, Stroe
*** 51st Brigade Supply Company, Stroe
*** 51st Brigade Maintenance Company, Stroe
*** 51st Brigade Medical Company, Stroe
** 52e Pantserinfanteriebrigade (Reserve), Arnhem, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Arnhem
*** 52nd Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander
The Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander is an Armoured corps of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Alexander, the second son of King Willem II. This regiment represented the former 3rd Hussars Regiment, formed in 1814 (origins date back ...
"'', Arnhem, (61x Leopard 1V, 12 YPR-765)
*** 15th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene
The Princess Irene Fusiliers Guards Regiment ( nl, Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene) is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Princess Irene, the Granddaughter of Queen Wilhelmina, daughter of Queen Juliana, sister of Pri ...
"'', Arnhem, (70x YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 44th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Johan Willem Friso
The Regiment Infantry Prins Johan Willem Friso is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. Named after Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau, it is the oldest and most senior regiment in the current order of battle. The regiment curr ...
"'' (active unit),
Zuidlaren
Zuidlaren (Noordenvelds: ''Zuudlaoren'') is a village in the province of Drenthe in the Northern Netherlands. Zuidlaren has just over 10,000 inhabitants and is situated on natural heightened land which is called the Hondsrug.
The village is part ...
, (70x YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 51st Field Artillery Battalion, Arnhem, (20x M109A2)
*** 52nd Armored Anti-Tank Company, Arnhem, (
YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 52nd Armored Engineer Company, Arnhem
*** 52nd Brigade Supply Company, Arnhem
*** 52nd Brigade Maintenance Company, Arnhem
*** 52nd Brigade Medical Company, Arnhem
** 53e Pantserinfanteriebrigade (Reserve),
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
, NL
*** Staff and Staff Company, Harderwijk
*** 58th Pantser Battalion ''"
Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje
The Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje was an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Willem, Prince of Orange, eldest son of King Willem II. The regiment served as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade op ...
"'', Harderwijk, (61x Leopard 1V, 12x YPR-765)
*** 14th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Chasse"'', Harderwijk, (70x YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 46th Pantserinfanterie Battalion ''"
Regiment Infanterie Menno van Coehoorn"'', Harderwijk, (70x YPR-765, 16x YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 13th Horse Artillery Battalion, Harderwijk, (20x M109A2)
*** 53rd Armored Anti-Tank Company, Harderwijk, (YPR-765 PRAT)
*** 53rd Armored Engineer Company, Harderwijk
*** 53rd Brigade Supply Company, Harderwijk
*** 53rd Brigade Maintenance Company, Harderwijk
*** 53rd Brigade Medical Company, Harderwijk
101e Infanteriebrigade
* 101e Infanteriebrigade (Reserve),
Stroe, NL
** Staff and Staff Company, Stroe
** 102nd Pantserinfanterie Battalion, (70x
YPR-765
The YPR-765 is a Dutch infantry fighting vehicle that is based on the AIFV design that was developed by the FMC Corporation. It replaced the AMX-VCI and YP-408 of the Royal Netherlands Army and entered service in 1977. The Dutch YPR-765s were ...
)
** 132nd Pantserinfanterie Battalion, (70x YPR-765)
** 142nd Infantry Battalion
** 143rd Infantry Battalion
I (NL) Corps Artillery
* I Corps Artillery,
Stroe, NL
** Staff and Staff Company, Stroe
** 101st Artillery Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battalion,
't Harde
t Harde is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is situated about 6 km southeast of Elburg, on the edge of the Veluwe forest. It has a train station with connections to Zwolle and Amersfoort. The village's population is approx ...
** 425 Mobile Security Infantry Company, 't Harde, to secure the transport and field storage of nuclear warheads for 19th Artillery Battalion
** 434 Mobile Security Infantry Company, Darp, to secure the transport and field storage of nuclear warheads for 129th Artillery Battalion
** 436 Mobile Security Infantry Company (Reserve), to protect 8th Ammunition Supply Platoon
** 437 Mobile Security Infantry Company (Reserve), quick reaction force of I Corps Artillery
** 101st Artillery Group,
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
*** Staff and Staff Battery, Harderwijk
*** 19th Artillery Battalion, (16x
M110A2)
*** 109th Artillery Battalion, (11x
M270 MLRS
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American-developed armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher.
The U.S. Army variant of the MLRS vehicle is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s ...
)
*** 119th Artillery Battalion, (11x M270 MLRS)
*** 129th Artillery Battalion,
Darp, (6x
Lance
A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike si ...
missile launchers)
*** 8th Ammunition Supply Platoon, Darp, to transport and maintain nuclear ammunition
** 102nd Artillery Group,
Harderwijk
Harderwijk (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city of the Netherlands.
It is served by the Harderwijk railway station.
Its population centres are Harderwijk and Hierden.
Harderwijk is on the western boundary of the Veluwe. The southea ...
*** Staff and Staff Battery, Harderwijk
*** 44th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (20x
M109A2)
*** 54th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (20x
M109A2)
*** 107th Artillery Battalion, (16x M110A2)
*** 108th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (16x M110A2)
** 103rd Artillery Group (Reserve),
Rhenen
Rhenen () is a municipality and a city in the central Netherlands.
The municipality also includes the villages of Achterberg, Remmerden, Elst and Laareind. The town lies at a geographically interesting location, namely on the southernmost par ...
*** Staff and Staff Battery, Rhenen
*** 117th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (16x M110A2)
*** 118th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (16x M110A2)
*** 154th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
*** 224th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
** 104th Artillery Group (Reserve),
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn (; Dutch Low Saxon: ) is a municipality and city in the province of Gelderland in the centre of the Netherlands. It is located about 60 km east of Utrecht, 60 km west of Enschede, 25 km north of Arnhem and 35 km south of Zwolle. The ...
*** Staff and Staff Battery, Apeldoorn
*** 114th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
*** 124th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
*** 134th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
*** 144th Artillery Battalion (Reserve), (24x M114/39)
I (NL) Corps Logistic Command
* I Corps Logistic Command,
Ermelo
** Staff and Staff Company, Ermelo
** 54th Corps Support Battalion (Reserve) (supply, maintenance and medical support for corps' assets)
** 111th Corps Support Battalion (Reserve) (supply, maintenance and medical support for corps' assets)
** 114th Corps Support Battalion (Reserve) (supply, maintenance and medical support for corps' assets)
** 102nd Supply Point Battalion,
Ermelo (operating Corps Supply Point Area 5)
** 103rd Supply Point Battalion,
Stroe (operating Corps Supply Point Area 6)
** 258th Supply Point Battalion (Reserve) (operating Corps Supply Point Area 4)
** 501st Supply Point Battalion (Reserve) (operating Corps Supply Point Area 7)
** 101st Materiel Support Battalion,
Nieuw-Milligen (equipment maintenance and spare parts distribution via field workshops and supply points)
** 109th Materiel Support Battalion,
Naarden
Naarden () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and former List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Gooi region in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Holland, Netherlands. It has been part ...
(equipment maintenance and spare parts distribution via field workshops and supply points)
** 124th Materiel Support Battalion (Reserve) (equipment maintenance and spare parts distribution via field workshops and supply points)
** 105th Transport Battalion, Vierhouten
** 101st Personnel Replacement Battalion (Reserve)
** 601st Materiel Support Platoon Leopard 1V, Vierhouten
** 602nd Materiel Support Platoon Leopard 1V (Reserve)
** 611th Materiel Support Platoon Leopard 2, Seedorf (supporting the forward deployed Leopard 2 tank battalions of 41 Pantserbrigade)
** 612th Materiel Support Platoon Leopard 2 (Reserve)
** 501st Materiel Support Platoon PRTL, Ede (supporting the armored air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 502nd Materiel Support Platoon PRTL, 't Harde (supporting the armored air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 503rd Materiel Support Platoon PRTL, Hohne (supporting the armored air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 511th Materiel Support Platoon Light Antiaircraft Artillery (Reserve) (supporting the air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 512th Materiel Support Platoon Light Antiaircraft Artillery (Reserve) (supporting the air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 513th Materiel Support Platoon Light Antiaircraft Artillery (Reserve) (supporting the air-defense battalions of 101st Anti-Aircraft Group)
** 721st Materiel Support Team Artillery Survey Battalion, 't Harde (equipment maintenance for 101st Artillery Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battalion)
** 722nd Materiel Support Team Artillery Survey Battalion, Ede (electronic equipment maintenance for 101st Artillery Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battalion)
** 102nd Medical Group, Ermelo (medical battalions are staff units only, which would be assigned ambulance and corps medical companies, and field hospitals as needed)
*** Staff and Staff Detachment, Ermelo
*** 101st Medical Battalion Staff, (Reserve)
*** 103rd Medical Battalion Staff, Ermelo
*** 201st Medical Battalion Staff, (Reserve)
*** 143rd Medical Supply Point Company
*** 3x Light Surgical Field Hospital Companies (with 2x platoons each and 3x operating rooms per platoon, treating wounded near the frontline)
*** 3x Heavy Surgical Field Hospital Battalions (with 18x operating rooms each, treating wounded in the division's rear)
*** 3x Transit Hospital Battalions, (with 8x operating rooms and 800 beds each, treating wounded destined to be transported back to the Netherlands)
*** 4x Ambulance Companies (with 72x ambulances each)
*** 5x Corps Medical Companies (providing first aid services to the corps' assets)
I German Corps
![I German Corps 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/I_German_Corps_1989.png)
*
I German Corps,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
** Staff Company, I German Corps, Münster
** 100th Long Range Reconnaissance Company,
Braunschweig
Braunschweig () or Brunswick ( , from Low German ''Brunswiek'' , Braunschweig dialect: ''Bronswiek'') is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, north of the Harz Mountains at the farthest navigable point of the river Oker, which connects it to the Nor ...
** 100th Front Intelligence Company, Münster
** 4x Field Replacement Battalions: 110th in
Greven
Greven (; Westphalian: ''Graiwen'') is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and close to the city of Münster.
Geography
Greven is situated on the river Ems, approx. 25&n ...
, 120th in
Unna
Unna is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna district.
The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Cologne, Münster, Hamm, D ...
, 130th in
Preußisch Oldendorf
Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with ...
, 140th in
Erwitte
Erwitte () is a town in the district of Soest, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Erwitte is situated approximately 8 km south of Lippstadt and 15 km east of Soest.
Neighbouring municipalities
* Lippstadt
* Geseke
* Rüt ...
** 1st Artillery Command, Münster
*** Staff Company, 1st Artillery Command, Münster
*** 150th Rocket Artillery Battalion,
Wesel
Wesel () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.
Geography
Wesel is situated at the confluence of the Lippe River and the Rhine.
Division of the city
Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighove ...
(6x
Lance
A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike si ...
tactical ballistic missile launcher)
*** 120th Nuclear Weapons Supply Battalion,
Werlte
*** 100th Security Battalion,
Ahaus
Ahaus (; Westphalian: ''Ausen'') is a town in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, lying some 20 km south-east of Enschede and 15 km south from Gr ...
*** 100th UAV Battery, Wesel
** 1st Engineer Command, Münster
*** Staff Company, 1st Engineer Command, Münster
*** 110th Combat Engineer Battalion,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
, (8x Biber
armoured vehicle-launched bridge
An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-t ...
(AVLB), 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
*** 120th Combat Engineer Battalion,
Dörverden
Dörverden is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 8 km south of Verden, and 40 km southeast of Bremen.
Dörverden belonged to the Prince-Bishopric ...
, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
*** 130th Amphibious Engineer Battalion, Minden
*** 140th Combat Engineer Battalion,
Emmerich am Rhein
Emmerich am Rhein ( Low Rhenish and nl, Emmerik) is a city and municipality in the northwest of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The city has a harbour and a quay at the Rhine. In terms of local government organization, it is ...
, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
*** 150th Combat Engineer Battalion (Reserve),
Höxter
Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel in the centre of the Weser Uplands. The main town's population is around 15,000, and with outlying centres, about 30,0 ...
, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
*** 160th Bridging Battalion, Minden
*** 170th Bridging Battalion (Reserve),
Dünsen
Dünsen is a municipality in the district of Oldenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and ...
*** 110th NBC Defense Battalion (Reserve, staff active),
Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
History
The exact founding date of E ...
** 1st Air Defense Command, Münster
*** Staff Company, 1st Air Defense Command, Münster
*** 100th Air Defense Regiment, Wuppertal (36x
Roland
Roland (; frk, *Hrōþiland; lat-med, Hruodlandus or ''Rotholandus''; it, Orlando or ''Rolando''; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the ...
SAM missile systems mounted
Marder 1)
*** 130th Air Defense Battalion (Reserve),
Greven
Greven (; Westphalian: ''Graiwen'') is a medium-sized town in the district of Steinfurt, in Germany's most populous state of North Rhine-Westphalia and close to the city of Münster.
Geography
Greven is situated on the river Ems, approx. 25&n ...
, (24x
Bofors 40L70)
*** 140th Air Defense Battalion (Reserve), Greven, (24x Bofors 40L70)
** 1st Army Aviation Command,
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.
Geography
Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...
*** Staff Company, 1st Army Aviation Command, Rheine, (15x
BO-105M)
*** 10th Army Aviation Regiment, Faßberg, (48x
UH-1D
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois military helicopter, first introduced in 1959, is the first production member of the prolific Huey family of helicopters, and was itself developed in over twenty variants, which are listed below.
XH-40 and YH-40
The firs ...
helicopters, 5x
Alouette II
Alouette or alouettes may refer to:
Music and literature
* "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song
* Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
Aerospace
* SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...
)
*** 15th Army Aviation Regiment, Rheine, (32x
CH-53G, 5x Alouette II)
*** 16th Army Aviation Regiment, Celle, (56x
PAH-1, 5x Alouette II)
*** 100th Army Aviation Squadron (Reserve), Rheine
** 1st Signal Command, Münster
*** Staff Company, 1st Signal Command, Münster
*** 110th Signal Battalion,
Coesfeld
Coesfeld (; Westphalian: ''Koosfeld'') is the capital of the district of Coesfeld in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
History
Coesfeld received its city rights in 1197, but was first recorded earlier than that in the biography of St ...
*** 120th Signal Battalion, Rotenburg
*** 130th Signal Battalion, Coesfeld
** 1st Maintenance Command, Bielefeld
*** Staff Company, 1st Maintenance Command, Bielefeld
*** 110th Maintenance Battalion, Coesfeld
*** 120th Maintenance Battalion,
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.
Geography
Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...
*** 130th Maintenance Battalion (Reserve),
Bad Rothenfelde
** 1st Supply Command, Rheine
*** Staff Company, 1st Supply Command, Rheine
*** 110th Supply Battalion, Rheine
*** 170th Transport Battalion, Rheine
*** 180th Transport Battalion (Reserve), Bad Rothenfelde
** 1st Medical Command, Münster
*** Staff Company, 1st Medical Command, Münster
*** 110th Medical Battalion (Reserve),
Uedem
Uedem is a municipality in the district of Cleves, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands.
Division of the town
Uedem consists of 4 districts
* Uedem
* Uedemerfeld
* Keppeln
* Uedemerbruch
* Brunze ...
*** 120th Medical Battalion (Reserve),
Ochtrup
Ochtrup () is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 20 km west of Rheine and 20 km east of Enschede.
History
An early mention of the town was „Ohtepe“ (the eastern ...
*** 130th Medical Transport Battalion (Reserve, staff active),
Vechta
Vechta (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Vechte'') is the capital and largest city of the Vechta (district), Vechta district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is home to the University of Vechta.
It is known for the 'Stoppelmarkt' fair, which takes place every ...
1st Panzer Division
*
1st Panzer Division,
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
** Staff Company, 1st Panzer Division, Hanover
**
1st Panzergrenadier Brigade,
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
*** Staff Company, 1st Panzergrenadier Brigade, Hildesheim, (8x
M577, 8x
Luchs)
*** 11th Panzergrenadier Battalion Hildesheim, (13x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
A5, 24x
Marder
Marder may refer to:
German military vehicles
* A series of World War II tank destroyers:
** Marder I
** Marder II
** Marder III
* Marder (IFV), a modern infantry fighting vehicle
* Marder (submarine), a World War II midget submarine
People with ...
, 12x
M113)
*** 12th Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Osterode am Harz
Osterode am Harz, often simply called Osterode (; Eastphalian dialect, Eastphalian: ''Ostroe''), is a town in south-eastern Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen on the south-western edge of the Harz mountains. It was the seat of government of the Landkr ...
, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 13th Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Wesendorf
Wesendorf is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, an ...
, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 14th Panzer Battalion, Hildesheim, (41x Leopard 1A5, 12x M113)
*** 15th Panzer Artillery Battalion,
Stadtoldendorf
Stadtoldendorf is a town in the center of the Holzminden district, Lower Saxony, Germany. Stadtoldendorf is the seat of the ''Samtgemeinde
A ''Samtgemeinde'' (; plural: ''Samtgemeinden'') is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, ...
, (18x
M109A3G howitzer)
*** 10th Anti-Tank Company, Hildesheim, (12x
Jaguar 2
The Raketenjagdpanzer 4 Jaguar 2 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. It was only operated by the Bundeswehr.
History
From 1983 to 1985, 162 Kanonenjagdpanzers were converted to ''Raketenjagdpanzer 4'' Jaguar ...
)
*** 10th Armored Engineer Company,
Holzminden
Holzminden (; nds, Holtsminne) is a town in southern Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Holzminden. It is located on the river Weser, which at this point forms the border with the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Histor ...
*** 10th Supply Company, Hildesheim
*** 10th Maintenance Company, Hildesheim
**
2nd Panzer Brigade, all elements at Braunschweig
*** Staff Company, 2nd Panzer Brigade, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 21st Panzer Battalion, (28x
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A2, 11x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 22nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, (35x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 12x M113)
*** 23rd Panzer Battalion, (41x Leopard 2A2, 12x M113)
*** 24th Panzer Battalion, (41x Leopard 2A2, 12x M113)
*** 25th Panzer Artillery Battalion, (18x M109A3G)
*** 20th Anti-Tank Company, (12x
Jaguar 1
The Raketenjagdpanzer (RakJPz 3) Jaguar 1 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 to 1982, 316 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system ...
)
*** 20th Armored Engineer Company
*** 20th Supply Company
*** 20th Maintenance Company
**
3rd Panzer Brigade
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (disambiguation)
* Third Avenue (disambiguation)
* Hig ...
,
Nienburg
*** Staff Company, 3rd Panzer Brigade, Nienburg, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 31st Panzer Battalion, Nienburg, (28x Leopard 2A2, 11x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 32nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Nienburg, (35x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 12x M113)
*** 33rd Panzer Battalion,
Neustadt am Rübenberge
Neustadt am Rübenberge ( nds, Niestadt) is a town in the district of Hannover, in Lower Saxony, Germany. At , it is the 9th largest settlement in Germany by area (following Berlin, Hamburg and Cologne), though only about 45,000 inhabitants live ...
, (41x Leopard 2A2, 12x M113)
*** 34th Panzer Battalion, Nienburg, (41x Leopard 2A2, 12x M113)
*** 35th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Neustadt am Rübenberge, (18x M109A3G)
*** 30th Anti-Tank Company, Neustadt am Rübenberge, (12x Jaguar 1)
*** 30th Armored Engineer Company, Nienburg
*** 30th Supply Company, Nienburg
*** 30th Maintenance Company, Nienburg
** 1st Artillery Regiment, Hanover
*** Staff Battery, 1st Artillery Regiment, Hanover
*** 11th Field Artillery Battalion, Hanover, (18x
M110A2 howitzer, 18x
FH-70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...
howitzer)
*** 12th Rocket Artillery Battalion, Nienburg, (16x
LARS
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...
, 16x
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American-developed armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher.
The U.S. Army variant of the MLRS vehicle is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s wer ...
(MLRS)
*** 13th Surveillance Battalion,
Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest c ...
, (12x
CL289 drones)
*** 1st Custodial Battery,
Steyerberg
Steyerberg is a municipality in the district of Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia ...
** 1st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Braunschweig, (34x Leopard 1A1A1, 10x
Luchs, 18x
Fuchs - 9 of which carry a
RASIT
RASIT (''RAdar de Surveillance des InTervalles'') is a ground-surveillance pulse Doppler radar developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), and fielded by several militaries. The original version of RASIT had a range of 20 kilometers and allowed a skille ...
radar)
** 1st Air Defense Regiment,
Langenhagen, (36x
Flakpanzer Gepard
The ''Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard'' ("anti-aircraft-gun tank 'Cheetah, better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG). It was developed in the 1960s, fielded in the 1970s, a ...
)
** 1st Engineer Battalion, Holzminden, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
** 1st Army Aviation Squadron,
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
, (10x
Alouette II
Alouette or alouettes may refer to:
Music and literature
* "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song
* Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
Aerospace
* SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...
)
** 1st Signal Battalion, Hanover
** 1st Medical Battalion, Hildesheim
** 1st Supply Battalion, Hanover
** 1st Maintenance Battalion,
Giesen
Giesen is a village and a municipality in the district of Hildesheim, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 6 km northwest of Hildesheim, and 22 km southeast of Hanover.
The municipality includes five villages:
* Ahrb ...
** 4x Field Replacement Battalions: 11th and 12th in Bad Rothenfelde, 13th in Minden, 15th in Neustadt am Rübenberge
** 16th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Minden
** 17th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Giesen
** 18th Security Battalion (Reserve), Giesen
** 1st Signal (
Electronic Warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...
) Company,
Dannenberg-Neu Tramm
** 1st
NBC Defense Company,
Emden
Emden () is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia and, in 2011, had a total population of 51,528.
History
The exact founding date of E ...
7th Panzer Division
*
7th Panzer Division,
Unna
Unna is a city of around 59,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna district.
The newly refurbished Unna station has trains to all major cities in North Rhine Westphalia including Dortmund, Cologne, Münster, Hamm, D ...
** Staff Company, 7th Panzer Division, Unna
**
19th Panzergrenadier Brigade
19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number.
Mathematics
19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full r ...
,
Ahlen
Ahlen (; Westphalian: ''Aulen'') is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 30 km southeast of Münster. Ahlen is part of the District of Warendorf and is economically the most important town in that district. Ahlen is part of the larger ...
*** Staff Company, 19th Panzergrenadier Brigade, Ahlen, (8x
M577, 8x
Luchs)
*** 191st Panzergrenadier Battalion, Ahlen, (13x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
A5, 24x
Marder
Marder may refer to:
German military vehicles
* A series of World War II tank destroyers:
** Marder I
** Marder II
** Marder III
* Marder (IFV), a modern infantry fighting vehicle
* Marder (submarine), a World War II midget submarine
People with ...
, 12x
M113)
*** 192nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Ahlen, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 193rd Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 194th Panzer Battalion, Münster, (41x Leopard 1A5, 12x M113)
*** 195th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Münster, (18x
M109A3G)
*** 190th Anti-Tank Company, Münster, (12x
Jaguar 2
The Raketenjagdpanzer 4 Jaguar 2 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. It was only operated by the Bundeswehr.
History
From 1983 to 1985, 162 Kanonenjagdpanzers were converted to ''Raketenjagdpanzer 4'' Jaguar ...
)
*** 190th Armored Engineer Company, Ahlen
*** 190th Supply Company, Ahlen
*** 190th Maintenance Company, Münster
**
20th Panzer Brigade,
Iserlohn
Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.
Geography
Iserlohn is locat ...
*** Staff Company, 20th Panzer Brigade, Iserlohn, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 201st Panzer Battalion,
Hemer
Hemer is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Hemer is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr (river), Ruhr river. The highest elevation, at 546 metres (1,791 ft), is in th ...
, (28x
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A1, 11x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 202nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Hemer, (35x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 12x M113)
*** 203rd Panzer Battalion, Hemer, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 204th Panzer Battalion, Ahlen, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 205th Panzer Artillery Battalion,
Dülmen
Dülmen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems ri ...
, (18x M109A3G)
*** 200th Anti-Tank Company,
Wuppertal
Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and to ...
, (12x
Jaguar 1
The Raketenjagdpanzer (RakJPz 3) Jaguar 1 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 to 1982, 316 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system ...
)
*** 200th Armored Engineer Company, Hemer
*** 200th Supply Company, Unna
*** 200th Maintenance Company, Unna
**
21st Panzer Brigade,
Augustdorf
Augustdorf is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 42.18 km² and about 10,100 inhabitants (2020).
History
In 1775 Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold
Simon August, Count of Lippe (12 ...
*** Staff Company, 21st Panzer Brigade, Augustdorf, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 211th Panzer Battalion, Augustdorf, (28x Leopard 2A1, 11x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 212th Panzergrenadier Battalion, Augustdorf, (35x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 12x M113)
*** 213th Panzer Battalion, Augustdorf, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 214th Panzer Battalion, Augustdorf, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 215th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Augustdorf, (18x M109A3G)
*** 210th Anti-Tank Company, Augustdorf, (12x Jaguar 1)
*** 210th Armored Engineer Company, Augustdorf
*** 210th Supply Company, Augustdorf
*** 210th Maintenance Company, Augustdorf
** 7th Artillery Regiment,
Dülmen
Dülmen () is a town in the district of Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Dülmen is situated in the south part of the Münsterland area, between the Lippe river to the south, the Baumberge hills to the north and the Ems ri ...
*** Staff Battery, 7th Artillery Regiment, Dülmen
*** 71st Field Artillery Battalion, Dülmen, (18x M110A2, 18x
FH-70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...
howitzer)
*** 72nd Rocket Artillery Battalion, Wuppertal, (16x
LARS
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...
, 16x
MLRS
A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a voll ...
)
*** 73rd Surveillance Battalion, Dülmen, (12x CL289 drones)
*** 7th Custodial Battery, Dülmen
** 7th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Augustdorf, (34x Leopard 1A1A1, 10x
Luchs, 18x
Fuchs - 9 of which carry a
RASIT
RASIT (''RAdar de Surveillance des InTervalles'') is a ground-surveillance pulse Doppler radar developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), and fielded by several militaries. The original version of RASIT had a range of 20 kilometers and allowed a skille ...
radar)
** 7th Air Defense Regiment,
Borken, (36x
Gepard)
** 7th Engineer Battalion,
Höxter
Höxter () is a town in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on the left bank of the river Weser, 52 km north of Kassel in the centre of the Weser Uplands. The main town's population is around 15,000, and with outlying centres, about 30,0 ...
, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
** 7th Army Aviation Squadron,
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.
Geography
Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...
, (10x Alouette II)
** 7th Signal Battalion,
Lippstadt
Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn.
Ge ...
** 7th Medical Battalion,
Hamm
Hamm (, Latin: ''Hammona'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of 2016 its population was 179,397. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway. Hamm railwa ...
** 7th Supply Battalion, Unna
** 7th Maintenance Battalion, Unna
** 5x Field Replacement Battalions: 71st and 75th in Paderborn, 72nd and 73rd in Ahlen, 74th in Menden
** 76th Jäger Battalion (Reserve),
Preußisch Oldendorf
Preußisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Minden-Lübbecke district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1905 the town name ''Oldendorf'' was changed officially by putting "Preußisch" in front of it, to make the distinction from other towns with ...
** 77th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Paderborn
** 78th Security Battalion (Reserve), Paderborn
** 7th Signal (
Electronic Warfare
Electronic warfare (EW) is any action involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy assaults. The purpose of electronic warfare is to deny the opponen ...
) Company,
Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The City is the location of the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort ...
** 7th
NBC Defense Company, Emden
11th Panzergrenadier Division
*
11th Panzergrenadier Division,
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
** Staff Company, 11th Panzergrenadier Division, Oldenburg
**
31st Panzergrenadier Brigade
31 (thirty-one) is the natural number following 30 and preceding 32. It is a prime number.
In mathematics
31 is the 11th prime number. It is a superprime and a self prime (after 3, 5, and 7), as no integer added up to its base 10 digits ...
, Oldenburg
*** Staff Company, 31st Panzergrenadier Brigade, Oldenburg, (8x
M577, 8x
Luchs)
*** 311th Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Varel
Varel () is a town in the district of Friesland, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the Jade River and the Jade Bight, approximately south of Wilhelmshaven and north of Oldenburg. With a population of 23,984 (2020) it is the biggest ...
, (13x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
A5, 24x
Marder
Marder may refer to:
German military vehicles
* A series of World War II tank destroyers:
** Marder I
** Marder II
** Marder III
* Marder (IFV), a modern infantry fighting vehicle
* Marder (submarine), a World War II midget submarine
People with ...
, 12x
M113)
*** 312th Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Delmenhorst
Delmenhorst (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Demost'') is an urban district (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located west of downtown Bremen with which it forms a contiguous urban area, whereas the ...
, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 313th Panzergrenadier Battalion, Varel, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 314th Panzer Battalion, Oldenburg (41x Leopard 1A5, 12x M113)
*** 315th Panzer Artillery Battalion,
Wildeshausen
Wildeshausen (Low Saxon: ''Wilshusen'') is a town and the capital of the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated by the river Hunte.
History
In 1648, Wildeshausen and the surrounding district was ceded to Sweden, in the Peace ...
, (18x
M109A3G)
*** 310th Anti-Tank Company, Oldenburg, (12x
Jaguar 2
The Raketenjagdpanzer 4 Jaguar 2 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. It was only operated by the Bundeswehr.
History
From 1983 to 1985, 162 Kanonenjagdpanzers were converted to ''Raketenjagdpanzer 4'' Jaguar ...
)
*** 310th Armored Engineer Company, Delmenhorst
*** 310th Supply Company, Oldenburg
*** 310th Maintenance Company, Oldenburg
**
32nd Panzergrenadier Brigade,
Schwanewede
Schwanewede is a municipality in the district of Osterholz, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 14 km west of Osterholz-Scharmbeck, and 22 km northwest of Bremen.
It belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen. In ...
*** Staff Company, 32nd Panzergrenadier Brigade, Schwanewede, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 321st Panzergrenadier Battalion, Schwanewede, (13x Leopard 1A1A1, 24x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 322nd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Schwanewede, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 323rd Panzergrenadier Battalion, Schwanewede, (24x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 23x M113)
*** 324th Panzer Battalion, Schwanewede, (41x Leopard 1A1A1, 12x M113)
*** 325th Panzer Artillery Battalion, Schwanewede, (18x M109A3G)
*** 320th Anti-Tank Company, Schwanewede, (12x Jaguar 2)
*** 320th Armored Engineer Company,
Dörverden
Dörverden is a municipality in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, approx. 8 km south of Verden, and 40 km southeast of Bremen.
Dörverden belonged to the Prince-Bishopric ...
*** 320th Supply Company, Schwanewede
*** 320th Maintenance Company, Schwanewede
**
33rd Panzer Brigade,
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
*** Staff Company, 33rd Panzer Brigade, Celle, (8x M577, 8x Luchs)
*** 331st Panzer Battalion, Celle, (28x
Leopard 2
The Leopard 2 is a 3rd generation main battle tank originally developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s for the West German army. The tank first entered service in 1979 and succeeded the earlier Leopard 1 as the main battle tank of the West Germ ...
A1, 11x Marder, 12x M113)
*** 332nd Panzergrenadier Battalion,
Wesendorf
Wesendorf is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, an ...
, (35x Marder, 6x Panzermörser, 12x M113)
*** 333rd Panzer Battalion, Celle, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 334th Panzer Battalion, Celle, (41x Leopard 2A1, 12x M113)
*** 335th Panzer Artillery Battalion,
Dedelstorf
Dedelstorf is a municipality in the district of Gifhorn, in Lower Saxony, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...
, (18x M109A3G)
*** 330th Anti-Tank Company, Dedelstorf, (12x
Jaguar 1
The Raketenjagdpanzer (RakJPz 3) Jaguar 1 was a West German tank destroyer equipped with anti-tank guided missiles. From 1978 to 1982, 316 obsolete Raketenjagdpanzer 2 units were converted into Jaguar 1s by replacing the SS.11 missile system ...
)
*** 330th Armored Engineer Company, Dedelstorf
*** 330th Supply Company, Celle
*** 330th Maintenance Company, Celle
** 11th Artillery Regiment,
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
*** Staff Battery, 11th Artillery Regiment, Oldenburg
*** 111th Field Artillery Battalion, Oldenburg, (18x
M110A2, 18x
FH-70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...
)
*** 112th Rocket Artillery Battalion, Delmenhorst, (16x
LARS
Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries.
Origin
''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel".
A homonymous Etruscan name was bo ...
, 16x
MLRS
A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a voll ...
)
*** 113th Surveillance Battalion, Delmenhorst, (12x
CL289 drones)
*** 11th Custodial Battery, Delmenhorst
** 11th Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
Munster
Munster ( gle, an Mhumhain or ) is one of the provinces of Ireland, in the south of Ireland. In early Ireland, the Kingdom of Munster was one of the kingdoms of Gaelic Ireland ruled by a "king of over-kings" ( ga, rí ruirech). Following the ...
, (34x Leopard 1A1A1, 10x
Luchs, 18x
Fuchs - 9 of which carry a
RASIT
RASIT (''RAdar de Surveillance des InTervalles'') is a ground-surveillance pulse Doppler radar developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), and fielded by several militaries. The original version of RASIT had a range of 20 kilometers and allowed a skille ...
radar)
** 11th Air Defense Regiment,
Achim
Achim (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Achem''), commonly Achim bei Bremen, is a municipality and the largest town (population 30,059 in December 2006) in the district of Verden, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Weser, a ...
, (36x
Gepard)
** 11th Engineer Battalion, Dörverden, (8x Biber AVLB, 8x Pionierpanzer 1, 4x Skorpion Mine Layers, 12x Floating Bridge Modules)
** 11th Army Aviation Squadron,
Rotenburg Rotenburg may refer to:
*Rotenburg (district), Lower Saxony, Germany
*Rotenburg an der Wümme, capital of the district
*Rotenburg an der Fulda, near Kassel in Hesse
*Rothenburg ob der Tauber, in the Franconia region of Bavaria
*Hersfeld-Rotenburg, ...
, (10x
Alouette II
Alouette or alouettes may refer to:
Music and literature
* "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song
* Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
Aerospace
* SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...
)
** 11th Signal Battalion, Oldenburg
** 11th Medical Battalion,
Leer
** 11th Supply Battalion, Delmenhorst
** 11th Maintenance Battalion, Delmenhorst
** 5x Field Replacement Battalions: 111th and 112th in Varel, 113th in Oldenburg, 114th in Schwanewede, 115th in
Hodenhagen
Hodenhagen is a municipality in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town was once the site of Hudemühlen Castle, which is now destroyed. The castle was famous as the home of the kobold Hinzelmann.Keightley, Thomas (1850). '' ...
** 116th Jäger Battalion (Reserve), Varel
** 117th Jäger Battalion (Reserve),
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
** 118th Security Battalion (Reserve), Delmenhorst
** 11th Signal (Electronic Warfare) Company, Rotenburg an der Wümme
** 11th NBC Defense Company, Emden
27th Airborne Brigade
* 27th Airborne Brigade,
Lippstadt
Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn.
Ge ...
** Staff Company, 27th Airborne Brigade, Lippstadt
** 271st Airborne Battalion,
Iserlohn
Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.
Geography
Iserlohn is locat ...
** 272nd Airborne Battalion,
Wildeshausen
Wildeshausen (Low Saxon: ''Wilshusen'') is a town and the capital of the Oldenburg district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated by the river Hunte.
History
In 1648, Wildeshausen and the surrounding district was ceded to Sweden, in the Peace ...
** 273rd Airborne Battalion, Iserlohn
** 274th Airborne Battalion (Reserve), Iserlohn
** 270th Airborne Mortar Company, Wildeshausen, (16x 120mm mortars)
** 270th Airborne Engineer Company, Minden
** 270th Airborne Medical Company, Lippstadt
** 270th Airborne Logistics Company, Lippstadt
1 British Corps
![I British Corps - 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/I_British_Corps_-_1989.png)
The area 1 BR Corps had to defend lay between
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
to the north and
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
to the south and extended from the
Inner German Border
The inner German border (german: Innerdeutsche Grenze or ; initially also ) was the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. Not including the ...
to the
Upper Weser Valley
The Upper Weser Valley (german: Oberes Wesertal) in central Germany has been formed by the Upper Weser river cutting through the Weser Uplands for around between the towns of Hann. Münden and Minden. It lies in the German federal states of Low ...
. In case of war, the Corps first line of defence would have been a screening force of
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales and the bordering English counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and ...
,
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers and
664 Squadron Army Air Corps, which would have become an ad hoc brigade formation under command of BAOR's Brigadier Royal Armoured Corps. Behind the screening force
1st Armoured and
4th Armoured Division would form up.
3rd Armoured Division was to the rear of the two forward deployed division as reserve.
2nd Infantry Division was to defend the Corps Rear Area and prepare a last line of defence along the Western bank of the
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Bre ...
river.
Units in italics were based in the UK and would join parent organization upon mobilization
*
I British Corps
I, or i, is the ninth letter and the third vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''i'' (pronounced ), plural ...
,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
[units in ''italics'' were based in the UK and would join I British Corps upon mobilization.]
** 1st (BR) Corps HQ Defence Company, Royal Pioneer Corps, Bielefeld
** 5th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Green Jackets
The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry).
History
The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgama ...
,
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...
, UK, 1st British Corps HQ security unit
** ''
Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-terro ...
Group'',
Stay Behind Observation Posts and
Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol
A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP (pronounced "lurp"), is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory.Ankony, Robert C., ''Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri,'' revised ...
unit
*** ''63 (SAS) Signal Squadron'', Royal Signals (V),
Thorney Island, UK
*** ''
21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists)'' (V),
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, UK
*** ''
23rd Special Air Service Regiment'' (V),
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, UK
*** ''
Honourable Artillery Company
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is a reserve regiment in the British Army. Incorporated by royal charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII, it is the oldest regiment in the British Army and is considered the second-oldest military unit in the w ...
'',
Finsbury
Finsbury is a district of Central London, forming the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London.
The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn ...
, UK, (Surveillance and Target Acquisition Patrols)
** Screening Force (Corps Border Surveillance Force) - On TTW this brigade would be formed as a
reconnaissance/screening force and placed under command of BAOR’s Brigadier RAC.
***
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards (QDG) is a regiment in the Royal Armoured Corps of the British Army. Nicknamed The Welsh Cavalry, the regiment recruits from Wales and the bordering English counties of Cheshire, Herefordshire, and Shropshire, and ...
,
Wolfenbüttel
Wolfenbüttel (; nds, Wulfenbüddel) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, the administrative capital of Wolfenbüttel District. It is best known as the location of the internationally renowned Herzog August Library and for having the largest c ...
, (48x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 16x
FV102 Striker
The FV102 Striker was the anti-tank guided missile carrier in the CVR(T) family and served in the British Army.
Overview
FV102 Striker was the Swingfire wire-guided anti-tank missile carrying member of the CVR(T) family. The FV102 Striker was e ...
, 20x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
), unit based closest to the
inner German border
The inner German border (german: Innerdeutsche Grenze or ; initially also ) was the border between the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany) and the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG, West Germany) from 1949 to 1990. Not including the ...
.
***
16th/5th Queen's Royal Lancers,
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford.
Geography
...
, (48x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 16x
FV102 Striker
The FV102 Striker was the anti-tank guided missile carrier in the CVR(T) family and served in the British Army.
Overview
FV102 Striker was the Swingfire wire-guided anti-tank missile carrying member of the CVR(T) family. The FV102 Striker was e ...
, 20x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
)
***
664 Squadron AAC,
St George's Barracks in
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
, (Reconnaissance), (12x Gazelle AH.1, 3x to each regiment)
** Commander Royal Artillery 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
***
1st Artillery Brigade, Dortmund
**** ''Detachment, 55th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals (V)'',
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
, UK
****
5th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dortmund, (12x
M107, supports 4th Armoured Division)
****
32nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dortmund, (12x
M107, supports 1st Armoured Division)
**** Corps Support Group, Bielefeld
*****
39th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, Sennelager, (12x
M110, re-roling to 24x
M270 MLRS
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American-developed armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher.
The U.S. Army variant of the MLRS vehicle is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s ...
from December 1989)
*****
50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery,
Menden
Menden (, official name: ''Menden (Sauerland)''; Westphalian: ''Mennen'') is a city in the district Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr river.
History
Menden's ...
, (12x
MGM-52 Lance
The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army. The missile's warhead was developed at La ...
missile launchers)
***** ''94th Locating Regiment'', Royal Artillery,
Larkhill
Larkhill is a garrison town in the civil parish of Durrington, Wiltshire, England. It lies about west of the centre of Durrington village and north of the prehistoric monument of Stonehenge. It is about north of Salisbury.
The settlement ...
, UK, (Target Acquisition), (includes 5th (Gibraltar 1779-83) Field Battery with 6x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s for
AMF (L))
***** ''8th Btn,
Queen’s Fusiliers'' (V),
Clapham
Clapham () is a suburb in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (most notably Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.
History
Early history
T ...
, UK, 50th Missile Regiment, Royal Artillery, security unit
***** ''266th (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Observation Post Battery'', Royal Artillery (V),
Clifton
Clifton may refer to:
People
*Clifton (surname)
*Clifton (given name)
Places
Australia
* Clifton, Queensland, a town
**Shire of Clifton
*Clifton, New South Wales, a suburb of Wollongong
*Clifton, Western Australia
Canada
*Clifton, Nova Scotia ...
, UK (3x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s)
***** ''269th (West Riding) Observation Post Battery'', Royal Artillery (V),
Leeds
Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...
, UK (3x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s)
***** ''307th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Horse Artillery) Observation Post Battery'', Royal Artillery (V),
Bulwell
Bulwell is a market town in the City of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. It is south-west of Hucknall and to the north-west of Nottingham. The United Kingdom Census 2011 recorded the population of Bulwell at 29,771 which amounted to o ...
, UK (3x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s)
**** Air Defence Group, Dortmund
*****
12th Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dortmund, (24x self-propelled and 24x towed
Rapier
A rapier () or is a type of sword with a slender and sharply-pointed two-edged blade that was popular in Western Europe, both for civilian use (dueling and self-defense) and as a military side arm, throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.
Impor ...
missile systems)
***** ''
16th Air Defence Regiment'', Royal Artillery,
Kirton in Lindsey
Kirton in Lindsey, also abbreviated to Kirton Lindsey, is a market town and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. It is south-east from Scunthorpe.
History
Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII lived at Kirton-in-Lindsey afte ...
, UK, (48x towed Rapier missile systems, 1x Battery supports
UKMF/1st Infantry Brigade, 1x Battery supports
3 Commando Brigade
3 Commando Brigade (3 Cdo Bde), previously called the 3rd Special Service Brigade, is a commando formation of the British Armed Forces. It is composed of the Royal Marine Commandos, alongside commando qualified sailors, soldiers and airmen f ...
,
Royal Marines
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM), also known as the Royal Marines Commandos, are the UK's special operations capable commando force, amphibious light infantry and also one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy. The Corps of Royal Marine ...
)
***** 22nd Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery, Dortmund, (24x self-propelled and 24x towed Rapier missile systems)
***** ''
102nd (Ulster) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, UK, (32x Javelin)''
***** ''
104th Air Defence Regiment'', Royal Artillery (V),
Newport, UK, (64x Javelin)
***** ''
105th (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment'', Royal Artillery (V),
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
UK, (64x Javelin)
**** 8th Transport Regiment,
Royal Corps of Transport
The Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) was a British Army Corps established to manage all matters in relation to the transport of men and material for the Army and the wider Defence community. It was formed in 1965 and disbanded in 1993; its units and ...
,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
, supports Heavy, and Missile Regiments
**** ''
153 (Highland) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Edinburgh
Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
, UK, supports the Air Defence Regiments
** Commander Royal Engineers 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 29th Engineer Brigade (V),
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...
, UK - the brigade was planned join I British Corps in Germany within 72 hours of mobilization.
**** HQ 29th Engineer Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Signals, Newcastle-on-Tyne
****
71st (Scottish) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
****
72nd (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Gateshead
Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...
**** 73rd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
**** 105th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
South Shields
South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...
**** 117th (Highland) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
**** 873rd Movement Light Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
Acton Acton may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Acton
Australia
* Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie
* Acton Park, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton
Canada ...
, provides lighting for night operations
**** 29th Engineer Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Newcastle-on-Tyne
***
23rd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Osnabrück
*** 25th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Osnabrück
*** 28th Amphibious Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Hameln, (60x M2D Ferries)
***
32nd Armoured Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Munsterlager, (30x FV432, 12x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 12x
FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor
The FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor or C.E.T. is an amphibious specialist armoured vehicle of the British Army and has been in general service since 1976. A tracked, lightly armoured vehicle, with amphibious capability, the CET is used by Royal En ...
, 27x
AVLB, 27x
Centurion
A centurion (; la, centurio , . la, centuriones, label=none; grc-gre, κεντυρίων, kentyríōn, or ) was a position in the Roman army during classical antiquity, nominally the commander of a century (), a military unit of around 80 ...
AVRE
Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE), also known as Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers is the title given to a series of armoured military engineering vehicles operated by the Royal Engineers (RE) for the purpose of protecting engineers during ...
)
*** 43rd Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers, Osnabrück
*** 65th Corps Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, Hameln, (20x M2 Amphibious Rigs)
*** Corps Lighting Troop, Royal Engineers, Herford
*** 211th Mobile Civilian Artisan Group, Royal Engineers, Sennelager
*** 256th Mobile Civilian Plant Group, Royal Engineers, Hannover
*** 1st Postal & Courier Regiment, Royal Engineers, Hannover
** Commander Aviation BAOR and 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
***
1 Wing AAC,
Hobart Barracks
Hobart Barracks is a former military airfield, located 1.6 km east-northeast of Detmold in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
History
Inter War years
Flughafen Detmold was built in 1934 on the northeastern edge of the city and was intended ...
in
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
,
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
, (Wing disbanded during 1989)
****
1 Regiment AAC,
Tofrek Barracks
Flugplatz Hildesheim-Drispenstedt is an airfield located near Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was formerly Tofrek Barracks a British Army installation used during both the Second World War and the Cold War.
The airfield is home to the M'e ...
in Hildesheim, supported
1st Armoured Division
*****
651 Squadron AAC, (Anti-Tank, 4x
Gazelle AH.1, 12x
Lynx AH.7 (TOW))
*****
652 Squadron AAC, (Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7 (TOW))
*****
661 Squadron AAC, (Reconnaissance, 12x
Gazelle AH.1)
****
3 Regiment AAC,
Salamanca Barracks
Soest-Bad Sassendorf Airfield (ICAO: EDLZ), located in the Sauerland region close to Soest and the Möhnesee, between the A 44 and B 1, is now a civilian airfield. It is rated / approved as a 'special landing site'. These are often used by pr ...
in
Soest, supported
3rd Armoured Division
*****
653 Squadron AAC, (Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7 (TOW))
*****
662 Squadron AAC, (Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH.1)
*****
663 Squadron AAC, (Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH.1)
****
4 Regiment AAC, Hobart Barracks in Detmold, supported
4th Armoured Division
*****
654 Squadron AAC, (Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7 (TOW))
*****
659 Squadron AAC, (Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7 (TOW))
*****
669 Squadron AAC, (Reconnaissance, 12x Gazelle AH.1)
** Commander Communications 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 7th Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Herford
***
14th Signal Regiment (Electronic Warfare), Royal Signals,
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
*** 22nd Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Lippstadt
*** ''4th (Volunteer) Btn,
Worcestershire & Sherwood Foresters'',
Redditch
Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the ...
, UK
** Commander Transport 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 7th Tank Transporter Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Sennelager
Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn. It is notable for its association with the military since the 19th century.
Location
Sennelager lies around 5 km north of Paderborn city centre in the west of the ...
*** 10th Corps Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
*** 24th Transport & Movement Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Hanover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...
*** 25th Transport & Movement Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
*** ''
150th (Northumbrian) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Hull, UK
*** ''
151st (Greater London) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Croydon
Croydon is a large town in south London, England, south of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Croydon, a local government district of Greater London. It is one of the largest commercial districts in Greater London, with an extensi ...
, UK
*** ''
152nd (Ulster) Ambulance Regiment
152 Logistic Regiment RLC is a North Irish reserve British Army regiment of The Royal Logistic Corps.
History
The regiment was formed in the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT) in 1967 with two transport squadrons. It was redesignated 152 (Ulster) Amb ...
'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, UK
*** ''
154th (Lowland) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, UK
*** ''
157th (Wales & Midlands) Transport Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
, UK
*** ''
162nd Movement Control Regiment'', Royal Corps of Transport (V),
Grantham
Grantham () is a market and industrial town in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England, situated on the banks of the River Witham and bounded to the west by the A1 road. It lies some 23 miles (37 km) south of the Lincoln and ...
, UK
*** 14th Corps Support Squadron, Royal Corps of Transport,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
** Commander Medical 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 21st Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Rinteln
Rinteln () is a small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located on the banks of the Weser river above the Porta Westfalica. The town of Rinteln is in the broad valley between the hills of the Weserbergland and the North Lippe Bergland. In rela ...
(227 Beds)
*** 32nd Field Hospital, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
(145 Beds)
*** ''33rd Field Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps,
Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
, UK
*** ''
202nd (Midlands) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...
, UK (800 Beds)
*** ''
203rd (Welsh) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Cardiff
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...
, UK (800 Beds)
*** ''
204th (North Irish) General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...
, UK (800 Beds)
**** 376 Ophthalmic Team
*** ''
211th (Wessex) Field Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
, UK (400 Beds)
*** ''
212th (Yorkshire) Field Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...
, UK (400 Beds)
*** ''217th General Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Walworth
Walworth () is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross.
Major streets in Walworth include the Old ...
, UK (800 Beds)
*** ''
219th (Wessex) Field Hospital'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Keynsham
Keynsham ( ) is a town and civil parish located between Bristol and Bath in Somerset, England. It has a population of 16,000.
It was listed in the Domesday Book as ''Cainesham'' (as it is pronounced), which is believed to mean the home of Sai ...
, UK (400 Beds)
*** 83rd Field Medical Equipment Depot, Royal Army Medical Corps,
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
** Commander Supply 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 5th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
*** 6th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
*** 2nd Aircraft Support Unit, Royal Army Ordnance Corps,
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
** Commander Maintenance 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 1st (BR) Corps Troops Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Bielefeld
Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 341,755, it is also the most populous city in the administrative region (''Regierungsbezirk'') of Detmold and the ...
*** 20th Electronics Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
*** 71st Aircraft Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers,
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
*** ''124th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Recovery Company'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of Durham, E ...
, UK
*** ''126th Reclamation Workshop Company'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Bordon
Bordon is a town in the East Hampshire district of Hampshire, England. It lies in the interior of the royal Woolmer Forest, about southeast of Alton. The town forms a part of the civil parish of Whitehill which is one of two contiguous villages ...
, UK
*** ''133th (Kent) Corps Troops Workshop Company'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V),
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
, UK
** Provost Marshal 1 (BR) Corps, Bielefeld
*** 110th Provost Company, Royal Military Police,
Sennelager
Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn. It is notable for its association with the military since the 19th century.
Location
Sennelager lies around 5 km north of Paderborn city centre in the west of the ...
*** 115th Provost Company, Royal Military Police,
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...
*** ''116th Provost Company'', Royal Military Police (V),
Cannock
Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the nearby towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of Lichfield and Wolverh ...
, UK
note 1: December 1989.
1st Armoured Division
1st Armoured Division was the corps' Northern forward deployed division.
*
1st Armoured Division,
Verden
** HQ 1st Armoured Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Verden
**
7th Armoured Brigade
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube.
As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, s ...
,
Soltau
Soltau () is a mid-sized town in the Lüneburg Heath in the district of Heidekreis, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has around 22,000 inhabitants. The city is centrally located in the Lüneburg Heath and is known nationwide especially for its touri ...
*** HQ 7th Armoured Brigade & 207th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Soltau
***
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys),
Fallingbostel
Bad Fallingbostel (Northern Low Saxon: ''Bad Fambossel'') is the district town (''Kreisstadt'') of the Heidekreis district in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1976 the town has had a state-recognised Kneipp spa and has held the title of ...
, (57x
Challenger 1
The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. It is also currently used by the Royal Jordanian Army as its main battle tank, after heavy m ...
main battle tanks, 8x
FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle, and also a light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by ...
armoured reconnaissance vehicles)
***
2nd Royal Tank Regiment, Fallingbostel, (57x Challenger 1, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 1st Btn,
Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's), Fallingbostel, (45x
Warrior
A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste.
History
Warriors seem to have been p ...
infantry fighting vehicles, 38x
FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant in the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefie ...
armoured personnel carriers, 8x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 4x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 8x 81mm Mortars)
**
12th Armoured Brigade,
Osnabrück
Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...
*** HQ 12th Armoured Brigade & 212th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Osnabrück
***
4th Royal Tank Regiment, Osnabrück, (57x
Chieftain
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom.
Tribe
The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia.
Tribal societies are sometimes categori ...
main battle tanks,
[Chieftain was being phased out for its successor the Challenger, the process completing in the 1990s] 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 1st Btn,
Royal Irish Rangers
The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form the Royal Irish ...
, Osnabrück, (79x FV432, 8x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 4x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 1st Btn,
Royal Green Jackets
The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry).
History
The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgama ...
, Osnabrück, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** ''4th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Green Jackets
The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two "large regiments" within the Light Division (the other being The Light Infantry).
History
The Royal Green Jackets was formed on 1 January 1966 by the amalgama ...
'',
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, UK
**
22nd Armoured Brigade,
Bergen-Hohne
*** HQ 22nd Armoured Brigade & 201st Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Bergen-Hohne
***
Queen's Own Hussars
The Queen's Own Hussars (QOH), was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed from the amalgamation of the 3rd The King's Own Hussars and the 7th Queen's Own Hussars at Candahar Barracks, Tidworth in 1958. The regiment served in Aden and Nor ...
, Bergen-Hohne, (57x Challenger 1, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
***
1st Royal Tank Regiment
The 1st Royal Tank Regiment (1 RTR) was an Armoured warfare, armoured regiment of the British Army. It is part of the Royal Tank Regiment, itself part of the Royal Armoured Corps and operationally under 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingd ...
,
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
, (57x Chieftain, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 1st Btn,
Scots Guards
The Scots Guards (SG) is one of the five Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. Its origins are as the personal bodyguard of King Charles I of England and Scotland. Its lineage can be traced back to 1642, although it was only placed on the ...
, Bergen-Hohne, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 2nd Btn,
Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It consists of two Regular battalions and one Reserve battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964, making it the oldest of the Line Regiments now operating i ...
,
Celle
Celle () is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the river Aller, a tributary of the Weser, and has a population of about 71,000. Celle is the southern gateway to the Lü ...
, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
** ''Parachute Regiment Group'',
[units in ''italics'' were based in the UK and would join 1st Armoured Division upon mobilization] Aldershot
Aldershot () is a town in Hampshire, England. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, southwest of London. The area is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council. The town has a population of 37,131, while the Alders ...
, UK
*** ''Group HQ & Signals Troop'', Royal Signals, Aldershot, UK
***
''4th (Northern) Btn'''',
Parachute Regiment'',
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in the City of Leeds, City of Leeds Borough in West Yorkshire, England. It is located midway between Bradford, Bradford city centre and Leeds city centre. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of ...
, UK
*** ''
10th (County of London) Btn, Parachute Regiment'',
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, UK
*** ''
15th (Scottish Volunteer) Btn, Parachute Regiment'',
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, UK
** Commander Royal Artillery 1st Armoured Division, Bergen-Hohne
***
1st Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Bergen-Hohne, (24x
Abbot howitzers)
***
4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Osnabrück, (24x
M109A2 howitzer)
***
40th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Bergen-Hohne, (24x M109A2)
**** 10th (Assaye) Air Defence Battery, (36x
Javelin SAM)
**
21st Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers,
Nienburg, (30x FV432, 12x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 12x
FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor
The FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor or C.E.T. is an amphibious specialist armoured vehicle of the British Army and has been in general service since 1976. A tracked, lightly armoured vehicle, with amphibious capability, the CET is used by Royal En ...
, and 12x
Armoured vehicle-launched bridge
An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-t ...
s)
** 1st Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Bunde
** 1st Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Verden
** 7th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Fallingbostel
** 12th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Osnabrück
** 1st Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Bergen-Hohne
** 2nd Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Osnabrück
** ''220th (1st Home Counties) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Maidstone
Maidstone is the largest Town status in the United Kingdom, town in Kent, England, of which it is the county town. Maidstone is historically important and lies 32 miles (51 km) east-south-east of London. The River Medway runs through the c ...
, UK
** 111th Provost Company, Royal Military Police, Bergen-Hohne
2nd Infantry Division
2nd Infantry Division was based in the North East of the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
and was planned to have joined I British Corps in Germany within 72 hours of mobilization. The division was tasked with defending the Corps Rear Area and prepare a last line of defense along the Western bank of the
Weser River
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Bre ...
. Therefore, the 29th Engineer Brigade was added to the division and was tasked with route maintenance and preparation of defensive positions on the western bank of the
Weser
The Weser () is a river of Lower Saxony in north-west Germany. It begins at Hannoversch Münden through the confluence of the Werra and Fulda. It passes through the Hanseatic city of Bremen. Its mouth is further north against the ports of Bre ...
River in the
Upper Weser Valley
The Upper Weser Valley (german: Oberes Wesertal) in central Germany has been formed by the Upper Weser river cutting through the Weser Uplands for around between the towns of Hann. Münden and Minden. It lies in the German federal states of Low ...
.
*
2nd Infantry Division,
York
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...
, based in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
.
** HQ 2nd Infantry Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, York
**
15th (North East) Infantry Brigade,
Alanbrooke Barracks
Alanbrooke Barracks is a military installation at Topcliffe in North Yorkshire, England.
History
The barracks were established, on the site of the former RAF Topcliffe airbase, in 1974, as an ordnance field park. The barracks were named Alanbroo ...
,
Topcliffe
*** HQ 15th Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop (V), Royal Signals, Topcliffe
***
Queen's Own Yeomanry
The Queen's Own Yeomanry (QOY) is one of the Army Reserve(United Kingdom), Army Reserve light armoured reconnaissance regiments.
History
The Queens Own Yeomanry was initially formed on 1 April 1971 as the 2nd Armoured Car Regiment from five of th ...
,
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is ...
, (reconnaissance regiment with 80x
FV721 Fox, 20x
Spartan
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
)
*** 1st (Cleveland) Btn,
Yorkshire Volunteers
The Yorkshire Volunteers was an infantry regiment of the British Territorial Army. The regiment was raised on 1 April 1967 and disbanded on 25 April 1993.
Following subsequent amalgamations and reorganisations the regiment is represented by th ...
(V), York
*** 2nd (Yorkshire & Humberside) Btn,
Yorkshire Volunteers
The Yorkshire Volunteers was an infantry regiment of the British Territorial Army. The regiment was raised on 1 April 1967 and disbanded on 25 April 1993.
Following subsequent amalgamations and reorganisations the regiment is represented by th ...
(V), York
*** 6th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as the Royal Fusiliers or, simply, the Fusiliers) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st battalion, part of ...
(V), Newcastle upon Tyne
*** 7th (Durham) Btn,
The Light Infantry
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigad ...
(V),
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
*Durham, North Carolina, a city in N ...
*** 8th (Yorkshire) Btn,
The Light Infantry
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigad ...
(V),
Wakefield
Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...
**
24th Airmobile Brigade,
Catterick
*** HQ 24th Airmobile Brigade & 210th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Catterick
*** 1st Btn,
Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Catterick
*** 1st Btn,
Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire
The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was created in 1958 by the amalgamation of the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) and the Ea ...
, Catterick
*** 3rd Btn,
The Light Infantry
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigad ...
, Blackpool, (43x
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
*
*
*
*
peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
, 8x
FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
***
9 Regiment Army Air Corps,
RAF Topcliffe
Royal Air Force Topcliffe or RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, England.
It was established as a RAF Bomber Command station in 1940. The British Army took over a large part of the site in 1974 and the airfield beca ...
****
No. 672 Squadron AAC, (Lynx Light Battlefield Helicopter Squadron, activated 1 January 1990, 12x Lynx AH.9)
****
No. 3 Flight AAC, (4x
Gazelle AH.1)
*** 51st Field Squadron (Air Mobile), Royal Engineers,
Ripon
Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
, from 38th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
*** 24th (Airmobile) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Catterick
** 29th Engineer Brigade (V),
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...
*** HQ 29th Engineer Brigade & Signal Troop, Royal Signals, Newcastle-on-Tyne
***
71st (Scottish) Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
***
(V),
Gateshead
Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...
*** 73rd Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (V),
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...
*** 105th (Tyne Electrical Engineers) Plant Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
South Shields
South Shields () is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne. Historically, it was known in Roman times as Arbeia, and as Caer Urfa by Early Middle Ages. According to the 20 ...
*** 117th (Highland) Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
*** 873rd Movement Light Squadron, Royal Engineers (V),
Acton Acton may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Mount Acton
Australia
* Acton, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Acton, Tasmania, a suburb of Burnie
* Acton Park, Tasmania, a suburb of Hobart, Tasmania, formerly known as Acton
Canada ...
, provides lighting for night operations
*** 29th Engineer Brigade Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (V), Newcastle-on-Tyne
**
49th (Eastern) Infantry Brigade,
Chilwell
Chilwell is a village and residential suburb of Nottingham, in the borough of Broxtowe of Nottinghamshire, west of Nottingham city. Until 1974 it was part of Beeston and Stapleford Urban District, having been in Stapleford Rural District until ...
*** HQ 49th Infantry Brigade & Signal Troop (V), Royal Signals, Chilwell
***
Royal Yeomanry
The Royal Yeomanry (RY) is the senior reserve light cavalry regiment of the British Army. Equipped with Supacat Jackal variants, their role is to conduct mounted and dismounted formation reconnaissance. The Regimental Headquarters is located in ...
,
Chelsea
Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to:
Places Australia
* Chelsea, Victoria
Canada
* Chelsea, Nova Scotia
* Chelsea, Quebec
United Kingdom
* Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames
** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...
, (Armoured reconnaissance with 80x FV721 Fox, 20x Spartan)
*** 3rd (Volunteer) Btn,
Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's) (V),
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...
*** 5th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as the Royal Fusiliers or, simply, the Fusiliers) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st battalion, part of ...
(V),
Coventry
Coventry ( or ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It is on the River Sherbourne. Coventry has been a large settlement for centuries, although it was not founded and given its ...
*** 5th (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Btn,
The Light Infantry
The Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Light Division. The regiment was one of four 'large' regiments formed after the 1966 Defence White Paper through the amalgamation of units of the Light Infantry Brigad ...
(V),
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
*** 5th (Volunteer) Btn,
Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It consists of two Regular battalions and one Reserve battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964, making it the oldest of the Line Regiments now operating i ...
(V),
Peterborough
Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...
*** 7th (Volunteer) Btn, Royal Anglian Regiment (V),
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city l ...
** Commander Royal Artillery 2nd Infantry Division, York
***
27th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Topcliffe, (18x
FH-70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK sta ...
), supports 24th Airmobile Brigade
***
100th (Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (V),
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
, (24x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s), supports 49th Infantry Brigade
***
101st (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (V), Newcastle upon Tyne, (24x
L118 light gun
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. It was originally designed and produced in England for the British Army in the 1970s. It has since been widely exported. The L119 and the United States Army's M119 are variants that use a different ...
s), supports 15th Infantry Brigade
***
103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (V),
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
, (64x
Javelin
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...
)
** 2nd Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Catterick
** 2nd Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Catterick
** 15th Field Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Catterick
** 15th Field Support Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Ripon
Ripon () is a cathedral city in the Borough of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England. The city is located at the confluence of two tributaries of the River Ure, the Laver and Skell. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city ...
, from 38th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
** 250th (Hull) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Grimsby
Grimsby or Great Grimsby is a port town and the administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England. Grimsby adjoins the town of Cleethorpes directly to the south-east forming a conurbation. Grimsby is north-east of Linco ...
** 251st (Sunderland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
**
254th (City of Cambridge) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cambridge bec ...
**
No. 655 Squadron AAC,
Northern Ireland Regiment AAC,
AAC Ballykelly, (Anti-tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7)
** 150th Provost Company, Royal Military Police, Catterick
3rd Armoured Division
3rd Armoured Division was the corps' reserve formation.
*
3rd Armoured Division,
Soest
** HQ 3rd Armoured Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Soest
**
4th Armoured Brigade,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
*** HQ 4th Armoured Brigade & 204th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Münster
***
14th/20th King's Hussars, Münster, (57x
Challenger 1
The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. It is also currently used by the Royal Jordanian Army as its main battle tank, after heavy m ...
, 8x
FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle, and also a light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by ...
), one squadron detached to
Berlin Infantry Brigade
The Berlin Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade-sized garrison based in West Berlin during the Cold War. After the end of World War II, under the conditions of the Yalta and Potsdam agreements, the Allied forces occupied West Berlin. T ...
***
17th/21st Lancers, Münster, (57x Challenger 1, 8x FV101 Scorpion), one squadron detached to
British Forces Cyprus
British Forces Cyprus (BFC) is the name given to the British Armed Forces stationed in the UK Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia on the island of Cyprus and at a number of related 'retained sites' in the Republic of Cyprus. The United ...
*** 1st Btn,
Grenadier Guards
"Shamed be whoever thinks ill of it."
, colors =
, colors_label =
, march = Slow: " Scipio"
, mascot =
, equipment =
, equipment ...
, Münster, (45x
Warrior
A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste.
History
Warriors seem to have been p ...
, 38x
FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant in the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefie ...
, 8x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 4x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 8x 81mm Mortars)
**
6th Armoured Brigade, Soest
*** HQ 6th Armoured Brigade & 206th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Soest
***
3rd Royal Tank Regiment,
Hemer
Hemer is a town in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Hemer is located at the north end of the Sauerland near the Ruhr (river), Ruhr river. The highest elevation, at 546 metres (1,791 ft), is in th ...
, (56x Challenger 1, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 1st Btn,
Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment),
Werl
Werl (; Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg road ...
, (45x Warrior, 38x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 3rd Btn,
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (often referred to as the Royal Fusiliers or, simply, the Fusiliers) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. Currently, the regiment has two battalions: the 1st battalion, part of ...
, Hemer, (45x Warrior, 38x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
**
33rd Armoured Brigade,
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
*** HQ 33rd Armoured Brigade & 202nd Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Paderborn
***
Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons)
The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) (RHG/D) is a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry Regiment. The Colonel of the Regiment is Anne, Princess Royal. It is the second-most senior regiment in t ...
,
Sennelager
Sennelager is a village in Germany that forms part of the City of Paderborn. It is notable for its association with the military since the 19th century.
Location
Sennelager lies around 5 km north of Paderborn city centre in the west of the ...
, (57x
Challenger 1
The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. It is also currently used by the Royal Jordanian Army as its main battle tank, after heavy m ...
, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 1st Btn,
Queen's Own Highlanders
The Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons), officially abbreviated "QO HLDRS," was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Scottish Division. It was in existence from 1961 to 1994.
History 1961–1970
The regiment was f ...
,
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...
, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 1st Btn,
Queen's Lancashire Regiment
The Queen's Lancashire Regiment (30th, 40th, 47th, 59th, 81st and 82nd Regiments of Foot) (QLR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the King's Division. It was formed on 25 March 1970 at Connaught Barracks in Dover through ...
, Paderborn, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
** Commander Royal Artillery 3rd Armoured Division, Münster
***
2nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, Münster, (24x
M109A2)
**** 46th (Talavera) Air Defence Battery, (36x
Javelin
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...
)
***
3rd Field Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Paderborn, (24x
Abbot howitzers)
***
49th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery,
Lippstadt
Lippstadt () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest town within the district of Soest. Lippstadt is situated about 60 kilometres east of Dortmund, 40 kilometres south of Bielefeld and 30 kilometres west of Paderborn.
Ge ...
, (24x
M109A2)
** ''
9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales’s)'',
Wimbish
Wimbish is a village and civil parish within Uttlesford, in Essex, England. The first recorded mention of the village was in 1042, when it was referred to as Winebisc. It was subsequently referred to as Wimbeis in the Domesday Book
Domesday ...
, UK, (24x
FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle, and also a light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by ...
, 24x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 16x
FV102 Striker
The FV102 Striker was the anti-tank guided missile carrier in the CVR(T) family and served in the British Army.
Overview
FV102 Striker was the Swingfire wire-guided anti-tank missile carrying member of the CVR(T) family. The FV102 Striker was e ...
, 19x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
)
**
26th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers,
Iserlohn
Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.
Geography
Iserlohn is locat ...
, (30x FV432, 12x
Spartan
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
, 12x
FV180, and 12x
AVLB)
** 3rd Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in Nor ...
** 3rd Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Soest
** 5th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Soest
** 6th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Münster
** 11th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Soest
** 3rd Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Sennelager
** 5th Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Münster
** ''221st (2nd Home Counties) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Kingston-upon-Thames
Kingston upon Thames (hyphenated until 1965, colloquially known as Kingston) is a town in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, England. It is situated on the River Thames and southwest of Charing Cross. It is notable as ...
, UK
** 113th Provost Company, Royal Military Police, Werl
note 2: units in ''italics'' were based in the UK and would join 1st Armoured Division upon mobilization.
4th Armoured Division
4th Armoured Division was the Corps' Southern forward deployed division. As the division's area of operation was hilly and woody,
19th Infantry Brigade was added to it.
*
4th Armoured Division,
Herford
Herford (; nds, Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford (district), Herford.
Geography
...
, FRG
** HQ 4th Armoured Division & Signal Regiment, Royal Signals, Herford
**
11th Armoured Brigade,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
, FRG
*** HQ 11th Armoured Brigade & 211th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Minden
***
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards,
Paderborn
Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...
, (57x
Chieftain
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribe, tribal society or chiefdom.
Tribe
The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia.
Tribal societies are sometimes categori ...
, 8x
FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle, and also a light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by ...
)
*** 1st Btn,
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
, Minden, (79x
FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant in the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefie ...
, 8x
FV107 Scimitar
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) used by the British Army. It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-veloci ...
, 4x
FV103 Spartan
FV103 Spartan is a tracked armoured personnel carrier of the British Army. It was developed as the APC variant of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) family. The vehicle can carry up to seven personnel, including three crew members. Armed ...
, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 2nd Btn,
Queen's Regiment
The Queen's Regiment (QUEENS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1966 through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the Home Counties Brigade. Then, until 1971 the regiment remained one of the largest regiments in the arm ...
, Minden, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** ''1st Btn,
51st Highland Volunteers
The 51st Highland Volunteers (51 HIGHLAND) is a battalion in the British Army's Army Reserve or reserve force in the Scottish Highlands, forming the 7th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, also known as 7 SCOTS. It is one of two Re ...
'' (V),
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, UK
note 2
** ''
19th Infantry Brigade'',
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
,
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...
- the brigade would join 4th Armoured Division within 48 hours of receiving marching orders.
*** HQ 19th Infantry Brigade & 209th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Colchester
***
Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales Own),
Tidworth
Tidworth is a garrison town and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, on the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain. Lying on both sides of the A338 about north of the A303 primary route, the town is approximately west of Andover, south o ...
, (57x Chieftain, 8x FV101 Scorpion), one squadron detached to
UKMF/1st Infantry Brigade
*** 1st Btn,
King's Own Royal Border Regiment
The King's Own Royal Border Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1959 until 2006, and was part of the King's Division. It was formed at Barnard Castle on 1 October 1959 through the amalgamation of the King's Ow ...
, Colchester, (43x
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
*
*
*
*
peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
, 8x
FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 1st Btn,
Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It consists of two Regular battalions and one Reserve battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964, making it the oldest of the Line Regiments now operating i ...
, Colchester, (43x Saxon, 8x FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 3rd Btn, Royal Anglian Regiment, Colchester, (43x Saxon, 8x FV721 Fox, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** 34th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers,
Waterbeach
Waterbeach is an expanding village north of Cambridge on the edge of The Fens, in the South Cambridgeshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It was designated a "new town" in 2018.
History Early periods
Waterbeach is on the Car Dyke, a Rom ...
, from
39th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers
***
657 Squadron AAC,
Colchester
Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian.
Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...
, (Anti-Tank, 4x Gazelle AH.1, 12x Lynx AH.7)
**
20th Armoured Brigade,
Detmold
Detmold () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of . It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947. Today it is the administrative center of ...
, FRG
*** HQ 20th Armoured Brigade & 200th Signal Squadron, Royal Signals, Detmold
***
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Detmold, (57x Chieftain, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
***
15th/19th King's Royal Hussars, Detmold, (57x Chieftain, 8x FV101 Scorpion)
*** 2nd Btn,
Royal Irish Rangers
The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd and 87th) was a regular infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form the Royal Irish ...
,
Lemgo
Lemgo (; nds, Lemge, Lemje) is a small university town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
It is situated between the Teutoburg Forest and the Weser Uplands, 25 km east of Bielefeld and 70 km west of Hannover.
T ...
, (79x FV432, 8x FV107 Scimitar, 4x FV103 Spartan, 8x 81mm Mortars)
*** ''5th (Volunteer) Btn,
Queen's Regiment
The Queen's Regiment (QUEENS) was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1966 through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the Home Counties Brigade. Then, until 1971 the regiment remained one of the largest regiments in the arm ...
'' (V),
Canterbury
Canterbury (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour, Kent, River Stour.
...
, UK
** Commander Royal Artillery 4th Armoured Division, Paderborn
***
19th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery,
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
, (24x
Abbot self-propelled howitzers)
***
26th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery,
Gütersloh
Gütersloh () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Gütersloh is the administrative centre for a district of the same name and has a population of 100,194 peo ...
, (24x Abbot howitzers)
**** 43rd (Lloyd's Company) Air Defence Battery, (36x
Javelin
A javelin is a light spear designed primarily to be thrown, historically as a ranged weapon, but today predominantly for sport. The javelin is almost always thrown by hand, unlike the sling, bow, and crossbow, which launch projectiles with th ...
)
*** ''45th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery'', Colchester, UK, (18x
FH70
The FH70 (field howitzer for the 1970s) is a towed howitzer in use with several nations.
History
In 1963, NATO agreed a NATO Basic Military Requirement 39 for close support artillery, either towed or tracked. Subsequently, Germany and UK st ...
towed howitzers), supports 19th Infantry Brigade
**
35th Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Hamlen, (30x FV432, 12x
Spartan
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
, 12x FV180 Combat Engineer Tractor, and 12x
AVLB)
** 4th Armoured Division Transport Regiment, Royal Corps of Transport,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the greatest town between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district (''Kreis'') of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detm ...
** 4th Ordnance Battalion, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, Herford
** 4th Armoured Workshop, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Detmold
** ''8th Field Workshop'', Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Colchester, UK
** 4th Armoured Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, Minden
** ''19th Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps, Colchester, UK
** ''222nd (East Midlands) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands.
The city l ...
, UK
** ''223rd (Durham) Field Ambulance'', Royal Army Medical Corps (V),
Newton Aycliffe
Newton Aycliffe is a town in County Durham (district), County Durham, England. Founded in 1947 under the New Towns Act 1946, New Towns Act of 1946, the town sits about five miles to the north of Darlington and ten miles to the south of Durham, E ...
, UK
** 114th Provost Company, Royal Military Police, Detmold
note 2: units in ''italics'' were based in the UK and would join 4th Armoured Division upon mobilization.
I Belgian Corps
![I Belgium Corps - 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/I_Belgium_Corps_-_1989.png)
*
I (BE) Corps,
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
,
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated between ...
** Corps Reconnaissance Command (COMRECCE),
Arolsen
Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and t ...
*** Staff Company, Arolsen
*** 1ste Jagers te Paard,
Arolsen
Bad Arolsen (, until 1997 Arolsen, ''Bad'' being the German name for ''Spa'') is a small town in northern Hesse, Germany, in Waldeck-Frankenberg district. From 1655 until 1918 it served as the residence town of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont and t ...
, (authorized for 24x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 24x
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...
, 12x
Striker, 12x
Spartan
Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...
vehicles,
Sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
,
Samaritan,
Samson
Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...
)
***
2de Jagers te Paard,
Lüdenscheid
Lüdenscheid () is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region.
Geography
Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers which b ...
, (37x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
, 7x
M113, 4x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 1x
Bergepanzer 2)
***
4e Chasseurs à Cheval,
Arnsberg
Arnsberg (; wep, Arensperg) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochs ...
, (24x Scimitar, 24x Scorpion, 12x Striker, 12x Spartan, 4x Sultan, 4x Samaritan, 1x Samson)
*** 1er Compagnie d’Equipes Spéciales de Reconnaissance (ESR),
Troisdorf
Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
Division of the city
Troisdorf consi ...
, (
Long-range reconnaissance patrol
A long-range reconnaissance patrol, or LRRP (pronounced "lurp"), is a small, well-armed reconnaissance team that patrols deep in enemy-held territory.Ankony, Robert C., ''Lurps: A Ranger's Diary of Tet, Khe Sanh, A Shau, and Quang Tri,'' revised ...
)
*** 210th Logistic Company, Arolsen
** Corps Artillery Command,
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
*** Staff Company, Cologne
*** 3rd Artillery Regiment,
Werl
Werl (; Westphalian: ''Wiärl'') is a town located in the district of Soest in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Werl is easily accessible because it is located between the Sauerland, Münsterland, and the Ruhr Area. The Hellweg road ...
, (4x
Lance
A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike si ...
missile launchers)
*** 13th Artillery Regiment,
Büren, (Ammunition supply)
***
14th Anti-Air Artillery Battalion,
Spich
Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
Division of the city
Troisdorf consi ...
, (27x
Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns)
*** 17th Horse Artillery Regiment,
Altenrath, (24x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 18th Artillery Regiment,
Brasschaat
Brasschaat () is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 200 ...
, (24x
M109A2 155mm
self-propelled howitzer
A howitzer () is a long- ranged weapon, falling between a cannon (also known as an artillery gun in the United States), which fires shells at flat trajectories, and a mortar, which fires at high angles of ascent and descent. Howitzers, like ot ...
s)
*** 20th Artillery Regiment, Werl, (12x
M110A2 203mm 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 35th Anti-Air Artillery Battalion, Spich, (27x Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns)
*** 73rd Special Ammunition Battery, Soest
*** 80th Observation and Surveillance Battery, Cologne
*** 95th
Hawk
Hawks are bird of prey, birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. They are widely distributed and are found on all continents except Antarctica.
* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...
and
Lance
A lance is a spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior or cavalry soldier ( lancer). In ancient and medieval warfare, it evolved into the leading weapon in cavalry charges, and was unsuited for throwing or for repeated thrusting, unlike si ...
Maintenance Battery, Werl
** 1st Light Aviation Group, Cologne
*** Staff and Services Company, Cologne
*** 16th Light Aviation Squadron, Cologne, (10x
Alouette II
Alouette or alouettes may refer to:
Music and literature
* "Alouette" (song), a French-language children's song
* Alouette, a character in ''The King of Braves GaoGaiGar''
Aerospace
* SNCASE Alouette, a utility helicopter developed in France i ...
, 3x
BN-2A)
*** 17th Light Aviation Squadron, Werl, (10x Alouette II, 3x BN-2A)
*** 18th Light Aviation Squadron,
Merzbrück, (10x Alouette II, 3x BN-2A)
** 1st Engineer Group,
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
*** Staff Company, Cologne
*** 1st Engineer Regiment, Cologne, (two field engineer companies, one M48AVLB
armoured vehicle-launched bridge
An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-t ...
and one
NBC-defense company)
*** 3rd Bridge Engineer Regiment, Cologne, (with three Mobile Floating Assault Bridge (MOFAB) companies)
*** 6th Engineer Regiment, Cologne, (two field engineer companies, one M48AVLB armoured vehicle-launched bridge and one
nuclear demolition company)
*** 10th Field Engineer Regiment,
Amay
Amay (; wa, Ama) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 Amay had a total population of approximately 14,231. The total area is 27.61 km2 which gives a population density of approximatel ...
, Belgium (three field engineer companies)
*** 17th Field Engineer Regiment,
Zwijndrecht, Belgium (three field engineer companies)
*** Topography and Geography Company, Cologne
** 1st Signal Group,
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
*** Staff Company, Cologne
*** 4th Signal Battalion (Corps Headquarters), Cologne
*** 6th Signal Battalion,
Lüdenscheid
Lüdenscheid () is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Sauerland region.
Geography
Lüdenscheid is located on the saddle of the watershed between the Lenne and Volme rivers which b ...
*** 13th Signal Company,
Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...
, (supports Headquarters Northern Army Group)
*** 17th Signal Company, Cologne
*** 20th Signal Company, Cologne, (Air Support)
** 4th Logistic Battalion, Cologne
** 18th Logistic Battalion, Lüdenscheid
** 20th Logistic Battalion, Cologne
** 29th Logistic Battalion,
Eschweiler
Eschweiler (, Ripuarian: ) is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch border, and about east of Aachen and west of Cologne.
History
* Celts (fir ...
** 51st Logistic Battalion,
Aachen
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...
** 2nd Military Police Company,
Arnsberg
Arnsberg (; wep, Arensperg) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Hochs ...
** 6th Military Police Company, Cologne
** 7th Military Police Company,
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
** 1st Ambulance Company, Soest
** 2nd Ambulance Company, Cologne
** 3rd Ambulance Company, Cologne
1er Division d'Infanterie
*
1er Division d'Infanterie,
Liège
Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège.
The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...
,
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
** Headquarters and Signal Company, Liège
** 1ste Pantserinfanteriebrigade,
Leopoldsburg
Leopoldsburg (; french: Bourg-Léopold, ; li, Leopolsbörch) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1, 2006, Leopoldsburg had a total population of 14,403. The total area is 22.49 km² (8.68 sq mi) which ...
, Belgium
*** 1st Staff Company, Leopoldsburg
***
2de Regiment Lansiers, Leopoldsburg, (37x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
, 7x
M113, 4x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 1x
Bergepanzer 2)
*** 1ste Regiment Karabiniers, Leopoldsburg, (42x
AIFV-B-C25, 4x
AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x
AIFV-B-CP, 4x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 4x
Kanonenjagdpanzer
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (''KanJPz''; also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, "tank destroyer, gun 90mm") was a West German Cold War tank destroyer. Its design was very similar to that of the World War II Jagdpanzer IV.
History
The first prototypes of ...
, 4x
M30 107mm mortars)
***
''Bevrijding Bataljon'', Leopoldsburg, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 2de Regiment Artillerie,
Helchteren, (16x
M109A2 155mm
self-propelled howitzer
A howitzer () is a long- ranged weapon, falling between a cannon (also known as an artillery gun in the United States), which fires shells at flat trajectories, and a mortar, which fires at high angles of ascent and descent. Howitzers, like ot ...
s)
*** 13th Anti-tank Company, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 68th Engineer Company, (10x M113)
*** 1st Maintenance Company
*** 1st Supply and Transport Company
*** 1st Medical Company
** 7ème Brigade d'Infanterie Blindée,
Marche-en-Famenne
Marche-en-Famenne (, literally ''Marche in Famenne''; wa, Måtche-el-Fåmene, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Humain ...
, Belgium
*** 7th Staff Company, Marche-en-Famenne
***
1er Régiment de Lanciers, Marche-en-Famenne, (37x Leopard 1, 7x M113, 4x Scimitar, 1x Bergepanzer 2)
*** 1er Régiment de
Chasseurs Ardennais
The ''Bataillon de Chasseurs Ardennais'' (, or more figuratively, 'Ardennes Light Infantry') is an infantry formation in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Originally formed in 1933 to ensure the defense of Belgium's Luxembourg Prov ...
, Marche-en-Famenne, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
***
12e Régiment de Ligne "Prince Léopold",
Spa
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, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
***
1er Régiment d'Artillerie,
Bastogne
Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne, ...
, (16x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 8th Anti-tank Company, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 67th Engineer Company, (10x M113)
*** 7th Maintenance Company
*** 7th Supply and Transport Company
*** 7th Medical Company
** 12ème Brigade d'Infanterie (Reserve), Liège, Belgium
*** 12th Staff Company, Liège
***
3e Régiment de Lanciers
Virgin Media Two, also called Virgin Two, is an Irish free-to-air television channel operated by Virgin Media Television (a subsidiary of Virgin Media Ireland).
History 2006–2009
Channel 6 was launched on 30 March 2006, then operated by Kis ...
,
Altenrath, (active unit forward deployed to Germany, (37x Leopard 1, 7x M113, 4x Scimitar, 1x Bergepanzer 2)
*** 2ème Régiment de
Chasseurs Ardennais
The ''Bataillon de Chasseurs Ardennais'' (, or more figuratively, 'Ardennes Light Infantry') is an infantry formation in the Land Component of the Belgian Armed Forces. Originally formed in 1933 to ensure the defense of Belgium's Luxembourg Prov ...
,
Bastogne
Bastogne (; nl, Bastenaken, ; german: Bastnach/Bastenach; lb, Baaschtnech) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following districts: Bastogne, ...
, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 3e Régiment Carabines, Liège, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 15e Régiment d'Artillerie, (16x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 12th Reconnaissance Company
*** 12th Anti-tank Company, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 12th Engineer Company, (10x M113)
*** 12th Maintenance Company
*** 12th Supply and Transport Company
*** 12th Medical Company
16de Pantserdivisie
* 16de Pantserdivisie,
Neheim-Hüsten
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** Headquarters and Signal Company, Neheim-Hüsten
** 4de Pantserinfanteriebrigade,
Soest
*** 4th Staff Company, Soest
***
4de Regiment Lansiers, Soest, (37x
Leopard 1
The Leopard 1 (also styled Leopard I, before the Leopard 2 simply known as Leopard) is a main battle tank designed and produced by Porsche in West Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought ...
, 7x
M113, 4x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 1x
Bergepanzer 2)
***
1ste Regiment Grenadiers, Soest, (42x
AIFV-B-C25, 4x
AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x
AIFV-B-CP, 4x
Scimitar
A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...
, 4x
Kanonenjagdpanzer
The Kanonenjagdpanzer (''KanJPz''; also known as Jagdpanzer Kanone 90mm, "tank destroyer, gun 90mm") was a West German Cold War tank destroyer. Its design was very similar to that of the World War II Jagdpanzer IV.
History
The first prototypes of ...
, 4x
M30 107mm mortars)
***
5de Linieregiment, Soest, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 6de Regiment Artillerie, Soest (16x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 9th Anti-tank Company, Soest, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 14th Engineer Company, Arolsen, (10x M113)
*** 4th Maintenance Company, Werl
*** 4th Supply and Transport Company, Soest
*** 4th Medical Company, Soest
** 17ème Brigade Blindée,
Siegen
Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly sho ...
*** 17th Staff Company, Siegen
***
1er Régiment des Guides, Siegen, (37x Leopard 1, 7x M113, 4x Scimitar, 1x Bergepanzer 2)
***
2e Regiment Gidsen,
Altenrath, (37x Leopard 1, 7x M113, 4x Scimitar, 1x Bergepanzer 2)
*** 1ste Regiment Karabiniers Wielrijders,
Spich
Troisdorf () is a city in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (district), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Troisdorf is located approximately 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.
Division of the city
Troisdorf consi ...
, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 2ème Régiment de Carabiniers-cyclistes, Siegen, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 19e Régiment d'Artillerie à Cheval, Siegen, (16x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 2nd Anti-tank Company, Siegen, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 15th Engineer Company, Cologne, (10x M113)
*** 17th Maintenance Company, Siegen
*** 17th Supply and Transport Company, Siegen
*** 17th Medical Company, Siegen
** 10e Pantserinfanteriebrigade (Reserve),
Limbourg
Limbourg (; German and Dutch: ''Limburg''; wa, Limbôr) or Limbourg-sur-Vesdre is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
On 1 January 2008, Limbourg had a total population of 5,680. The total area is 2 ...
, Belgium
*** 10th Staff Company, Limbourg
*** 8de Regiment Lansiers, Limbourg, (37x Leopard 1, 7x M113, 4x Scimitar, 1x Bergepanzer 2)
*** 2de Regiment Karabiniers, Limbourg, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 4de Linieregiment, Limbourg, (42x AIFV-B-C25, 4x AIFV-B-MILAN, 3x AIFV-B-CP, 4x Scimitar, 4x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 4x M30 107mm mortars)
*** 74de Regiment Artillerie, (16x M109A2 155mm self-propelled howitzers)
*** 10th Reconnaissance Company
*** 10th Anti-tank Company, (12x Kanonenjagdpanzer, 12x AIFV-B-MILAN)
*** 10th Engineer Company, (10x M113)
*** 10th Maintenance Company, Siegen
*** 10th Supply and Transport Company, Siegen
*** 10th Medical Company, Siegen
Northern Territorial Command
The German Northern Territorial Command (Territorialkommando Nord), headquartered in
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
, was a corps-sized command responsible for NORTHAG's Rear Combat Zone, which extended from the Belgian and Dutch border to approximately the middle of Northern
West Germany
West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...
. The Command's tasks were to ensure an uninterrupted flow of war materiel to allied forces fighting in the Combat Zone and to provide hospital care for wounded troops.
III US Corps
![III US Corps 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/III_US_Corps_1989.png)
*
III US Corps HQ,
Fort Hood
Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters ...
, TX
** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
** 3rd Personnel Group
** 3rd Finance Group
** Army Band
** 6th Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat), Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** 1st Squadron,
6th Cavalry, (18x
AH-64
The Boeing AH-64 Apache () is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night visi ...
, 13x
OH-58C, 3x
UH-60A)
*** 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry, (18x AH-64, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-60A)
*** 6th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, (18x AH-64, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-60A - activated 6 June 1990)
*** 7th Squadron, 6th Cavalry, (18x AH-64, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-60A - US Army Reserve unit at
Conroe-North Houston Airport)
*** 2nd Battalion, 58th Aviation (Air Traffic Control)
*** 2nd Battalion, 158th Aviation, (32x
CH-47D)
**
31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade,
Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
*** 3rd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, (24x
MIM-23 Hawk
The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much sm ...
, 8x
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-to- ...
)
*** 2nd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery, (24x
MIM-72 Chaparral
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States A ...
, 24x
M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-to- ...
)
*** 2nd Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery, Fort Bliss, (48x MIM-104 Patriot)
*** 1st Battalion, 200th Air Defense Artillery, (
New Mexico Army National Guard
The New Mexico Army National Guard (NM ARNG) is a component of the United States Army and the New Mexico National Guard. The NM ARNG traces its history back to units formed when New Mexico was still a territory.
Nationwide coordination of the S ...
), (24x
MIM-72 Chaparral
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States A ...
, 24x
M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-to- ...
)
*** 1st Battalion, 233rd Air Defense Artillery, (
Arkansas Army National Guard
The Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) is a component of the Arkansas National Guard and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.
Arkansas ...
), (24x
MIM-72 Chaparral
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States A ...
, 24x
M163 VADS Vulcan, 15x
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-to- ...
)
**
89th Military Police Brigade
The 89th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Hood, Texas. It is a subordinate unit of III Armored Corps.
Activated in Vietnam in the midst of the Vietnam War, the unit provided military ...
,
Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** 716th Military Police Battalion, Fort Riley, KS
*** 720th Military Police Battalion
**
3rd Signal Brigade (Corps),
Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** 16th Signal Battalion (Command Operations)
*** 57th Signal Battalion (Corps Area)
*** 136th Signal Battalion (Corps Radio) (
Arkansas Army National Guard
The Arkansas Army National Guard (ARARNG) is a component of the Arkansas National Guard and the United States National Guard. National coordination of various state National Guard units are maintained through the National Guard Bureau.
Arkansas ...
)
**
504th Military Intelligence Brigade
The 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (504th MIB) is located at Fort Hood, Texas. The brigade is tasked to improve the situational awareness for commanders at division level or higher, so they can adapt their units combat power for the current o ...
,
Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
*** 15th Military Intelligence Battalion (Aerial Exploitation), (6x
RU-21H, 10x
OV-1D)
*** 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Tactical Exploitation)
*** 303rd Military Intelligence Battalion (Operations)
1st Cavalry Division
![1st US Cavalry Division 1989](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/1st_US_Cavalry_Division_1989.png)
*
1st Cavalry Division, Ft. Hood, TX,
Operation Reforger unit.
POMCUS
POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War.
In the event of war with the Soviets, American soldiers could be flown ...
depots in
Belgium
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(
Grobbendonk
Grobbendonk () is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp ( nl, Antwerpen). The municipality comprises the towns of Bouwel and Grobbendonk proper. In 2021, Grobbendonk had a total population of 11,249. The total area is 28.36&nbs ...
,
Zutendaal
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) and the Netherlands (
Brunssum
Brunssum (; li, Broensem) is a municipality and a town in the province of Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of .
Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 1973.
Population centres
Topography
Histor ...
,
Eygelshoven
Eygelshoven (, li, Egelze , Ripuarian: ) is a village, since 1982 part of the town of Kerkrade, in the southeast of the Netherlands, close to the German and Belgian borders.
It has two former coal mines, ''Laura'' and ''Julia'', which were nam ...
) and ammunition depot in Zutendaal in Belgium.
** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
** 1st Cavalry Division Band
**
1st Brigade
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
*** 3rd Battalion,
32nd Armor, (
M1 Abrams
The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare and now one of the heaviest ta ...
)
*** 2nd Squadron,
8th Cavalry, (M1 Abrams)
*** 2nd Squadron,
5th Cavalry, (
M2 Bradley
The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which was formerly United Defense.
The Bradley is designed for ...
)
**
2nd Brigade
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
*** 1st Battalion, 32nd Armor, (M1 Abrams)
*** 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry, (M1 Abrams)
*** 1st Squadron, 5th Cavalry, (M2 Bradley)
**
155th Armored Brigade, (
Mississippi Army National Guard
The Mississippi Army National Guard is the Army National Guard component of the Mississippi National Guard. It was originally formed in 1798. It is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. It is managed by the ...
),
Tupelo
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, MS
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** 1st Battalion,
198th Armor, (M1 Abrams)
*** 2nd Battalion, 198th Armor, (M1 Abrams)
*** 3rd Battalion,
141st Infantry, (
Texas Army National Guard
The Texas Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army, the United States National Guard and the Texas Military Forces (along with the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas State Guard).
Texas Army National Guard units are train ...
), (M2 Bradley)
*** 1st Battalion,
155th Infantry, (M2 Bradley)
*** 2nd Battalion,
114th Field Artillery, (24x M109A3)
*** 106th Support Battalion (Forward)
*** Troop A,
98th Cavalry, (9x M1 Abrams, 13x
M3 Bradley
The M3 Bradley Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (CFV) is an American tracked armored reconnaissance vehicle manufactured by BAE Systems Land and Armaments (formerly United Defense). A member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family, the M3 CFV is used by ...
)
*** Engineer Company
*** Air Defense Battery
**
4th Brigade (Aviation)
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
*** 1st Squadron,
7th Cavalry, (40x
M3A1 Bradley CFV, 10x M113, 6x M106A2, 4x M577, 8x
AH-1F
The Bell AH-1 Cobra is a single-engined attack helicopter developed and manufactured by the American rotorcraft manufacturer Bell Helicopter. A member of the prolific Huey family, the AH-1 is also referred to as the HueyCobra or Snake.
The AH ...
, 12x
OH-58C, 2x
UH-1H
The Bell UH-1 Iroquois military helicopter, first introduced in 1959, is the first production member of the prolific Huey family of helicopters, and was itself developed in over twenty variants, which are listed below.
XH-40 and YH-40
The firs ...
)
***
1st Battalion, 227th Aviation, (18x
Boeing AH-64 Apache
The Boeing AH-64 Apache () is an American twin-turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a crew of two. It features a nose-mounted sensor suite for target acquisition and night visi ...
, 13x OH-58C, 3x UH-1H)
*** Company D, 227th Aviation, (6x UH-1H, 6x OH-58C, 6x
OH-58D Kiowa, 3x
EH-60A)
*** Company E, 227th Aviation, (15x
UH-60A Blackhawk)
**
1st Cavalry Division Artillery (DIVARTY)
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
*** 1st Battalion,
82nd Field Artillery, (24x
M109A3)
*** 3rd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery, (24x M109A3)
*** Battery A,
21st Field Artillery, (9x
M270 MLRS
The M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (M270 MLRS) is an American-developed armored, self-propelled, multiple rocket launcher.
The U.S. Army variant of the MLRS vehicle is based on the chassis of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. The first M270s ...
)
*** Battery A,
333rd Field Artillery, (Target Acquisition)
** 15th Sustainment Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division Support Command (DISCOM)
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
*** 15th Support Battalion (Forward)
*** 27th Support Battalion (Main)
*** 115th Support Battalion (Forward)
*** Company F, 227th Aviation
** 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (United States), 5th Air Defense Artillery, (12x
MIM-72 Chaparral
The MIM-72A/M48 Chaparral is an American-made self-propelled surface-to-air missile system based on the AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile system. The launcher is based on the M113 family of vehicles. It entered service with the United States A ...
, 27x
M163 VADS Vulcan, 60x
FIM-92 Stinger
The FIM-92 Stinger is an American man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) that operates as an infrared homing surface-to-air missile (SAM). It can be adapted to fire from a wide variety of ground vehicles, and from helicopters as the Air-to- ...
)
** 8th Engineer Battalion, (8x M60 AVLB, 8x M728 Engineer Vehicle, 4x M88 Recovery Vehicle, 12x Mabey Logistic Support Bridge modules)
** 13th Signal Battalion
** 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, (Combat Electronic Warfare & Intelligence)
** 545th Military Police Company
** 68th Chemical Company
2nd Armored Division
* 2nd Armored Division (United States), 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, TX, Exercise Reforger, OPERATION REFORGER unit.
POMCUS
POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War.
In the event of war with the Soviets, American soldiers could be flown ...
depots in (
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.
Geography Municipal subdivisions
Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...
, Straelen) and ammunition depot in Kevelaer.
5th Infantry Division (Mechanized)
3rd Armored Cavalry
* 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment (United States), 3rd Armored Cavalry, Fort Bliss, TX, Exercise Reforger, OPERATION REFORGER unit.
POMCUS
POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War.
In the event of war with the Soviets, American soldiers could be flown ...
depots in (Mönchengladbach) and ammunition depot in Kevelaer
** Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
** 1-3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron (43x M1A1 Abrams, 38x M3 Bradley, 12x M113, 6x M106, 4x M577, 8x M109)
** 2-3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron (43x M1A1 Abrams, 38x M3 Bradley, 12x M113, 6x M106, 4x M577, 8x M109)
** 3-3rd Armored Cavalry Squadron (43x M1A1 Abrams, 38x M3 Bradley, 12x M113, 6x M106, 4x M577, 8x M109)
** 4-3rd Air Cavalry Squadron (26x AH-64A, 27x OH-58C, 18x UH-60A, 3x EH-60)
** Combat Support Squadron
** 43rd Engineer Company
** 66th Military Intelligence Company
** Chemical Company
III Corps Artillery
* III Corps Artillery Fort Sill, TX
** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
** 75th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK
*** 1st Battalion, 12th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 12th Field Artillery (6x
MGM-52 Lance
The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army. The missile's warhead was developed at La ...
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*** 1st Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 17th Field Artillery (24x M109A3)
*** 5th Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 18th Field Artillery (12x M110A2)
*** 6th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 27th Field Artillery (27x M270 MLRS)
*** 2nd Battalion, 34th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 34th Field Artillery (24x M109A3 - inactivated 1 September 1989)
** 212th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK,
Exercise Reforger, OPERATION REFORGER unit.
POMCUS
POMCUS (Prepositioning Of Materiel Configured in Unit Sets) was a system that kept large amounts of pre-positioned U.S. military equipment in West Germany during the Cold War.
In the event of war with the Soviets, American soldiers could be flown ...
depots in Mönchengladbach and ammunition depot in Kevelaer.
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
*** 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 17th Field Artillery (24x M109A3)
*** 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 18th Field Artillery (24x
M110A2)
*** 3rd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery (24x M109A3)
*** 1st Battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 20th Field Artillery (12x M110A2)
*** 6th Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 32nd Field Artillery (6x
MGM-52 Lance
The MGM-52 Lance was a mobile field artillery tactical surface-to-surface missile (tactical ballistic missile) system used to provide both nuclear and conventional fire support to the United States Army. The missile's warhead was developed at La ...
, converting to M270 MLRS)
** 214th Field Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, OK
*** 2nd Battalion, 2nd Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 2nd Field Artillery (M101)
*** 3rd Battalion, 9th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 9th Field Artillery (Pershing II, converting to M270 MLRS)
*** Battery C, 25th Field Artillery Regiment (United States), 25th Field Artillery, Fort Sill (Target Acquisition)
13th Corps Support Command
* 13th Corps Support Command,
Fort Hood, TX
** Headquarters and Headquarters Company
** Special Troops Battalion
** 4th Materiel Management Center
** 1st Medical Group, Fort Hood, TX
*** Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
*** 15th Combat Support Hospital, Fort Polk, LA
*** 21st Evacuation Hospital, Fort Hood, TX
*** 41st Combat Support Hospital, Fort Sam Houston, TX
*** 47th Medical Supply and Optical Maintenance Battalion
*** 507th Medical Company (Ambulance)
** 64th Corps Support Group, Fort Hood, TX
*** 2nd Chemical Battalion (attached)
*** 49th Transportation Battalion (Movement Control)
*** 62nd Engineer Battalion (attached)
*** 169th Maintenance Battalion (includes: Company I, 158th Aviation; Company K, 158th Aviation)
*** 180th Transportation Battalion
*** 544th Maintenance Battalion
*** 553rd Supply and Services Battalion (includes: 664th Ordnance Company)
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* {{cite web, url=http://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm, title=USAREUR Units & Kasernes, 1945 - 1989, website=Usarmygermany.com, accessdate=5 August 2017
Orders of battle
Structures of military commands and formations in 1989
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