Military District V (MB V for short) was a military district of the National People's Army of East Germany. It was created in the northern part of the GDR territory, military-administrative territorial association[1] of units, units and military facilities of various branches of service, special troops and services of the Land Forces of the National People's Army and the (military) substitute system of the NVA.[2]
| Military District V | |
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| Militärbezirk V | |
.svg) District colour (Truppenfahne) | |
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| Founded | 1. March 1956 |
| Disbanded | 2. October 1990 |
In the event of mobilization, the 5th Army (NVA) and the Territorial Military District V would have been formed from these formations.
The 5th NVA Army was to form part of the 1st Front of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG).[3]
The strongest massing of the 1st Front would have been in the direction of North German Plain with the 2nd Guards Tank Army and 3. Shock Army on the line Wittenberge, Stendal to Magdeburg[3] and facing the NATO NORTHAG. The operational planning for the deployment of the 5th Army, which was revised in 1983, 1985 and 1988[3] and had defensive and offensive phases, was the responsibility of the Commander-in-Chief of the 1st Front. At the alert level of full combat readiness, Military District V was led by an army staff and a command from the Territorial Military District.
The planning framework, which in the initial phase assumed aggression by NATO, envisaged bringing their units to a standstill close to the border and going on the offensive from there. In this phase the aim was to overcome enemy barriers and defensive positions and to destroy NATO formations one by one as quickly as possible. The attack speed was assumed to be 50 kilometers per day of combat.
The 5th Army in the North would have been reinforced by the Soviet 94th Guards Motor Rifle Division and the Soviet independent tank regiments 138. and 221. It would have been commanded by the soviet high-command.[4]
It was active from March 1, 1956, to October 2, 1990.
It included Motorized Rifle Troops[5] (mechanized infantry);[6] tank troops; Missile Troops/Artillery; army air defence; Army Aviation Forces; and Special Troops and Services
In 1990, the Chief Military District V / Commander 5th Army was Lieutenant General Horst Sylla;[7] (from September 15, 1990) Major General Manfred Jonischkies; and the Chief of the Territorial MB V (in the state of defence) was to be Major General Henri Thuneman.
The headquarters was located at the Neubrandenburg under the name Command Military District V (Kdo MB V)[8] and included the field command of the 5th Army (NVA) and the leadership of the Territorial Military District.[9]
One armored division (9th Panzer Division) and two motorized infantry divisions (1. motorisierte Schützendivision (1st MSD), and 8th MSD) were assigned to Military District V from the NVA Land Forces. Other associations, troop units, units and facilities were run as an army complex under direct subordination.
Purpose of Territorial Division
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The military-administrative subdivision of the GDR state territory into three geographical areas (Northern, Southern, Berlin area) has served since the early 1950s for the coordinated preparation (planning, organization, command) and implementation of all national defense measures, taking into account the different military-geographical conditions and the requirements of the Soviet armed forces grouping in military-strategic directions.[10]
In the course of the administrative reform of 1952, the competences of the federal states were transferred to the districts of the GDR. The military-administrative responsibilities were already consistently centralized at the republic level and implemented by the territorial administrations of the KVP (North TV-12 and South TV-24). TV Nord (TV 12) was responsible for the GDR districts of Neubrandenburg, Rostock, Schwerin, Potsdam, Frankfurt/Oder and Magdeburg.[11]
Close cooperation between the NVA and the state bodies and local administrations in the territory was crucial in order to ensure efficient collection of human and material resources in the interests of national defence.
Order of battle in the 1980s
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1st Motor Rifle Division (Potsdam)
- 1st Motor Rifle Regiment "Hans Beimler"
- 2nd Motor Rifle Regiment "Arthur Ladwig"
- 3rd Motor Rifle Regiment "Paul Hegenbarth"
- 1st Panzer Regiment "Friedrich Wolf"
- 1st Artillery Regiment "Rudolf Gypner"
- 1st AA-Missile Regiment "Anton Fischer"
- 1st Rocket Detachment "Rudi Arndt"
- 1st Heavy Mortar Detachment "Hermann Rentzsch"
- 1st Reconnaissance Battalion "Dr. Richard Sorge"
- 1st Engineer Battalion "Willi Becker"
- 1st Light AT Detachment "Willy Sägebrecht"
- 1st Signal Battalion "Bodo Uhse"
- 1st Logistical Security Battalion "Georg Handke"
- 1st Repair Battalion "Otto Schliwinski"
- 1st Chemical Defence Battalion "Herbert Kittelmann"
- 1st Medical Battalion
- 1st Replacement Regiment
8th Motor Rifle Division (Schwerin)
- 27th Motor Rifle Regiment "Hans Kahle"
- 28th Motor Rifle Regiment "Wilhelm Florin"
- 29th Motor Rifle Regiment "Ernst Moritz Arndt"
- 8th Panzer Regiment "Arthur Becker"
- 8th Artillery Regiment "Erich Mühsam"
- 8th AA-Missile Regiment "Willi Schröder"
- 8th Rocket Detachment "Hermann Schuldt"
- 8th Heavy Mortar Detachment "Mathias Thesen"
- 8th Reconnaissance Battalion "Otto Moritz"
- 8th Engineer Battalion "Tudor Vladimirescu"
- 8th Light AT Detachment "Heinrich Dollwetzel"
- 8th Signal Battalion "Kurt Bürger"
- 8th Logistical Security Battalion "Herbert Tschäpe"
- 8th Repair Battalion "Wilhelm Pieck"
- 8th Chemical Defence Battalion "Erich Correns"
- 8th Medical Battalion "Hans Rodenberg"
- 8th Replacement Regiment
9th Panzer Division (Eggesin)
- 21st Panzer Regiment "Walter Empacher"
- 22nd Panzer Regiment "Soja Kosmodemjanskaja"
- 23rd Panzer Regiment "Julian Marchlewski"
- 9th Motor Rifle Regiment "Rudolf Renner"
- 9th Artillery Regiment "Hans Fischer"
- 9th AA-Missile Regiment "Rudolf Dölling"
- 9th Rocket Detachment "Otto Nuschk"
- 9th Heavy Mortar Detachment "Friedrich Ebert"
- 9th Reconnaissance Battalion "Eduard Claudius"
- 9th Engineer Battalion
- 9th Signal Battalion "Adolf Bytzeck"
- 9th Logistical Security Battalion "Robert Stamm"
- 9th Repair Battalion "Paul Dessau"
- 9th Chemical Defence Battalion "Michael Niederkirchner"
- 9th Medical Battalion "Wolfgang Langhoff"
- 9th Replacement Regiment
District units in the late 1980s
editData is for 1990.
| Designation and Abbreviation | Honorific | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 5th Rocket Brigade (5th RBr)[12] | Bruno Leuschner (February 26, 1971) | Stallberg (square), from 1977 Demen (53°37′51″N 11°45′39″E / 53.630920°N 11.760780°E) |
| Mobile Rocket Technical Base 5 (BRTB-5) | Carl Moltmann (March 1, 1979) | Demen (53°37′51″N 11°45′39″E / 53.630920°N 11.760780°E) |
| Artillery Regiment 5 (AR-5) | Paul Sasnowski (March 1, 1975) | Stallberg 1956, from 1962 Drögeheide, from 1973 Dabel (53°39′05″N 11°52′45″E / 53.651410°N 11.879260°E) |
| Artillery Instrumental Reconnaissance Detachment (IV./AR-5) (Later expanded into a regiment) |
(53°39′05″N 11°52′45″E / 53.651410°N 11.879260°E) | |
| Missile Launcher Section 5 (GeWA-5) | Dabel (53°39′05″N 11°52′45″E / 53.651410°N 11.879260°E) | |
| Tank Destroyer Abteilung 5 (PJA-5) (Battalion equivalent) |
Damdiny Quest-Bator (March 1, 1986) | Drögeheide, from 1973 Dabel (53°39′05″N 11°52′45″E / 53.651410°N 11.879260°E) |
| 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (FRR-5)[13] | Bernhard Bästlein (February 29, 1978) | Basepohl (53°44′36″N 12°56′45″E / 53.743370°N 12.945890°E) |
| Mobile AA Rocket Technical Base 5 (BFRTB-5) | Reinhold Pretzsch (March 1, 1983) | Basepohl(53°44′36″N 12°56′45″E / 53.743370°N 12.945890°E) |
| Combat Helicopter Geschwader 5 (KHG-5) de:Kampfhubschraubergeschwader 5[14] |
Adolf von Lützow (March 1, 1980) | Basepohl (53°44′36″N 12°56′45″E / 53.743370°N 12.945890°E) |
| Command and Reconnaissance Helicopter Squadron 5 (HGFA-5) | Basepohl (53°44′36″N 12°56′45″E / 53.743370°N 12.945890°E) | |
| Radio and radio technology reconnaissance battalion 5 (FuFuTAB-5) |
(1984–1989) AB-5 Reconnaissance Battalion | Glions (52°54′08″N 12°02′53″E / 52.902300°N 12.048060°E) |
| Radio technical battalion 5 (FuTB-5)[15] | Friedrich Dethloff (March 1, 1989) | Basepohl (53°44′36″N 12°56′45″E / 53.743370°N 12.945890°E) |
| Radio Electronic Combat Battalion 5 (BFEK-5) | Paul Verner (March 1, 1989) | Goldberg, Germany (53°35′02″N 12°05′09″E / 53.583930°N 12.085800°E) |
| Intelligence Regiment 5 (NR-5) | Horst Jonas (October 7, 1969) | Fünfeichen (Neubrandenburg) (53°31′50″N 13°17′03″E / 53.530670°N 13.284240°E) |
| Line Construction Regiment 5 (LBR-5) | Bruno Kühn (March 1, 1988) | Fünfeichen (Neubrandenburg) (53°31′50″N 13°17′03″E / 53.530670°N 13.284240°E) |
| Engineer Regiment 5 (PiR-5) | Horst Viedt (July 1, 1967) | Pasewalk (53°29′40″N 13°59′31″E / 53.494410°N 13.991990°E) |
| Pontoon Regiment 5 (PoR-5) | Kurt Römling (March 1, 1975) | Havelberg (52°50′18″N 12°04′10″E / 52.838320°N 12.069320°E) |
| Landing and Transfer Battalion 5 (LÜB-5) | 1973–1981, then in the PoR-5 [16] | Havelberg (52°50′18″N 12°04′10″E / 52.838320°N 12.069320°E) |
| Battalion Chemical Defense 5 (BChA-5) | Erwin Fischer (March 1, 1985) | Prenzlau (53°17′27″N 13°46′53″E / 53.290820°N 13.781450°E) |
| Detonometry and Reconnaissance Battalion 5 (DetAB-5) | Hermann Schmidt (March 1, 1989) | Prenzlau (53°17′27″N 13°46′53″E / 53.290820°N 13.781450°E) |
| Guard and Securing Battalion 5 (WSB-5) | Hans-Arno Eckelmann (March 1, 1987) | Neubrandenburg (53°31′50″N 13°17′03″E / 53.530670°N 13.284240°E) |
| Battalion Material Securing 5 (BMS-5) | Pasewalk (53°29′40″N 13°59′31″E / 53.494410°N 13.991990°E) | |
| Repair Battalion 5 (IB-5) | Relzow (53°53′15″N 13°42′32″E / 53.887540°N 13.708890°E) |
References
edit- ^ Der Begriff Vereinigung für die militärische Formation (ru – объединение [Objedinjenije]) und der Begriff Militärbezirk (ru – военный оккруг [Wojennyj Okrug]) sind sprachlich genaue Übernahmen aus dem russischen Militärwortschatz. (Quelle in: Militärenzyklopädisches Wörterbuch. ru – Военный Энциклопедический Словарь [Wojenny Enziklopeditscheskij Slowar]. Moskau 1986, S. 146 und 504.)
- ^ Siehe Lemma Militärbezirk in der NVA. In: Autorenkollektiv der Militärakademie „Friedrich Engels“, des Ministeriums für Nationale Verteidigung, der Stäbe der Teilstreitkräfte und des Militärverlages der DDR: Militärlexikon. 2. Auflage, Militärverlag der DDR, Berlin 1973, S. 231.
- ^ a b c Yearbook 2021. Clausewitz-Gesellschaft e.V. Chapter IV Historical Topics. Friedrich K. Jeschonnek and Siegfried Lautsch. From the workshop of German-German military history. A contemporary witness report on the change in operational planning of Military District V - 5th Army of the National People's Army within the framework of the Warsaw Treaty Organization. P. 150 ff. ISBN 978-3-9816962-7-1.
- ^ Rüdiger Wenzke:Die Streitkräfte der DDR und Polens in der Operationsplanung des Warschauer Paktes, Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt, 2010, ISBN 978-3941571099
- ^ Die aus dem Russischen abgeleitete Gattungsbezeichnung ist mot. Schützentruppen (ru – мотострелковые войска [Motostrelkowyje Wojska]) und wurde in der NVA ab Oktober 1956 ausschließlich anstelle des Begriffs „mechanisierte Truppen“ verwendet. (Befehl 99/56 MfNV vom 17. Oktober 1956. Quelle in: Bundesarchiv/Militärarchiv, DVW 1.) Davon zu unterscheiden sind Motorisierte Truppen (ru – моторизированные войска [Motorisirowannyje Wojska]) in der Sowjetunion der 1920er/1930er Jahre. (Quelle in: Militärenzyklopädisches Wörterbuch. ru – Военный Энциклопедический Словарь [Wojenny Enziklopeditscheskij Slowar]. Moskau 1986, S. 464.)
- ^ Die Gattung Mechanisierte Truppen (ru – механизированные войска [Mechanisirowannyje Wojska]), in der Sowjetunion der 1930er/1950er Jahre, umfasste motorisierte, Mot.-Schützen-, Panzer-, Artillerie-, Fla-Artillerie-Formationen. (Quelle in: Militärenzyklopädisches Wörterbuch. ru – Военный Энциклопедический Словарь [Wojenny Enziklopeditscheskij Slowar]). Moskau 1986, S. 441.
- ^ Übergabe am 15. September 1990 aufgrund Entlassung der Generale und Offiziere laut Befehl 28/90 MfAV vom 15. August 1990. In: (Hrsg.) BUNDESARCHIV – MILITÄRARCHIV: Nationale Volksarmee. Bestand DVW 1, Ministerium für Abrüstung und Verteidigung, Band: Minister für Abrüstung und Verteidigung, Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär, Chef der Nationalen Volksarmee. Bearbeitet von Albrecht Kästner, Freiburg 1999, Einleitung S. V. URL: [1]
- ^ Abkürzung in: Die Standortdatenbank der NVA und Grenztruppen der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik. (Hrsg.) ZMSBw: Potsdam 2020.
- ^ Siehe dazu auch bei Klaus Wiegand: Der Militärbezirk III und sein Führungsorgan, das Kommando des Militärbezirkes. In: Autorenkollektiv: Der Militärbezirk Leipzig. 1956–1990. Kurzer geschichtlicher Abriss. (Hrsg.) Förderverein für das Militärhistorische Museum Anhalt e. V., Dessau-Roßlau 2016, S. 8–18.
- ^ Gerhard L. Fasching, Rene Pfahlbusch: The state Geowesen of the GDR. In: Gerhard L. Fasching, Federal Ministry of Defense (ed.): Series of Military Geowesen No. 20. Vienna December 2006, S. 22–23, Appendices 5 and 6.
- ^ Bundesarchiv, BArch DVH 17, Kommando des Militärbezirks V, Institutionengeschichte.
- ^ In 1962, according to order no - was equipped with tactical missiles. The brigade was placed under the command of Military District V on May 1, 1965 and in 1967 according to Order No. 53/67 of the Minister of National Defense and Order No. 30/67 of Chief MB V in 5. Missile Brigade renamed. In: Federal Archives, BArch DVH 18-1. 5th Missile Brigade (5th RBr). Institutional history.
- ^ Formation of the 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (FRR-5) on 1 November 1974 according to Order No. 70/74 of the Minister of National Defense and Order No. 19/74 of the chief of the land forces. In: Federal Archives, BArch DVH 18-3. 5th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment Institutional history.
- ^ Forerunner from November 1, 1975 according to Order No. 200/75 of the Minister of National Defense and Order No. 47/75 of the Chief of the Air Force/Air Defense as Helicopter Squadron- 54 Basepohl site. The KGH-54 was used for the Land Forces (Order No. 164/75 Minister of National Defense) and Order No. 80/75 Chief LSK/LV. The renaming to Combat Helicopter Squadron 57 (KHG-57) took place on November 1, 1984 according to Order No. 73/84 of the Minister of National Defense and subsequently on December 1, 1986 to Combat Helicopter Squadron 5 (KHG -5) according to Order No. 96/86 of the Minister of National Defense and Order No. 30/86 of the Chief of the Land Forces.
- ^ The FuTB-5 was led by the Chief of Air Defense Forces MB V.
- ^ installation on November 1, 1973 according to order no. 128/73 of the MfNV and order no. 25/73 chief LaSK. Dissolution on December 1, 1981 according to Order No. 81/81 MfNV and Order No. 20/81 Chief LaSK, incorporated into the Ponton Regiment-5. In: Federal Archives, BArch DVH 18-13. Landing and Transfer Battalion 5 (LÜB-5). Institutional history.
- * Klaus Froh: Die 1. MSD der NVA. Zur Geschichte der 1. mot. Schützendivision 1956–1990. Helios, Aachen, 2017, ISBN 978-3-86933-177-5.
External links
edit- Article by Lt Col (Retired) Guenter Lippert: "30 Years of the National People's Army. Four Decades of the GDR's 'Armed Organs,'" accessible via East Europe Report, Joint Publications Research Service, 6 March 1987, at https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA347385. See MB V district units at page 70.