Landstreitkräfte - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The Landstreitkräfte (LaSK), also Army

Army

An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...

or Heer

Heer

Heer is German for "army". Generally, its use as "army" is not restricted to any particular country, so "das britische Heer" would mean "the British army".However, more specifically it can refer to:*An army of Germany:...

, was the ground based military branch

Military branch

Military branch is according to common standard the subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state...

of the East German National People's Army

National People's Army

The National People’s Army were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic .The NVA was established in 1956 and disestablished in 1990. There were frequent reports of East German advisors with Communist African countries during the Cold War...

. The Land Forces Command, located at Geltow was established on 1 December 1972 as a management body created for the land forces. The NPA itself was created on March 1, 1956 from the Kasernierte Volkspolizei

Kasernierte Volkspolizei

Kasernierte Volkspolizei were the military units of the Volkspolizei in the German Democratic Republic...

(Barracked People's Police).

Organisation

The order of battle of the ground forces (1980–90).

Military District North

The headquarter of the northern district was in Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg

Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee ....

1. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Potsdam

Potsdam

Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....

)

Mot.-Schützenregiment 1 Hans Beimler
Mot.-Schützenregiment 2 Arthur Ladwig
Mot.-Schützenregiment 3 Paul Hegenbarth
Panzerregiment 1 Friedrich Wolf
Artillerieregiment 1 Rudolf Gypner
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 1
Fla-Raketen Regiment 1 Anton Fischer
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 1
Raketenabteilung 1 Rudi Arndt
Schwere Werferabteilung 1 Hermann Rentzsch
Aufklärungsbatallion 1 Dr. Richard Sorge
Pionierbatallion 1 Willi Becker
Panzerjägerabteilung 1
Nachrichtenbatallion 1 Bodo Uhse
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 1 Georg Handke
Instandsetzungsbatallion 1 Otto Schliwinski
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 1 Herbert Kittelmann
Sanitätsbatallion 1
Ersatzregiment 1

8. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Schwerin

Schwerin

Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...

)

Mot.-Schützenregiment 27 Hans Kahle
Mot.-Schützenregiment 28 Wilhelm Florin
Mot.-Schützenregiment 29 Ernst Moritz Arndt
Panzerregiment 8 Arthur Becker
Artillerieregiment 8 Erich Mühsam
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 8
Fla-Raketen Regiment 8 Willi Schröder
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 8
Raketenabteilung 8 Hermann Schuldt
Schwere Werferabteilung 8 Mathias Thesen
Aufklärungsbatallion 8 Otto Moritz
Pionierbatallion 8 Tudor Vladimirescu
Panzerjägerabteilung 8 Heinrich Dollwetzel
Nachrichtenbatallion 8 Kurt Bürger
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 8 Herbert Tschäpe
Instandsetzungsbatallion 8 Wilhelm Pieck
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 8 Erich Correns
Sanitätsbatallion 8 Hans Rodenberg
Ersatzregiment 8

9. Panzerdivision (Eggesin

Eggesin

Eggesin is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Uecker, 7 km southeast of Ueckermünde, and 42 km northwest of Szczecin.-Transport:...

)

Panzerregiment 21 Walter Empacher
Panzerregiment 22 Soja Kosmodemjanskaja
Panzerregiment 23 Julian Marchlewski
Mot.-Schützenregiment 9 Rudolf Renner
Artillerieregiment 9 Hans Fischer
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 9
Fla-Raketen Regiment 9 Rudolf Dölling
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 9
Raketenabteilung 9 Otto Nuschk
Schwere Werferabteilung 9 Friedrich Ebert
Aufklärungsbatallion 9 Eduard Claudius
Pionierbatallion 9
Nachrichtenbatallion 9 Adolf Bytzeck
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 9 Robert Stamm
Instandsetzungsbatallion 9 Paul Dessau
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 9 Michael Niederkirchner
Sanitätsbatallion 9 Wolfgang Langhoff
Ersatzregiment 9

Military District South

The headquarter of the southern district was in Leipzig

Leipzig

Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...

.

4. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Erfurt

Erfurt

Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...

)

Mot.-Schützenregiment 22 Thomas Müntzer
Mot.-Schützenregiment 23 Anton Saefkow
Mot.-Schützenregiment 24 John Scheer
Panzerregiment 4 August Bebel
Artillerieregiment 4 Willi Bredel
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 4
Fla-Raketen Regiment 4 Hermann Danz
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 4
Raketenabteilung 4
Schwere Werferabteilung 4
Aufklärungsbatallion 4 Wilhelm Girnius
Pionierbatallion 4 Walter Kaiser-Gorrish
Panzerjägerabteilung 4 Franz Jacob
Nachrichtenbatallion 4
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 4
Instandsetzungsbatallion 4
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 4
Sanitätsbatallion 4
Ersatzregiment 4

11. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Halle

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia...

)

Mot.-Schützenregiment 16 Robert Uhrig
Mot.-Schützenregiment 17 Fritz Weineck
Mot.-Schützenregiment 18 Otto Schlag
Panzerregiment 11 Otto Buchwitz
Artillerieregiment 11 Wilhelm Koenen
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 11
Fla-Raketen Regiment 11 Georg Stöber
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 11
Raketenabteilung 11 Magnus Poser
Schwere Werferabteilung 11
Aufklärungsbatallion 11 Heinrich Brandes
Pionierbatallion 11 Willi Gall
Panzerjägerabteilung 11 Hermann Vogt
Nachrichtenbatallion 11 Otto Brosowski
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 11 Bernhard Koenen
Instandsetzungsbatallion 11
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 11 Erwin Hörnle
Sanitätsbatallion 11
Ersatzregiment 11

7. Panzerdivision (Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

)

Panzerregiment 14 Karol Swierczewski
Panzerregiment 15 Paul Hornick
Panzerregiment 16 Leo Jogiches
Mot.-Schützenregiment 7 Max Roscher
Artillerieregiment 7 Albert Hößler
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie 7
Fla-Raketen Regiment 7 Paul Rockstroh
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr 7
Raketenabteilung 7 Alfred Kurella
Schwere Werferabteilung 7 Ernst Schneller
Aufklärungsbatallion 7 Ludvik Svoboda
Pionierbatallion 7 Arthur Thiermann
Nachrichtenbatallion 7 Egon Dreger
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung 7 Kurt Schlosser
Instandsetzungsbatallion 7 Gustav Schneider
Battalion Chemische Abwehr 7 Johann Eggert
Sanitätsbatallion 7
Ersatzregiment 7

Second line divisions

In the event of a full-scale mobilisation, the six regular divisions of the NVA would have been supplemented by three mobilisation divisions and two reserve divisions. All five divisions would be mobilised on M+2. The cadre of each mobilisation/reserve division remained on hand as the regular staff of training centers/non-commissioned officer (NCO) schools. The five second line divisions were the 6th Motor Rifle Division (Königswartha), the 10th Motor Rifle Division (Ronneburg), the 17th Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (HQ Petersroda), the 19th Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (HQ Wulkow, which was not based on a training centre), and the 20th Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (HQ Bredenfelde).

Other units

The Kommando Landstreitkräfte also contained some specially trained units - like the 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger

40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger

40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger was the only airborne infantry formation of the East German National People’s Army . The battalion was based in Prora on Rügen island and later near Potsdam...

. The structure and equipment was mostly of Soviet design, and the NVA operated in close collaboration with the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

The Group of Soviet Forces in Germany , also known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany and the Western Group of Forces were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany....

. There were also reports of a special NVA diversionary

Special forces

Special forces, or special operations forces are terms used to describe elite military tactical teams trained to perform high-risk dangerous missions that conventional units cannot perform...

battalion in south Germany equipped with M-48s and M-113s, able to cause confusion amongst NATO forces if war came (thus emulating and improving on the example of Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny was an SS-Obersturmbannführer in the German Waffen-SS during World War II. After fighting on the Eastern Front, he was chosen as the field commander to carry out the rescue mission that freed the deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity...

's Panzerbrigade 150 during the Ardennes Offensive). However more recent reports throw doubt on the existence of any such unit.

Types of units

Divisions

Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (motorised/mechanized infantry division)
Panzerdivision (tank division)

Regiments

Artillerieregiment (artilleryregiment)
Ersatzregiment (replacement regiment)
Fla-Raketen Regiment (AA-missile regiment)

Battalions

Aufklärungsbatallion (reconnaissance battalion)
Battalion Chemische Abwehr (chemical-defence battalion)
Battalion Materielle Sicherstellung (material security battalion)
Führungsbatterie Chef Raketen/Artillerie (rocket/artillery control battery)
Führungsbatterie Chef Truppenluftabwehr (aa-missile control battery)
Instandsetzungsbatallion (repair battalion)
Nachrichtenbatallion (signal battalion)
Pionierbatallion (engineer battalion)
Sanitätsbatallion (medical battalion)

Detachments

Panzerjägerabteilung (light AT-detachment)
Raketenabteilung (rocket detachment)
Schwere Werferabteilung (heavy mortar detachment)

Personal Arms

Makarov PM
Makarov PM
The PM is a semi-automatic pistol design. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military side arm from 1951-1991.-Development:...

semi-automatic pistol
AK-74
AK-74
The AK-74 is an assault rifle developed in the early 1970s in the Soviet Union as the replacement for the earlier AKM...

automatic carbine
RPD
RPD
The RPD is a 7.62mm light machine gun developed in the Soviet Union by Vasily Degtyaryov for the intermediate 7.62x39mm M43 cartridge. It was created as a replacement for the DP machine gun chambered for the 7.62x54mmR Mosin rifle round...
RPK
RPK
The RPK is a 7.62x39mm light machine gun of Soviet design, developed by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the late 1950s, parallel with the AKM assault/battle rifle...
PKM
PK machine gun
The PK is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. The PK machine gun was introduced in the 1960s and replaced the SGM and RPD machine guns in Soviet service...
Dragunov SVD semi-automatic sniper rifle
RPG-7
RPG-7
The RPG-7 is a widely-produced, portable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher. Originally the RPG-7 and its predecessor, the RPG-2, were designed by the Soviet Union, and now manufactured by the Bazalt company...

D light AT-weapon
RPG-18
RPG-18
The RPG-18 Mukha is a Russian short-range, disposable light anti-tank rocket launcher.-History:The RPG-18 is very similar to the US M72-series LAW anti-tank rocket and was developed after the Soviet military obtained M72s from its allies in Vietnam...

light AT-weapon

Armored Vehicles

BMP-1
BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle. BMP stands for Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty 1 , meaning "infantry fighting vehicle". The BMP-1 was the world's first mass-produced infantry fighting vehicle...
BMP-2
BMP-2
The BMP-2 is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following the BMP-1 of the 1960s....
BRDM-1
BRDM-1
The BRDM-1 was an amphibious armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union...
BRDM-2
BRDM-2
The BRDM-2 is an amphibious armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08...
BTR-40
BTR-40
The BTR-40 is a Soviet non-amphibious, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as the Sorokovka in Soviet service. It is also the first mass-produced Soviet APC...
BTR-50
BTR-50
The BTR-50 The BTR-50 The BTR-50 (BTR stands for Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armored transporter") is a Soviet amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC) based on the PT-76 light tank. The BTR-50 is tracked, unlike most in the BTR series, which are wheeled. The BTR-50...
BTR-60
BTR-60
The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961...
BTR-70
BTR-70
The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier , originally developed during the late 1960s under the industrial designator GAZ-4905. On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into service and would later be exported to the Warsaw Pact and other allies...
BTR-152
BTR-152
The BTR-152 was a non-amphibious Soviet wheeled armored personnel carrier that entered Soviet service in 1950. By the early 1970s it had been replaced in the infantry vehicle role by the BTR-60...
PT-76
PT-76
The PT-76 is a Soviet amphibious light tank which was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exported to other friendly states, like India, Iraq, North Korea and North Vietnam. Overall,...
T-54
T-55
T-55
The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the Second World War. The T-54 entered full production in 1947 and became the main tank for armored units of the Soviet Army, armies of...
T-72
T-72
The T-72 is a Soviet-designed main battle tank that entered production in 1970. It is developed directly from Obyekt-172, and shares parallel features with the T-64A...

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