5th Armoured Division (Germany)
The 5th Panzer Division was a division of the German Army with last seat of the autonomous divisional staff in Diez. The division was disbanded on 30 September 2001. The units of the Division were stationed primarily in the Rhenish- Hessian space between Koblenz, Zweibrücken and Sontra.
Badge
In silver - black The Badge of the 5th Panzer Division was ( silver cord with Woven black thread ) rimmed shield the symbol of the medieval Counts of Nassau: on blue, sprinkled with golden shingles reason a golden, red reinforced and gezungten lions. The coat of arms motif of the Division was continued by the Armoured Brigade 14, but this sign was outlined in red. The former subordinate brigades of the division all had the same crest motif described above, and differed only by the border.
History
Army Structure I and II
The division was established in 1956 in Grafenwoehr. It was subordinate to the Army Staff II (later II Corps ). The division initially led troops following:
- Staff and Headquarters Company ( Grafenwoehr )
- Panzerkampfgruppe A 5 ( Hohenfels )
- Panzerkampfgruppe B 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Tank Battalion 5 ( Hohenfels )
- Tank Battalion 15 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Infantry Battalion 5 ( Hohenfels )
- Infantry Battalion 15 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Tank Destroyer Battalion 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Armoured Artillery Regiment 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Armored Air Defense Artillery Battalion 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Armored Engineer Battalion 5 ( Hann Munden, from 1958 Dillingen )
- Panzer Signal Battalion 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Medical Battalion 5 (Brann - castle Degerndorf )
- Light ordnance repair company 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Military Police Company 5 ( Grafenwoehr )
- Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 5 ( Hemer ).
1957 moved the rod to Wetzlar and Koblenz. The Division moved 1957 to III. Corps. 1958, the association was officially integrated into the NATO. In 1958, the newly established Panzerkampfgruppe C 5 Division was assumed.
Army structure II and III
With the army structure II, 1959, the armored groups were reclassified into brigades. The Division now came under the following brigades:
- Panzergrenadier Brigade 13 ( from Battle Group B 5 )
- 14 Armoured Brigade ( from Battle Group A 5)
- 15 Armoured Brigade ( from Battle Group C 5).
1962 moved the division headquarters to Diez an der Lahn. In 1977, the 14 Armoured Brigade, the Division and the 12th Panzer Division was assumed. For this switched from the 2nd Armoured Brigade, the Hunter Division 6 to the 5th Panzer Division, which then came under the following brigades:
- Panzergrenadier Brigade 13 ( Wetzlar )
- Armoured Brigade 6 ( Neustadt ( Hessen) )
- Armoured Brigade 15 ( Koblenz ).
In 1981, the armored brigade was renamed in 6 Armoured Brigade 14.
Army structure IV to Resolution
1986 - in the army structure IV - were under the Division:
- Panzergrenadier Brigade 13 ( Wetzlar )
- 14 Armoured Brigade (New Town)
- Armoured Brigade 15 ( Koblenz )
- Artillery Training Regiment 5 ( Idar -Oberstein ) Field Artillery Training Battalion 51
- Rocket Artillery Training Battalion 52 ( Idar -Oberstein and Kusel, later Hermes wedge)
- Observation tank Artillery Training Battalion 53 ( Idar -Oberstein )
- Accompanying battery 5 (casting )
- Air Defence Regiment 5 ( Lorch )
- Armored Reconnaissance Battalion 5 ( Sontra )
- Pioneer Brigade 40 ( Lahnstein )
- Signal Battalion 5 ( Diez )
- Supply battalion 5 ( Wetzlar )
- Repair Battalion 5 (casting )
- Medical Battalion 5 ( Rennerod )
- Field replacement battalions 51 to 55 (not active)
- Battalion 56 (not active) (casting )
- Battalion 57 (not active) ( Daaden )
- Backup Battalion 58 (not active) ( Daaden )
- Army Season 5 ( Mendig )
- Army Band 5 ( Koblenz )
- NBC defense company 5 (Zweibrücken).
In the Army structure V, the division merged with the Military District Command IV to the Military District Command IV / 5 Panzer Division. In 1996, the 39 Armoured Brigade of the 13th Panzer Grenadier Division to the Military District Command IV / 5 Panzer Division. In 1997, the Military District Command IV / 5 was Renamed Panzer Division in the Military District Command II (Mainz) and dissolved the 5th Armored Division on 30 September 2001. The emblem of the division was continued by the armored brigade 14.
Inserts
Soldiers of the 5th Panzer Division were in March 1960 when the earthquake in Agadir ( Morocco) in use. Here the medical battalion is particularly 5 to mention under his former commander Oberfeldarzt Dr. Merkle. In February 1962, were soldiers as helpers in the storm surge in the North Sea and in February 1984 the flood disaster on the Lahn in use.