Landstreitkräfte
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The Landstreitkräfte was the ground component of the East German National People's Army.
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[edit] Organization
The order of battle of the ground forces (1980-90).
[edit] Military District NorthThe headquarter of the northern district was in Neubrandenburg. 1. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Potsdam)
8. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Schwerin)
9. Panzerdivision (Eggesin)
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[edit] Military District SouthThe headquarter of the southern district was in Leipzig. 4. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Erfurt)
11. Motorisierte-Schützen-Division (Halle)
7. Panzerdivision (Dresden)
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Under the Kommando Landstreitkräfte obeyed some special trained units - like the 40. Fallschirmjägerbataillon Willi Sänger The structure and equipment was mostly of Soviet design, and the NVA operated in close collaboration with the Soviet armed forces. There were also reports of a special NVA diversionary battalion in south Germany equipped with M-48s and M-113s, able to cause confusion amongst NATO forces if war came. However more recent reports throw doubt on the existence of any such unit.[1]
[edit] 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)
[edit] Equipment
Personal Arms:
- Makarov PM semi-automatic pistol
- AK-74 automatic carbine
- RPD
- RPK
- PKM
- Dragunov SVD semi-automatic sniper rifle
- RPG-7D light AT-weapon
- RPG-18 light AT-weapon
Armored Vehicles:
[edit] References
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