11th Motorised Infantry Division

11. motorisierte Schützendivision

Military Unit: 31241

Activated 22.10.56 in Halle, East Germany, from the Volkspolizei-Bereitschaft Halle.

Organisation 1980:

• 16th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 17th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Halle, East Germany)
• 18th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Weissenfels, East Germany)
• 11th Tank Regiment (Sonderhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Artillery Regiment (Wolfen, East Germany)
• 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Weissenfels, East Germany)
• 11th Missile Battalion (Hermsdorf, East Germany)
• 11th Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion (Wolfen, East Germany)
• 11th Reconnaissance Battalion (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Engineer Battalion (Zeithain, East Germany)
• 11th Anti-Tank Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Communications Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Material Support Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Repair Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Chemical Defence Battalion (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Medical Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Replacement Battalion (Halle, East Germany)

Organisation 1988:

• 16th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 17th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Halle, East Germany)
• 18th Motorised Infantry Regiment (Weissenfels, East Germany)
• 11th Tank Regiment (Sonderhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Artillery Regiment (Wolfen, East Germany)
• 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment (Weissenfels, East Germany)
• 11th Missile Battalion (Hermsdorf, East Germany)
• 11th Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion (Wolfen, East Germany)
• 11th Reconnaissance Battalion (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Engineer Battalion (Zeithain, East Germany)
• 11th Anti-Tank Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Communications Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Material Support Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Repair Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Chemical Defence Battalion (Bad Frankenhausen, East Germany)
• 11th Medical Battalion (Halle, East Germany)
• 11th Replacement Battalion (Halle, East Germany)

3.10.90 absorbed by the Bundeswehr.

Divisional coordinates:

• Halle barracks [US designation: Halle Army Barracks 002]: 51 29 54N, 11 58 05E (17th Motorised Infantry Regiment - parts)
• Halle barracks (Fritz Weineck Kaserne) [US designation: Halle Army Barracks 004]: 51 29 49N, 11 59 06E (17th Motorised Infantry Regiment - parts)
• Halle barracks (Bernhard Könen Kaserne) [US designation: Halle Army Barracks 006]: 51 27 30N, 11 58 54E (11th Anti-Tank Battalion, 11th Medical Battalion, 11th Material Support Battalion and 11th Repair Battalion)
• Halle barracks (Otto Brosowski Kaserne) [US designation: Halle Army Barracks 007]: 51 30 50N, 11 55 06E (Divisional HQ and 11th Communications Battalion)
• Bad Frankenhausen barracks [US designation: Bad Frankenhausen Army Barracks 001]: 51 20 12N, 11 06 47E (16th Motorised Infantry Regiment, 11th Reconnaissance Battalion and 11th Chemical Defence Battalion)
• Weissenfels barracks (Thomas Müntzer Kaserne) [US designation: Weissenfels Army Barracks 023]: 51 11 27N, 11 59 35E (18th Motorised Infantry Regiment and 11th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment)
• Sonderhausen barracks (Anton Säfkow Kaserne) [US designation: Sonderhausen Army Barracks 071]: 51 22 00N, 10 52 40E (11th Tank Regiment)
• Bitterfeld/Wolfen barracks (Hermann Fahlke Kaserne) [US designation: Wolfen Army Barracks 001]: 51 40 04N, 12 14 43E (11th Artillery Regiment and 11th Multiple Rocket Launcher Battalion)
• Hermsdorf barracls (Hermsdorf Kaserne) [US designation: Hermsdorf Army Barracks 051]: 50 53 59N, 11 53 58E (11th Missile Battalion)
• Zeithain barracks (Otto Buchwitz Kaserne) [US designation: Zeithain Army Barracks 002]: 51 21 48N, 13 19 14E (11th Engineer Battalion)

Equipment:

• 12.85: 10900 men, 218 T-54/55, 124 BMP-1, 188 BTR-60, 12 122mm 2s1, 36 122mm D-30, 12 122mm M-30, 12 152mm D-20
• 1990: 214 T-55, 139 BMP-1, 282 BTR-60/70, 126 artillery and MRL, 13 MT-55, 4 Frog-7

Subordination:

• Militärbezirk III, 1956 - 1990

The division was maintained as a Ready Division - First Line (US terms: Category I) - manning was almost 100%.